This story was updated on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 11:32 a.m.
A winter storm warning was lifted for Atlanta on Saturday morning but officials are warning of safety issues through the weekend.
Just over 2 inches of snow fell at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. It was the first measurable snowfall — meaning at least 0.1 inches — since 2022 and the first snowfall in the city over 1” since 2018.
Over 1,400 flights were canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson on Friday, according to FlightAware. On Saturday over 300 were canceled and over 700 were delayed. The cancelations fell to just a couple dozen on Sunday, but over 450 flights were delayed as of 11 a.m. The delays dropped to dozens by Monday morning.
Over 100,000 households lost power on Friday, according to poweroutage.us. Over 50,000 households were without power as of 10 a.m. Saturday, but that number had dropped to 8,000 as of 4 p.m. on Saturday. Those outages were primarily centered in metro Atlanta. Statewide outages hovered around 2,500 as of 11 a.m. Sunday.
Utility companies worked through the night to restore services.
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