Thomasville sees rare snowfall after Winter Storm Enzo
Published 2:25 pm Thursday, January 23, 2025
TRADING IN GOLFCARS FOR SLEDS: Katy Roberts and Sellers Newman sled down Hole 3 on a skim board at Glen Arven on Wednesday afternoon. (Jill Holloway/The Thomasville Times- Enterprise)
HERE COMES RUDOLPH: Kids had fun making a haystack Rudolph and playing in the snow on Wednesday. (Lexi Johnson Photography)
LOVING THE SNOW: Kay Sanders’ daughter makes a snow angel on Wednesday afternoon, following Winter Storm Enzo. (Submitted Photo)
THOMASVILLE- City officials closed the Madison Street bridge on Tuesday, January 21, setting up a detour on both sides in preparation for Winter Storm Enzo.
Beginning at approximately 5:45 p.m., flurries could be seen throughout Thomasville and parts of Thomas County. After a light dusting quickly turned into a genuine storm, snow covered the county.
According to The Iowa Environmental Mesonet, 3 to 4 inches of snow were reported across Thomas County, with some areas like Ochlocknee and Dawesville getting as many as 6 or 7 inches.
Happy Southwest Georgians stood out in the rare snowstorm, taking photos, building snowmen, engaging in snowball fights, and generally marveling at the winter wonderland the snowfall had created.
While a beautiful sight to behold, Thomas County and City of Thomasville officials made a plea to the public to stay off the roads, enforcing a curfew of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, extending until noon on Thursday morning, as public works crews cleared the roads to get them ready for safe driving conditions again.
The conditions proved to still be unfit for bus routes, as Thomas County Schools, Thomasville City Schools, and Brookwood School remained closed on Friday.
“Out of an abundance of caution and concern due to continued icy road conditions, Thomas County Schools will remain closed on Friday, January 24,” the announcement read. “We plan to return to normal school operations on Monday, January 27. Please stay safe and warm.”
Thomas County Emergency Services cited GA 3, GA 188, GA 202, and GA 122 as roads drivers needed to exercise extreme caution on.
“All other roads in the county have accumulation of ice in different sections, so please use caution if you must drive,” they announced in a statement.
The accumulation of ice and snow left many without power.
Georgia Power reported that some 34,000 Georgians were without power by 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and an additional 14,000 Emergency Membership Corp. members were without electricity.
Before the winter storm, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency, prepping state emergency personnel and placing them on standby to help with any problems that arose during the predicted snowfall. Most of Georgia received measurable snowfall during the winter storm, with accumulations of up to a half-inch in parts of North Georgia to larger accumulations in south Georgia.
