Winter Weather — Unicoi, Tennessee

2024-01-18 to 2024-01-19 · Unicoi, Tennessee

Event narrative

A period of light wintry mix yielding no accumulations began, then a lull before ending the next day with a period of light snow that ended in the evening. Snow accumulation of 0.2 inches was measured in Erwin, Tennessee.

Wider weather episode

Light wintry mix including light freezing rain and snow, combined with the re-freeze of snowmelt, led to significant travel hazards for motorists on wet roads and interstates the night of Jan 18th. A light snow then followed during the day and evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1158230. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.