Heavy Snow — Bledsoe, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Bledsoe, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across Bledsoe County during the day before eventually yielding to mixed precipitation as the event came to an end. A trained spotter in Melvine reported 5 inches of snow, a public observer outside of Pikeville reported 4 inches, and a CoCoRaHS report outside of Pikeville reported 4.2 inches of snow.

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 1235240. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.