Heavy Snow — Bamberg, South Carolina

2018-01-03 · Bamberg, South Carolina

Event narrative

Public report, received via social media, of a little over 2 inches of snow in Olar.

Wider weather episode

A surface low off the Florida coast moved NE off the GA/SC/NC coast while intensifying rapidly, spreading moisture northward into a very cold air mass anchored over the Mid Atlantic and SE US. As moisture combined with the cold air, snow fell over the southern and eastern Midlands of South Carolina during the afternoon and early evening of January 3rd, with snowfall amounts ranging from a trace to up to 7 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 726352. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.