Winter Weather — Claiborne, Tennessee

2025-01-10 · Claiborne, Tennessee

Event narrative

Light snow and wintry mix fell across Claiborne County, the highest reports received were: 2 inches in Speedwell, 2 inches in Harrogate, and 2.3 inches in Harrogate.

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 1235547. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.