A significant amount of snow as well as ice could potentially to be coming to Knoxville this weekend. The “significant weather event,” Jan. 23-24 is part of a major winter storm that’s expected to affect a most of Tennessee and large portion of the eastern United States, according to the National Weather Service.
Despite alarming snowfall totals floating around on social media, it’s still too early for meteorologists to say exactly how much snow Knoxville could get. But the odds of Knoxville receiving at least 6 inches of snow are high, according to the National Weather Service.
But here’s the thing: Knoxville has been through this before. Over 30 years ago, the “Storm of the Century” hit East Tennessee and dumped over a foot of snow in the Knoxville area within 24 hours…