Heavy Snow in Unicoi, Tennessee

Heavy Snow November 1, 2014 · Unicoi, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two miles south of Erwin snow depth was estimated at four inches. Trees and power lines were reported down across the county due to the weight of the snow.

The wider storm

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 543668. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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