Heavy Snow — Rhea, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Rhea, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell during the day across the county, before transitioning to sleet and mix by 1945 PM EST. Event total accumulations were 3.8 inches in Spring City with a glaze of ice, and 4.5 inches of snow in Graysville.

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 1235283. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.