A low pressure system moved northeast during the early morning hours from the Gulf of Mexico producing two to four inches of snowfall in the higher terrain across Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and Southwest North Carolina.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved northeast during the early morning hours from the Gulf of Mexico producing two to four inches of snowfall in the higher terrain across Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and Southwest North Carolina.
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 Jan 16, 3:35 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-171100- 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- 530 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 /430 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW AND SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THESE AREAS. SEE MEMWSWMRX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snows fell in the higher elevations of southwest Virginia overnight with up to 4 inches reported.
Heavy snows fell in the higher elevations of southwest Virginia overnight with up to 4 inches reported.
Heavy snows fell in the higher elevations of southwest Virginia overnight with up to 4 inches reported.
Heavy snows fell in the higher elevations of southwest Virginia overnight with up to 4 inches reported.
Heavy snows fell in the higher elevations of southwest Virginia overnight with up to 4 inches reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 2008
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: 77741, 77742, 77743, 77744, 77745.