Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 26, 2004

Name: Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 26, 2004
Start: 2004-02-26T12:00
End: 2004-02-26T23:00
Location: Tennessee

February 26, 2004 · NWS MRX · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

22 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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 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 25, 3:56 PM EST, 20 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:56 PM EST, 20 hours 4 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

22 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Anderson

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Anderson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.118, -84.198 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bledsoe

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Campbell forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.404, -84.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Claiborne

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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, Grainger

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Grainger forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.276, -83.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamblen

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Hamblen forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.217, -83.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hancock

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.524, -83.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hawkins

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Hawkins forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.441, -82.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jefferson

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.051, -83.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Knox

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.993, -83.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marion

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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, Northwest Carter

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Northwest Carter forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.293, -82.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northwest Cocke

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Northwest Cocke forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northwest Greene

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Northwest Greene forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.175, -82.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rhea

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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, Roane

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Roane forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.848, -84.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Scott

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.429, -84.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

3-6 INCHES OF SNOW

Heavy Snow, Sequatchie

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Sequatchie forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.371, -85.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sullivan

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.513, -82.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Union

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.288, -83.837 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Washington

When: February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.293, -82.497 (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

Every storm in Tennessee in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5385589, 5385590, 5385591, 5385862, 5385863, 5385864, 5385865, 5385866, 5385962, 5385963, 5385964, 5385965, 5385966, 5385967, 5385968, 5385969, 5385970, 5385971, 5385972, 5385973, 5385974, 5385975.