Heavy Snow — Marion, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Marion, Tennessee

Event narrative

A major winter storm brought heavy snow and a light glaze of ice to Marion County, with snowfall reports from public, the EM, and CoCoRaHS of 4.5 inches in Jasper, 5 inches in Lone Oak, 4 inches in Whitwell, almost 3 inches in Tracy City, and 5 inches in South Pittsburg.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure cyclone passing to the south with upper level forcing induced a broad and significant snowstorm across the region, including East Tennessee, which experienced heavy snowfall. A frontogenesis band across southern Tennessee and northern Georgia helped power higher snowfall rates early into the event across southeastern Tennessee, resulting in locally heavier snowfall before warm air advection brought a changeover in precipitation type to icing and eventually to rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1235236. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.