Alert archive / Tennessee / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 2, 2014, 4:13 PM EST for 5 counties in Tennessee; 5 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2014, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. 16 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2014, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2014, 2:55 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:20 AM EST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Wise, VA | ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF SLEET REPORTED ACROSS WISE COUNTY. |
| Mar 3, 7:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Duffield, VA | ONE TREE DOWN NEAR DUFFIELD. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Deerlodge, TN | ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 3, 8:50 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Ssw Jellico, TN | REPORTS OF ICE AROUND THE 157 MILE MARKER OF I-75. MULTIPLE CAR WRECK. INTERSTATE IS CURRENTLY SHUTDOWN. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 3, 9:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Honaker, VA | |
| Mar 3, 9:45 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.14 | 2 Ese Wise, VA | 0.14 INCHES OF ICE AT BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR. |
| Mar 3, 10:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Oneida, TN | |
| Mar 3, 10:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Jonesville, VA | |
| Mar 3, 11:20 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Winfield, TN | ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 3, 12:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Oneida, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN ONEIDA AND HELENWOOD. CALLS HAVE BEEN COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. |
| Mar 3, 12:15 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Tazewell, TN | |
| Mar 3, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Honaker, VA | |
| Mar 3, 2:15 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 6 S Jellico, TN | 1 INCH OF SNOW IN EASTERN STINKING CREEK AREA. |
| Mar 3, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Wise, VA | |
| Mar 3, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Sse Caryville, TN | |
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Jonesville, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS44 KMRX 022113 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 413 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WIDESPREAD ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... .A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...AND SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING BEHIND THE FRONT. RAIN WILL RAPIDLY BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING CLOSE TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF...RESULTING IN SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF ANY ICING THAT FALLS EARLIER IN THE DAY. TNZ012>015-035-VAZ001-030515- /O.UPG.KMRX.WW.Y.0012.140303T0900Z-140303T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0007.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...JONESVILLE 413 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF OF AN INCH. SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR ONE INCH. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TIME PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ VAZ002-006-030515- /O.UPG.KMRX.WW.Y.0012.140303T0900Z-140304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0007.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/ WISE-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WISE...NORTON...LEBANON 413 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TIME PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ VAZ005-030515- /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0007.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GATE CITY 413 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. * EVENT...WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TIME PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ016>018-036>047-067>074-081>083-VAZ008-030515- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.140303T0900Z-140303T2000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK... JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE... SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...ABINGDON 413 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 /313 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 3 PM EST /2 PM CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 3 PM EST /2 PM CST/ MONDAY. * EVENT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS MAY RAPIDLY BECOME ICY...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ AMP/SR
4 follow-up statements
567 WWUS44 KMRX 030236 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 936 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY... WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... .MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS BEFORE SUNRISE. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER SUNRISE...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ON TOP OF ANY ICING. TNZ012>015-035-VAZ001-002-005-006-031100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0007.140303T0600Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY... LEBANON 936 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN OVER TO SNOW AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TIME PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ098-031100- /O.EXA.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.140303T0900Z-140303T2000Z/ MARION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 2 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 2 PM CST MONDAY. * EVENT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARDS SUNRISE...AND THEN OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ016>018-036>047-067>074-081>083-VAZ008-031100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.140303T0900Z-140303T2000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK... JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE... SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...ABINGDON 936 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 /836 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 3 PM EST /2 PM CST/ MONDAY... * EVENT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARDS SUNRISE...AND THEN OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$
959 WWUS44 KMRX 030839 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 339 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY... WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... .MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS BEFORE SUNRISE. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY TODAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER BRIEFLY TO SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ON TOP OF ANY ICING. TNZ012>015-035-VAZ001-002-005-006-031645- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY... LEBANON 339 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING ...THEN OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS WILL FREEZE FIRST. ROADS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TIME PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ016>018-036>047-067>074-081>083-098-VAZ008-031645- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.140303T0900Z-140303T2000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK... JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE... SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... ABINGDON 339 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 /239 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST /2 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARDS SUNRISE...AND THEN OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$
014 WWUS44 KMRX 031625 AAC WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1125 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE AROUND MIDDAY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL ALOFT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ADDING TO SOME OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OBSERVED OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO CREATE SOME SLICK SPOTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEY AS WELL. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FAVORING THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AND ALONG THE CLINCH AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS. TNZ012>015-035-VAZ001-002-005-006-040000- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY... LEBANON 1125 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS...AND WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW THAT HAS ACCUMULATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS! IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ016>018-036>047-067>074-081>083-098-VAZ008-040000- /O.EXT.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK... JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE... SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... ABINGDON 1125 AM EST MON MAR 3 2014 /1025 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO LOCALLY UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED...PARTICULARLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ AMP
402 WWUS44 KMRX 031955 AAD WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 255 PM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...SLICK ROADS AND LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO WIND DOWN... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK FROM THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VALLEYS...AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF WHATEVER ICE AND/OR SNOW HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IN PLACE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DROP WELL INTO THE 20S BY SUNSET. THUS... ANY ICE AND SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SLICK ROADWAYS OR EXACERBATE SOME OF THE ALREADY LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN PLACE ALONG THE NORTHERN PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS FROM THE SIGNIFICANT ICING THAT TOOK PLACE THERE EARLIER TODAY. TNZ012>015-035-VAZ001-002-005-006-040000- /O.CAN.KMRX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY... LEBANON 255 PM EST MON MAR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ON TOP OF THE ICE THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... PARTICULARLY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ TNZ016>018-036>047-067>074-081>083-098-VAZ008-040000- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK... JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE... SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... ABINGDON 255 PM EST MON MAR 3 2014 /155 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ON TOP OF THE ICE AND SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE QUICKLY TAPERING OFF BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND BRIDGES WILL FREEZE FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... PARTICULARLY BY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION! && $$ AMP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 2, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1244 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014
.AVIATION...A LOT OF WEATHER TO DEAL WITH DURING THIS PERIOD. CIGS
SHOULD MAINLY STAY VFR FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH A BRIEF
DROP TO MVFR POSSIBLE...THOUGH NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE IN
TAFS. CONDITIONS WILL ONLY DETERIORATE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES AND THE RAIN BEGINS TO MOVE IN. CIGS WILL BE
DROPPING TO MVFR WITH POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS. AS COLDER AIR MOVES
IN...-FZRA IS POSSIBLE AT TYS AND LIKELY AT TRI BY TOMORROW
MORNING...ALONG WITH BREEZY WINDS...WITH TRI SWITCHING TO -SN AROUND
15Z.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK...MORGAN...
SCOTT TN.
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: RUSSELL...WISE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE.
&&
SRHazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 353 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-032100- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 353 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014 /253 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING COLDER AIR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO MONDAY...AND WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL EAST AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ON TOP OF THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WITH LIGHT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TIMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLDER AIR...WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS AND HOW WIDESPREAD ANY POTENTIAL ICING AND SNOWFALL WILL BE. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM! .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock, Morgan, Scott | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 21 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.