Today marks the 30th anniversary of the “Storm of the Century” as they call it, after a monstrous blizzard came through in 1993 and impacted the entire Eastern United States with record snowfall totals.
The powerful system came from the Gulf of Mexico and brought in huge snowflakes to areas ending with around 2 1/2 feet of snow in Greene County. The blizzard caused down trees and power lines which blocked roads, businesses had to shut down, some were unable to get home, and it knocked out service from 20,000 to 25,000 customers of Greeneville Light & Power.
Some in the region were affected for weeks, with the storm shattering snowfall records that dated back to the 1800s. According to meteorologists, a storm like this is only seen every hundred years.
Blizzard of 1993 Snowfall Totals:
60 inches: Mount Leconte
30 inches: Gatlinburg, Mountain City
28.9 inches: Wise, VA
28 inches: Copper Hill
23 inches: Pound, VA, Chattanooga
22 inches: Andrews, NC
20 inches: Greeneville, Newport
19 inches: Murphy, NC
18.5 inches: Lebanon, VA
18 inches: Athens, Lancing, Tazewell
17 inches: Erwin, Morristown
16 inches: Rogersville
15.1 inches: Knoxville
15 inches: Pennington Gap, VA, Pikeville
14.5 inches: Norris
14.2 inches: Bristol, Kingsport
14 inches: Kingston, Rockwood
12 inches: Monteagle, Oak Ridge
11 inches: Lenoir City
10.4 inches: Sevierville
10 inches: Abingdon, VA, Jefferson City
8 inches: Dayton
