Heavy Snow — Anderson, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Anderson, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across the southern portions of Anderson County, with lighter snowfall in the northern half of the county. Sleet and wintry mix mixed in at times in Anderson, a report near Briceville indicated .05 of freezing rain had occurred. The highest reports were observed by CoCoRaHS volunteers, including 4 inches in Oak Ridge, 3 inches east of Oak Ridge, 2.8 inches in Norris, and 2.5 inches of snow in Heiskell.

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 1235540. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.