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Winter Storm Benji Recap: Record-Setting Deep South Snow and a Brush With the Northeast

Re Caps of snow across South




Winter Storm Benji blanketed the South with record-setting snowfall and also brought the first measurable snow of the season to parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Texas

Highest snowfall total: 7.0 inches in Corpus Christi


More than six inches of snow fell in some of the more mountainous terrain of the Texas Big Bend.


Louisiana

Highest snowfall total: 6.5 inches has stuck in Kentwood, Louisiana (50 miles northeast of Baton Rouge)
Here are some other totals in the Pelican State:

New Iberia: 2.4 inches
Alexandria: 2.1 inches
Lake Charles: 2.1 inches
Lafayette: 1.7 inches (a December calendar-day record)
New Orleans: Trace


Mississippi

Highest snowfall total: 7.0 inches in Bay Springs, Mississippi
Much of southwestern Mississippi has picked up 4-7 inches of snow, while portions of southeastern Mississippi also picked up so, including in Mobile which picked up 1.0 inch.

Jackson picked up 5.1 inches of snow, Meridian came in with 5 inches, and Hattiesburg picked up 4.1 inches.

Snow was also seen along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, and Pass Christian.



Alabama

Top snowfall amount: 12 inches near Jacksonville
A wide swath of snow covered all but far northern Alabama with up to a foot of snow, with the heaviest snowfall arriving late on Dec. 8 in east-central Alabama east of Birmingham.

Two locations, one near Anniston, the other near Foster's Crossroads, picked up 10 inches of snow.

Other notable snowfall totals:

Ashland: 9.1 inches
Butler: 7.5-8.0 inches
Alabaster: 4.5 inches
West Bend: 4.0 inches
Birmingham: 3.5 inches
Brewton: 2.5 inches
Tuscaloosa: 1.5 inches
Dauphin Island: 0.2 inches (a barrier island)

Georgia

Top snowfall amount: 18.0 inches in Mountain City, Georgia
The north and northwest sides of the Atlanta metro area were clobbered by 5 to 12 inches of snow


Florida

Highest snowfall total: 2.0 inches in Century, Florida
Accumulating snow was witnessed in Pensacola, Florida, and flurries were reported early Dec. 9 in several other western Florida panhandle locations, including Destin and Crestview. Crestview, often called Florida's icebox, received 0.5 inches of snow

North Carolina

Highest snowfall total: 25 inches in Mt. Mitchell State Park at 5,800 feet in elevation.
Some of the higher peaks in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina saw more than two feet of snow.


Tennessee

Highest snowfall total: 9.1 inches near Culberson, Tennessee



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