Winter Storm, Hawkins
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hawkins forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.441, -82.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 10, 1997
An arctic cold front and associated upper level disturbance swept through the southern Appalachians. Snowfall amounts were 1-3 inches in southeast Tennessee, 2-4 inches across the northern Cumberland plateau and central east Tennessee, and 3-5 inches in northeast Tennessee.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 39 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 39
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
An arctic cold front and associated upper level disturbance swept through the southern Appalachians. Snowfall amounts were 1-3 inches in southeast Tennessee, 2-4 inches across the northern Cumberland plateau and central east Tennessee, and 3-5 inches in northeast Tennessee.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
39 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Sullivan
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.513, -82.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Johnson
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.455, -81.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fentress
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fentress forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.381, -84.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Morgan
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.135, -84.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Anderson
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -84.198 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Union
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.288, -83.837 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grainger
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grainger forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.276, -83.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hamblen
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamblen forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.217, -83.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northwest Cocke
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Cocke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cocke/Smoky Mountains
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cocke/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northwest Greene
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.175, -82.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southeast Greene
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.175, -82.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.293, -82.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Unicoi
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Unicoi forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.111, -82.432 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northwest Carter
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.293, -82.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southeast Carter
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.293, -82.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cumberland
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -84.998 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Roane
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.848, -84.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Loudon
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Loudon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.735, -84.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Knox
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.993, -83.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jefferson
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.051, -83.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northwest Blount
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Blount forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.687, -83.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Blount/Smoky Mountains
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Blount/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.687, -83.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, North Sevier
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- North Sevier forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.785, -83.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sevier/Smoky Mountains
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sevier/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.785, -83.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rhea
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.609, -84.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Meigs
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.513, -84.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, McMinn
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- McMinn forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.425, -84.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northwest Monroe
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.443, -84.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southeast Monroe
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.443, -84.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hamilton
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.181, -85.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Bradley
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bradley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.154, -84.860 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, West Polk
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- West Polk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -84.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, East Polk
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- East Polk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -84.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Scott
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.429, -84.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Campbell
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.404, -84.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Claiborne
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Claiborne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.486, -83.660 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hancock
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.524, -83.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Ohio, January 10 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 10 to 11, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 10, 1997
- Storm Surge in Maine, January 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10 to 12, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 10 to 11, 1997
- Cold in Missouri, January 10 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 10, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 10 to 20, 1997
- Cold in Kentucky, January 10 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585271, 5585272, 5585273, 5585274, 5585275, 5585276, 5585277, 5585278, 5585279, 5585280, 5585281, 5585282, 5585283, 5585284, 5585285, 5585286, 5585287, 5585288, 5585289, 5585290, 5585291, 5585292, 5585293, 5585294, 5585295, 5585296, 5585297, 5585298, 5585299, 5585300, 5585301, 5585302, 5585303, 5585304, 5585305, 5586369, 5586370, 5586371, 5586372.