An upper level disturbance tracked across the region bringing snow to southwest Virginia. Heavy snow reports were limited.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance tracked across the region bringing snow to southwest Virginia. Heavy snow reports were limited. The lower elevations received 1 to 3 inches of snow, while up to 12 inches was reported in the higher elevations.
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, 12:17 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1217 AM EST MON FEB 15 2010
.AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED PRECIP IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALL
SITES CAN EXPECT AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS...WITH A PERIOD OF IFR AT
TYS AND TRI AS LOW CLOUDS AND FOG PERSIST AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
EXPECT THAT PRECIP WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AT CHA BEFORE CHANGING
QUICKLY TO SNOW...WITH TYS AND TRI SEEING ALL SNOW. CEILINGS SHOULD
RISE A BIT ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
WILL RETURN TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
EAST POLK...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST MONROE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...
CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...
HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...
MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH
SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST
GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...
SEQUATCHIE...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...
SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
&&
DGSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 310 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-151000- 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- 310 PM EST (210 PM CST) SUN FEB 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT (MEMWSWMRX) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BELOW 2500 FEET...WITH MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported 12 inches of snow fell at High Knob near Norton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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