MARCH 12-14, 1993, SNOWFALL
As a low-pressure system moved inland across southern Georgia where it encountered cold air across the interior Southeastern states on March 12-14, 1993, what had been rain quickly changed to snow with accumulations ranging from a trace in Fernandina Beach, Fla., to 60 inches at Mount LeConte, Tenn.
› Mount LeConte, Tenn., 60 inches
› Mount Mitchell, N.C., 50 inches (Some snow remained on the ground until April 12)
› Chattanooga, 20 inches*
› Asheville, N.C., 18.2 inches
› Lake Lure, N.C., 18 inches
› Ellijay, Ga., 17 inches
› Birmingham, Ala., 17 inches
› Lenoir, N.C., 13 inches
› Hickory, N.C., 10 inches
› Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., 9.8 inches
› Lincolnton, N.C., 9.2 inches
› Greensboro, N.C., 5.7 inches
› Mobile, Ala., 3 inches
› Charlotte, N.C., 1.6 inches
› Siler City, N.C., 1.5 inches
› Columbia, S.C., 1.2 inches
› Raleigh, N.C., 0.9 inches *Meteorologists since the blizzard have said the actual amount of snowfall in most parts of the city of Chattanooga was likely between 15 and 18 inches, but the official number remains 20 inches.