Winter Storm — Towns, Georgia

2015-02-25 to 2015-02-26 · Towns, Georgia

Event narrative

The Towns County 911 Center reported 5.5 inches of snow at the EOC in Hiawassee, but up to 8.0 inches in the higher elevations of the county.

Wider weather episode

Continued cold temperatures combined with a series of upper-level troughs and associated surface low pressure systems to bring significant snow totals to portions of North Georgia. Although light wintry precipitation occurred on the 24th, the heaviest snowfall amounts occurred from the afternoon of the 25th into the early morning hours of the 26th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 565867. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.