Heavy Snow — Bradley, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Bradley, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell during the middle portions of the day in Bradley County, before transitioning to sleet, then freezing rain, then eventually to rain to end the event. The highest snowfall report was 5.5 inches from a spotter in Cleveland. Other reports included 4 inches in Charleston, 3.5 inches in Waterville, 4.5 inches in Tasso, and 3.5 inches with a glaze of ice in Gap Springs.

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 1235271. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.