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Major Winter Storm Ongoing in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes; Severe Weather Along the East Coast

A major winter storm will continue to bring blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall, icing, and strong winds through today across the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes. Widespread severe storms are expected across the entire eastern U.S. with the highest threat over the interior Mid-Atlantic, where there is a risk for damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes. Heat continues to build in the West. Read More >

Morristown, TN

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Last Map Update: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 8:08:31 pm EDT

 

Mountain Winter WX Advisory
Daily Climate
Smoky Mtn Observations
Rain changing to snow with snowfall likely across the higher elevations of the far east Tennessee mountains and portions of southwest VA.
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Daily climate data (normals and records) for today for the sites plotted. The current normals period is 1991-2020.
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Each observation point is apart of our COOP program (Cooperative Observer Program). Each site has a 24 hour observation period that ends and begins at 8 am local time. Each site records temperature, precipitation, and snowfall data. More information about the COOP program can be found here www.nws.noaa.gov/om/coop/ Data began being collected at: Cades Cover on 01/01/1999 || Mount LeConte on 07/01/1987 || Newfound Gap on 01/01/1991 || Sugarlands Visitor Center on 12/01/1921
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 Current Weather Observations...
Location Time
(EDT)		 Weather Vsby.
(SM)		 Temp.
(ºF)		 Dewpt.
(ºF)		 Hum.
(%)		 Wind
(mph)		Wind Chill / Heat Index
(ºF)		Pres.
(in)
Abingdon VA19:55Light Snow10282379W 17G2415 [WC]29.73
Andrews-Murphy NC18:41Clear10481931NNE 6-30.14
Chattanooga TN19:53Partly Cloudy10362051WNW 14G2326 [WC]29.97
Crossville TN19:53Overcast7272177W 17G3514 [WC]29.88
Dalton GA19:55Overcast9362360NW 531 [WC]29.97
Knoxville TN (McGhee-Tyson)19:53Light Snow9332366W 16G2822 [WC]29.89
Middlesboro KY19:55Overcast10312270CALM-29.87
Monroe Cnty TN19:55Overcast10322474WNW 15G2221 [WC]29.92
Morristown TN19:55Overcast10302686W 1319 [WC]29.84
Oak Ridge TN19:53Mostly Cloudy10331955W 10G2124 [WC]29.91
Tazewell Cnty VA19:55Light Snow2 1/2242190WNW 10G2113 [WC]29.69
Tri-Cities TN19:53Overcast9302478W 13G2819 [WC]29.78
Wise VA19:55Snow1/2232192W 13G2310 [WC]29.72
Greeneville, TN19:55Overcast10302686W 10G2520 [WC]29.80

Local Weather History For March 16th...
A tornado touched down briefly in Scott County in 1996, with one person injured near Oneida.

 

 

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