Heavy Snow in Southeast Carter, Tennessee

Heavy Snow December 2, 2024 – December 3, 2024 · Southeast Carter, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter reported 4 inches of snow at 3800 feet in Roan Mountain. The nearby CO-OP observer at slightly lower elevation reported 3 inches of snowfall.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough, embedded in a larger longwave upper trough, was the lifting source necessary to produce a light snow in the valley and ridges of northeastern Tennessee. Orographic lifting helped produce heavy snow in higher elevations of the mountains of East Tennessee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226490. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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