Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted a wide swath of the South overnight, turning roads icy and impassable in spots amid reports of car crashes as many braced for up to a foot of snow in parts of the Carolinas and Virginia.
Ice formed on many Mississippi streets and highways, a scenario repeated in areas of Alabama, and Georgia.
In Hall County, it's been a wintry mix with a little accumulation. Roads were passible early Saturday morning, but with falling morning temperatures, local officials were concerned about black ice.
"We continue to monitor the situation. As the temperature drops, the roads are wet, there is going to be some black ice," Hall County Emergency Management Director David Kimbrell said. "The city (Gainesville) and county is out treating the roads as they find them (icy spots).
Kimbrell said as people get out for the remainder of Saturday, they should be aware of possible ice on the roads.
As far as accumulation goes, Hall county had about an inch of snow and sleet on the ground, but Kimbrell, who tracks other counties, said it was a different story to the north.
"There's some areas in White County that receive around three inches of snow up in the northern parts of White County, and they have some ice that clung to the trees, so the White and Lumpkin area appeared to get some significant accumulation," Kimbrell said.
While roughly the northern third of Georgia had braced for between two and four inches of snow, Kimbrell said Hall County came out better than expected.
"The projections were not correct, and it looks like we escaped anything major."
Associated Press contributed to this story.
