Winter Storm Takes Aim at Super Bowl City 5 Years After ‘Snow Jam’

Abandoned cars at I-75 headed northbound near the Chattahoochee River overpass are piled up in the median of the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm, in Atlanta on Jan. 29, 2014. AP Photo/David Tulis, File

ATLANTA—Five years after cars, trucks and school buses became marooned on Atlanta freeways in what became known as “snow jam,” another winter storm is threatening the city—just as thousands of fans begin pouring into town for Super Bowl 53.

A winter storm watch goes into effect Jan. 29 at 4 a.m. local time for Atlanta, a city known for grinding to a halt even in relatively light snowfalls.