Heavy Snow — Southeast Carter, Tennessee

2016-02-08 to 2016-02-09 · Southeast Carter, Tennessee

Event narrative

A three inch snowfall was reported at Roan Mountain.

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 617319. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.