Heavy Snow in Mcminn, Tennessee

Heavy snow fell during the day across McMinn County, before eventually transitioning to a wintry mix and then finally ending. Snow totals reported were as follows: 4 inches in Athens, 3.5 inches in Englewood and Etowah, and 3.5 inches in Riceville.

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.