February 12, 2010 Heavy Snow Event

Northern Gulf Coast Heavy Snow Event
February 12, 2010

On February 12, 2010 a rare swath of wet, heavy snow fell over a large part of the Deep South, including portions of southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. Total snowfall accumulations ranged from a trace near the coast to a maximum of seven inches over interior southwest Alabama.

This event was the greatest 1-day February snowfall at 10 of 20 observation sites in the NWS Mobile County Warning Area and the 2^nd greatest at 9 of the sites. At 13 of the sites, it was one of the top three 1-day snowfalls of all time.

The pictures below are from Citronelle, AL courtesy of NWS Mobile Senior Forecaster, Don Shepherd.

The next set of photos are from various locations across our county warning area submitted to us on social media.

Andalusia, AL photos (taken by Morgan Blake Carlisle)

Thomasville, AL (photo taken by Victoria Sinclair)

Thomasville, AL (taken by Victoria Sinclair) Monroeville, AL (taken by Ginnie Brake Hood)

Beaumont, MS (taken by Tammy Eubanks Breland)

Acknowledgements: Page created by Jason Beaman (Warning Coordination Meteorologist) and Ryan Rogers (Forecaster). Page updated by Morgan Barry (Forecaster).

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