Heavy Snow — Southeast Greene, Tennessee

2014-11-01 · Southeast Greene, Tennessee

Event narrative

Six miles north northeast of Hot Springs at an elevation of 2500 feet snowfall depth was estimated at 9.2 inches.

Wider weather episode

A shortwave trough moved east across the Southeastern United States pulling moisture from the Gulf of Mexico across the Southern Appalachian region just in time for the arrival of an anomalous Arctic air mass resulting in mountain snowfall across Eastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 543660. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.