Heavy Snow — Northwest Monroe, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Northwest Monroe, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across Monroe County during the daytime before transitioning to a light wintry mix before the storm came to an end. Snow totals are as follows: 4.5 inches of snow in Sweetwater per a public report, 3 inches of snow and a glaze of ice in Tellico Plains per a trained spotter, 3.5 inches of snow in Madisonville from a CoCoRaHS volunteer, and 3.1 inches in Tellico Plains from the CO-OP observer.

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 1235479. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.