Winter storm

Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
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A winter storm, which started Sunday afternoon, covered much of the Greenwood area in ice, snow and sleet. Residents woke up Monday morning to about 2 to 2½ inches of sleet and ice with temperatures in the teens. The National Weather Service reports that the temperature will continue to drop Tuesday with a wind chill factor below zero at times. Here are some scenes of the winter storm.

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O’Ryan Patterson figures out how to ride his bike through the snow on River Road Sunday afternoon to see if he can make it to his place of work, Giardina's Restaurant, by bike later in the day. An avid cyclist, Patterson bikes to Giardina’s for his work shifts each evening and did the same, through the snow and cold weather, Sunday evening.

Gerard Edic

As sleet falls Sunday, the area from downtown Greenwood to Grand Boulevard is covered in the icy precipitation.

Andy Lo

A nearly empty downtown Greenwood is covered in sleet and ice as the winter storm continues Monday morning.

Adam Bakst

A motorist cautiously drives across Hinman Bridge on U.S. 82. During weather conditions like those seen Monday, bridges and overpasses may become slick and difficult to drive.

Adam Bakst

Drivers slowly make their way along U.S. 82 on Monday. The ice, snow and sleet that fell from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning made the roads throughout Leflore County difficult to drive.

Adam Bakst

A driver gets stuck temporarily Monday morning in the middle of the intersection of West Park Avenue and Medallion Drive in Greenwood. Roads throughout the region were nearly impassable from a couple of inches of a wintry mixture of sleet and snow.

Tim Kalich

Corbin White spreads salt during a sleet storm in an otherwise empty parking lot Monday morning at Regions Bank on West Park Avenue. White works for Turf Worx of Anniston, Alabama, which sent in a crew Sunday after lining up several snow and ice removal jobs.