A winter storm dumped up to 5 inches of snow across the mountains of east Tennessee. 1-2 inches of snow was reported on the Cumberland Plateau.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A winter storm dumped up to 5 inches of snow across the mountains of east Tennessee. 1-2 inches of snow was reported on the Cumberland Plateau. A trace to 1 inch of snow fell across the valley.
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 1, 5:10 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
510 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AND IS RAPIDLY SPREADING
NORTH. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AREAWIDE. HIGH
PRESSURE HAS SHIFTED OFF THE EAST COAST AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA
ALONG THE GULF COAST WAS SPREADING MOISTURE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
MODELS SHOW STRONG LIFT THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A JET MAX MOVING FROM THE MS VALLEY
TO JUST EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS BY TONIGHT. AS THE SNOW STARTS
SURFACE WINDS ARE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST. VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO ABOUT 5 THOUSAND FEET. MODELS TRY TO BRING IN
WARMER AIR THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY KNOXVILLE SOUTH AND THIS COULD
CHANGE THE SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN.
FARTHER NORTH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW. THE SURFACE LOW
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST BUT STAY FAR TO THE SOUTH. LATE TODAY
AND TONIGHT MODELS SHOW DEEPENING MOISTURE AS A WEAK FRONT NOW
ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY APPROACHES. AS TEMPERATURES RISE JUST ABOVE
FREEZING DURING THE DAY THEY WILL DROP SLOWLY DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING
AND THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW IN MOST PLACES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAVE EXTENDED THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS TO 4AM FRIDAY. THE
NORTHERN PLATEAU AND SW VA MAY SEE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF SNOW
TONIGHT. PREFERRED THE COOLER MET NUMBERS FOR HIGHS TODAY AND
DROPPED TEMPERATURES TO FREEZING AND SLIGHTLY BELOW TONIGHT FROM
KNOXVILLE NORTH. SOUTHERN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS LOOK TO
STAY JUST ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. CHANGED THE WSW IN THOSE AREAS TO
AN ADVISORY ENDING LATE TODAY BASED ON THE HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS TODAY
AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS TONIGHT WITH SECOND SYSTEM AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH
MID/UPR JET SOLUTION EARLY IN PERIOD. WILL FOLLOW CLOSE TO GFS WHICH
STRENGTHENS JET OVR TN VLY FRI THEN SHIFTS THE JET CORE EAST OF THE
MNTS EARLY SAT. THE NAM SOLUTION IS FARTHER N AND APPEARS TOO WARM
FOR MRX CWA. SCT SNOW AND RAIN SHWRS ACROSS THE AREA FRI ENDING
ACROSS NE TN/SW VA FRI NIGHT. NAM/GFS 850 MB TEMPS FOR SAT MORN ARE
NEARLY 10C APART. -3/-13C. WENT WITH LOW TO MID 20S OVERALL FOR SAT
MORN. ENTRANCE REGION OF UPR JET AND INCREASED MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT
SCT SNOWS MAINLY FOR SW VA. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON
MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A VERY COLD AIRMASS FOR REMAINDER OF EXTENDED
PERIOD. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE BRIEF AND ONLY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS OF TN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 38 33 42 24 40 / 100 90 20 10 10
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 35 33 39 22 35 / 100 100 20 10 10
OAK RIDGE, TN 36 32 38 21 34 / 100 90 20 10 10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 34 30 39 21 35 / 100 90 30 20 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
EAST POLK...JOHNSON...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST
CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...UNICOI.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ANDERSON...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER...
HAMBLEN...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...
NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...ROANE...SCOTT TN...UNION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...HAMILTON...
MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...
SEQUATCHIE...WEST POLK.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
HANCOCK...HAWKINS...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST GREENE...
SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON TN.
VA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
&&
TD/SONThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of snow reported at Trade. Two to three inches of snow was reported in Mountain City.
Four inches of snow fell across the higher elevations.
Four inches of snow fell across the higher elevations.
Four inches of snow fell across the higher elevations.
Four inches of snow fell across the higher elevations.
Four to five inches of snow was reported at Ducktown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 14181, 16773, 16774, 16775, 14182, 17277.