Winter Weather in Northwest Cocke, Tennessee

Winter Weather January 15, 2024 – January 16, 2024 · Northwest Cocke, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

Precipitation fell mainly as rain in Cocke County for a significant portion of the event, but freezing rain and light snow combined to make transportation extremely hazardous, with the county emergency manager reporting extremely icy roads that were near impassable with several wrecks including tractor trailers.

The wider storm

A major snowstorm powered by strong upper level dynamics and widespread preexisting low level cold produced heavy snowfall across East Tennessee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1159658. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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