UNDATED - A blast of cold weather is bursting on the South and Midwest, bringing significant snow from North Carolina to Minnesota.
Schools in Tennessee and West Virginia canceled classes Monday. Parts of West Virginia were expecting as much as 18 inches of snow, coupled with high winds that were expected to reduce visibility. Winter storm warnings were being issued.
Below freezing temperatures were forecast as far south as central Florida. Crop damage was possible.
The storm system has dumped as much as 11 inches of snow in southern Minnesota. Three inches of white powder had fallen in Greensboro, N.C. Tennessee saw less than an inch, but it was enough to disrupt schools.
IMPACT ON NORTH GEORGIA
High winds have toppled several trees across Metro Atlanta as strong winds that blew into Georgia Sunday continue Monday morning, pushing wind chills well-below freezing across north Georgia.
One of the downed trees crashed onto a house in Cherokee County, destroying it.
Meanwhile, downed trees in the Sandy Springs area knocked out power to several hundred Georgia Power customers late Sunday.
The strong winds Monday morning pushed the sub-freezing wind chills of Sunday even lower... into the teens and below.
Temperatures were well-below normal for this time of the year... 27 in Buford and Gainesville, 25 in Helen and 24 in Cornelia at 8:00 Monday morning. The National Weather Service says it will be mid-week at the earliest before temperatures are once again at or near normal.
(Georgia News Network, accessnorthga.com's Ken Stanford and Fox 5 Atlanta contributed to this report.)
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February 28th, 2025
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