A low pressure system moved northeast from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico along the Western Atlantic coastal waters generating heavy snowfall across the Carolinas extending west into the terrain along the Tennessee and North Carolina border. Snowfall generally ranged from around 4 to 8 inches with a few locally higher totals.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved northeast from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico along the Western Atlantic coastal waters generating heavy snowfall across the Carolinas extending west into the terrain along the Tennessee and North Carolina border. Snowfall generally ranged from around 4 to 8 inches with a few locally higher totals.
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 Dec 8, 12:38 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A snowfall total of 9.1 inches was measure four miles east northeast of Culberson.
A snowfall total of 8 inches was estimated across several locations in the county.
A snowfall total of 7.3 inches was measured five miles east northeast of Culberson.
A snowfall total of 6.5 inches was measured one mile north of Hot House.
A snowfall total of 5.5 inches was measured five miles southwest of Violet.
A snowfall total of 5 inches was measured two miles northeast of Murphy.
A snowfall total of 4 inches was measured four miles east of Cedar Creek.
A snowfall total of 6.6 inches was measured three miles southeast of Tusquitee.
A snowfall total of 6 inches was measured at Hayesville.
A snowfall total of 4.5 inches was measured three miles southeast of Unaka.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 2017
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: 724217, 724218, 724219, 724220, 724221, 724222, 724223, 724224, 724225, 724237.