Heavy Snow in North Sevier, Tennessee

Two bouts of snow with wintry mix in between fell across Sevier County, resulting in heavy snowfall and a light glaze of ice on surfaces. The public reported 5 inches of snow in Sevierville, 4 inches of snow in Seymour, 4 inches of snow in Harrisburg, 3.5 inches of snow and sleet in Pigeon Forge, and an NWS Employee reported 3.3 inches of snow and ice near Strawberry Plains.

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.