Heavy Snow in Unicoi, Tennessee

Heavy Snow December 2, 2024 – December 3, 2024 · Unicoi, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heaviest snowfall report was a public report near Rocky Fork at 2300 feet elevation with 6.5 inches of snow. Broadcast media relayed multiple reports, including 4 inches of snow in Unicoi, 4 inches in Flag Pond, 3 to 4 inches in Erwin, and 5.5 inches at 2700 feet of elevation in Flag Pond.

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 1226491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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