A moderate to strong upper level system moved into the region generating heavy snowfall amounts averaging 3 to 5 inches.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A moderate to strong upper level system moved into the region generating heavy snowfall amounts averaging 3 to 5 inches.
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 14, 10:08 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1008 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016
.DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK THIS MORNING...SO NO MAJOR CHANGES
ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE FALLING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.
SNOW WILL BE PICKING UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL
ISENTROPIC LIFT STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH
CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. THE CURRENT FORECAST SHOWS AMOUNTS
1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLATEAU...NE TN...AND
SW VA BEFORE SUNSET...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE 12Z NAM AND THE 06Z
GFS.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY FOR BLOUNT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LOUDON-NW
BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY FOR ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-
CLAIBORNE-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JOHNSON-MORGAN-
NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST GREENE-SCOTT TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION-WASHINGTON TN.
VA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY FOR LEE-RUSSELL-SCOTT-
WASHINGTON-WISE.
&&
DGSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 516 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-151030- 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- 516 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 /416 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY...WITH THE MAIN IMPACTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SMOKY MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY OVER SOME THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WINTER PRECIPITATION REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A three inch snowfall accumulation was measured six miles south of Oneida.
Four inches of snow was reported at LaFollette.
Four inches of snow was reported nine miles north northwest of Sharp's Chapel.
A four inch snow depth was measured at Oneida.
A three inch snow depth was measured at Luttrell.
Three inches of snow was reported at Greeneville.
Snow depth was measured at 3.2 inches six miles northwest of Johnson City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2016
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: 617375, 617396, 617398, 617400, 617399, 617397, 617403.