Heavy Snow — Unicoi, Tennessee

2016-02-08 to 2016-02-09 · Unicoi, Tennessee

Event narrative

Three miles south of Unicoi at Sam's Gap, a three inch snowfall accumulation was reported.

Wider weather episode

Sub-freezing air spilled south through the Eastern United States for a two day period of mainly orographic snowfall as several shorter wavelength systems dropped southeast out of the Northern Plains and Great Lakes. The snow accumulated to a depth of three to five inches on average however, some greater snowfall totals occurred primarily in the highest terrain across Southwest Virginia and in the Smoky Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 617317. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.