Heavy Snow, Blount/Smoky Mountains
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Blount/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.687, -83.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 11, 2004
2 to 4 inches of snow reported in the higher elevations of the southern Appalachians as an upper level short wave moved through the region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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.
2 to 4 inches of snow reported in the higher elevations of the southern Appalachians as an upper level short wave moved through the region.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cocke/Smoky Mountains
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cocke/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Johnson
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.455, -81.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sevier/Smoky Mountains
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sevier/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.785, -83.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southeast Carter
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.293, -82.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southeast Greene
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.175, -82.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Unicoi
- When
- December 11, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Unicoi forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.111, -82.432 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Storm Surge in Maine, December 11, 2004
- Winter Storm in New York, December 11, 2004
- Winter Weather in New York, December 11, 2004
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 11, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, December 11, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 11, 2004
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, December 11, 2004
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2004
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: 5430264, 5430265, 5430266, 5430267, 5430268, 5430377, 5430378.