Tennessee, 2004

Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15 to 16, 2004

February 15 to 16, 2004 · NWS MRX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

mainly across the higher elevations. 1-3 inches fell across the lower elevations of the Tennessee Valley.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

4 to 10 inches of snow was reported...mainly across the higher elevations. 1-3 inches fell across the lower elevations of the Tennessee Valley.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 15, 6:00 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 6:00 PM EST, 2 hours before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bledsoe

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Bledsoe forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.596, -85.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Campbell

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Campbell forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.404, -84.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

4-10 INCHES OF SNOW

Heavy Snow, Claiborne

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Claiborne forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.486, -83.660 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marion

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Marion forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.129, -85.622 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morgan

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Morgan forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.135, -84.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rhea

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Rhea forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.609, -84.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Scott

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Scott forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.429, -84.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sequatchie

When
February 15, 8:00 PM EST to February 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Sequatchie forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.371, -85.411 (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

More

Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5385571, 5385572, 5385573, 5385574, 5385575, 5385576, 5385577, 5385578.