Heavy Snow in Southeast Carter, Tennessee

Heavy Snow January 6, 2017 – January 7, 2017 · Southeast Carter, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

A snowfall total of 6.5 inches was measured at Roan Mountain.

The wider storm

Deep and moist air was lifted over a chilly air mass in place across the Southeastern United States as a low pressure system moved northeast from the Central Gulf of Mexico through the Middle Atlantic Coast. Heavy snowfall occurred across the Southern Appalachian region northwest of the pressure system's path.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 669005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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