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Snow accumulation across Southeast, metro Atlanta can be seen from space

ATLANTA — The snow and icy conditions left behind by Tuesday’s snowfall can be seen from space.

“The clouds cleared out on Wednesday but left a visible imprint of the snow we got across the deep South,” Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz said.

From Texas through the Deep South, down into Florida and to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, snow and sleet made for accumulating ice in major cities such as New Orleans, Atlanta, and Jacksonville, Florida. In Alabama, the weight of the snow collapsed the dome of the Mobile Civic Center, which was being demolished to make way for a new entertainment facility.

The snow left behind can be seen on satellite imagery.

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The imagery showed exactly what Severe Weather Team 2 had reported earlier in the week that there would be a definite line between those who got the snow and those who wouldn’t.

“Right along the I-85 corridor there was a sharp cut-off,” Nitz said.

Here are some of the snowfall totals reported in the Channel 2 Action News viewing area.

  • Atlanta (Airport) 1.1″
  • Atlanta (Midtown) 0.4″
  • Barnesville 1.5″
  • Covington 1.3″
  • Dacula: 0.5″
  • East Lake 0.8″
  • Fayetteville 1.0″
  • Greensboro 2.0″
  • Griffin: 1.8″
  • Hollonville: 1.8″
  • LaGrange: 1.0″
  • Newnan 1.1″
  • Sharpsburg 1.0″
  • Stockbridge: 1.0″

If you were looking for more snow, cities in middle and far south Georgia saw between 4-8 inches of snow. Here’s some of their totals.

  • Americus: 5.5″
  • Blakely: 7.0″
  • Bonaire: 4.7″
  • Camilla: 8.0″
  • Cordele: 9.0″
  • Cuthbert: 6.0″
  • Dublin: 5.5″
  • Savannah: 3.0″
  • Valdosta: 4.0″

You can click here to see more snowfall totals from across the Southeast.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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