Heavy Snow — Unicoi, Tennessee

2021-02-01 to 2021-02-02 · Unicoi, Tennessee

Event narrative

About 4 inches of snow was reported in the Erwin area.

Wider weather episode

Snow began to fall across much of East Tennessee on the morning of February 1 as a low pressure system moved across the region. As a northwest flow developed, snow began to intensify in the mountains that evening, and continued through the night. The terrain had a big impact on the reported snowfall amounts, which were around a foot in some of the higher elevations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 931859. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.