Heavy Snow in Northwest Blount, Tennessee

Heavy Snow January 10, 2011 · Northwest Blount, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall accumulated to a depth of 5 inches at Maryville.

The wider storm

A low pressure system developed over the Western Gulf of Mexico coast near Louisiana and moved east along the Gulf coast on its way into Northern Florida. An inverted trough of lower pressure extended north into the Tennessee Valley and Southern Appalachians enhancing lift of the moist air mass in place across the Southeastern United States. Significant snowfall accumulation occurred across Southeast Tennessee and Southwest North Carolina and the Smoky Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 269685. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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