An upper level disturbance brought heavy snow to east Tennessee on the 27th. while amounts of 1 to 2 inches was reported in the Tennessee Valley.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance brought heavy snow to east Tennessee on the 27th. Snowfall amounts averaged 1 to 3 inches across the Cumberland Plateau...while amounts of 1 to 2 inches was reported in the Tennessee Valley. The highest snowfall totals fell across the mountains of east Tennessee where 4 to 10 inches was reported.
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 26, 10:15 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1015 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
.DISCUSSION...SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH MORE UPSTREAM. COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES OVERNIGHT...AS
SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS. LOOKS LIKE A DECENT SET UP FOR SNOW
SHOWERS TO CONTINUE...SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO ONGOING
FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. WILL UPDATE TO MAKE SOME MINOR TWEAKS...AND
WILL REMOVE EVENING RAIN WORDING FROM ZFP. UPDATE OUT SOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 32 39 29 51 33 / 20 20 0 0 10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 28 35 25 45 31 / 60 60 10 10 10
OAK RIDGE, TN 29 36 25 47 32 / 60 60 0 10 20
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 30 34 23 40 26 / 100 100 30 10 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...MORGAN...
NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST GREENE...SCOTT TN...SULLIVAN...
WASHINGTON TN.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
JOHNSON...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...
SOUTHEAST GREENE...UNICOI.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BLEDSOE...MARION...SEQUATCHIE.
VA...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: WISE.
&&
LDWHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-271000- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 500 AM EST (400 AM CST) TUE FEB 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. PLEASE SEE MEMWSWMRX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED ON WEDNESDAY. DMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported 4 inches of snow accumulation across the higher elevations of the county.
Dispatch reported 4 to 8 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the county. Roan State Park received 8 inches of snow.
Dispatch reported 4 to 10 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the county. Spivey Gap received 8 to 10 inches of snow.
Dispatch office reported 3 to 5 inches of snow fell across the higher elevations of the county.
Dispatch reported 4 to 6 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the county. Cosby received 6 inches of snow.
Park officials reported 4 to 17 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the county...including 5 inches of snow at Park headquarters and 6 inches of snow at Ober Gatlinburg. The highest snow accumulations occurred at Mount Leconte where 17 inches of snow fell and Newfound Gap where 12 inches of snow was reported.
Dispatch reported 3 to 5 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 79726, 79728, 79729, 79735, 79736, 79744, 79746.