Winter Storm in South Fulton, Georgia

Winter Storm January 6, 2017 – January 7, 2017 · South Fulton, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

County officials and the general public reported around a quarter of an inch of freezing rain across the Atlanta Metropolitan area. Several reports of large branches and even trees brought down by ice were received. The ASOS at Fulton County Airport, Brown Field, reported .24 inches of freezing rain.

The wider storm

During the afternoon of January 6th through the morning of January 7th a fast moving but strong storm system swept across the southeastern U.S. A cold airmass across north and central Georgia combined with rich moisture drawn north from the Gulf of Mexico to produce a mixture of rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow across north and portions of central Georgia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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