12 March 2022 at 4:02 PM
Eagle Knob of High Knob Massif
Cody Blankenbecler Image © All Rights Reserved
A rapid accumulation of wind blown snow
was observed on 12 March 2022 on the 29th
Anniversary of the historic 1993 Superstorm.
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13 March 2022 at 7:00 AM
Eagle Knob of High Knob Massif
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Although this was not a superstorm, it did generate an impressive weather change that featured rapid snow depth accumulations and plunging air temps.
Precipitation Update
High Knob Massif
(Upper Elevations)
(Totals Listed By AM Measurement Format)
Monthly Total Precipitation
Big Cherry Lake Dam
(Elevation 3139 feet)
2019
January
6.14"
February
12.50"
Winter 2018-19
(1 Dec-29 Feb)
26.56"
March
5.93"
April
6.64"
May
6.75"
Spring 2019
(1 Mar-31 May)
19.32"
June
10.68"
July
10.77"
August
4.15"
Summer 2019
(1 Jun-31 Aug)
25.60"
September
0.63"
October
5.01"
( 5.89" to Midnight 31st )
November
5.20"
( 7.04" to Midnight 30th )
Autumn 2019
(1 Sep-31 Oct)
10.84"
December
8.52"
2019 Total: 82.92" (M)
(January 1 to December 31 Period)
2020
*January
7.15"
**February
13.01"
Winter 2019-20
(1 Dec-29 Feb)
28.68"
March
9.55"
( 10.77" to Midnight 31st )
April
11.59"
May
8.73"
(6.90" on Eagle Knob of High Knob Massif)
Spring 2020
(1 Mar-31 May)
29.87"
June
7.48"
July
9.72"
(10.48" to Midnight 31st)
August
8.12"
Summer 2020
(1 Jun-31 Aug)
25.32"
September
6.21"
October
7.06"
November
1.96"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 0.5")
Autumn 2020
(1 Sep-31 Oct)
15.23"
December
6.22"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 34.0")
2020 Total: 96.80" (M)
(January 1 to December 31 Period)
2021
January
6.35"
***(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 34.0")
February
7.42"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 19.5")
Winter 2020-21
(1 Dec to 28 Feb)
19.99"
(21.70" on Eagle Knob)
March
10.82"
(11.14" to Midnight 31st)
April
2.53"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 2.5")
May
4.54"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: Trace)
Spring 2021
(1 Mar-31 May)
17.89"
June
4.79"
July
5.55"
August
10.39"
Summer 2021
(1 June-31 August)
20.73"
September
5.82"
October
3.80"
November
2.23"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 1.5")
3 days with 1" or more depth
Autumn 2021
(1 Sep-30 Nov)
11.85"
December
4.63"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 1.0")
Several days with Trace depths
2021 Total: 68.87"
(January 1 to December 31 Period)
2022
January
8.74"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 40.0")
29 days with 1" or more depth
February
10.32"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 3.5")
14 days with 1" or more depth
Winter 2021-22
(1 Dec to 28 Feb)
23.69"
1-26 March
3.90"
(Eagle Knob Snowfall: 13.5")
6 days with 1" or more depth
2022 Total: 22.96"
(January 1 to March 26 Period)
November 2019-October 2020: 102.34"
Autumn 2018 to Summer 2019: 91.21"
Autumn 2019 to Summer 2020: 94.44"
Autumn 2020 to Summer 2021: 73.84"
(M): Some missing moisture in undercatch and frozen precipitation, with partial corrections applied for the 24.4 meter (80 feet) tall dam structure where rain gauges are located. Corrections are based upon 86-months of direct comparisons between NWS and IFLOWS at Big Cherry Dam (including occasional snow core-water content data).
Winter Storm of 12 March 2022
(After The Storm Scenes)
12 March 2022
Long Ridge of Sandy Ridge
Wayne Riner Photograph © All Rights Reserved
13 March 2022
Wayne Riner Photograph © All Rights Reserved
12 March 2022
Long Ridge of Sandy Ridge
Wayne Riner Photograph © All Rights Reserved
13 March 2022 at 3:26 PM
Looking West from Eagle Knob Peak
Cody Blankenbecler Image © All Rights Reserved
Joe Carter, Water Plant Technician for the City
of Norton, measured 8" of snow depth at the base of the High Knob Massif where the total water equivalent was just under 1.00" .
13 March 2022 at 3:40 PM
Snow Drifts on Eagle Knob Peak
Cody Blankenbecler Image © All Rights Reserved
Snow depths at the summit level varied from
wind blown bare areas to more than 2 feet in drifts. Actual snowfall was estimated to have
been around a foot.
12 March 2022
Wind Streamline Chart At 7 AM
A terrain profile along the airflow trajectory
observed at sunrise is illustrated below.
12 March 2022
Terrain Profile Along NNW Trajectory
Southwings Flight
Conservation Through Aviation
(Ace Pilot Rankin Whittington)
Significant snow cover lingered across the upper elevations into 15 March 2022, with the following aerial views courtesy of a Southwings Flight.
Lonesome Pine Airport In Wise
Rankin Whittington's Cessna 182
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
The following photographs were taken through
plexiglass and have some quality diminishment.
Conditions were hazy above melting snow,
beneath a broken mid-level cloud deck.
15 March 2022 at 12:26 PM
Aerial View of High Knob Lookout
High Knob Peak of High Knob Massif
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
15 March 2022
Aerial View of High Knob Lookout
High Knob Peak of High Knob Massif
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
15 March 2022
Routes Around High Knob Peak
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
15 March 2022
Aerial View of Communications Area
Eagle Knob Peak of High Knob Massif
This view is looking across the Eagle Knob Peak into
High Knob Lake Recreation & Special Biological Area.
15 March 2022
Looking Across Big Cherry Lake Basin
Big Cherry Basin of High Knob Massif
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
The winding head of South Fork of Powell River can be
seen above in high valleys upstream of Big Cherry Lake
(a small portion of which is visible at top right).
15 March 2022
Looking Northeast Across Big Cherry Basin
Big Cherry Lake Basin of High Knob Massif
The bowl-like area above is that portion of the basin between Big Cherry Lake and peak of High Knob. This area generates some of the coldest night-time temps in Virginia and the southern Appalachians.
15 March 2022
Looking Across Crest To Osborne Ridge
Head of Clear Creek of High Knob Massif
Wayne Browning Photograph © All Rights Reserved
Upslope Flow Snow
Middle-Upper Elevations
(26 March 2022)
26 March 2022
Overnight Snow & Blowing Snow
Light snow and flurries which developed during
the late afternoon and evening of 25 March turned moderate-heavy at times into overnight-predawn hours of 26 March.
26 March 2022 at 8:48 AM
Eagle Knob of High Knob Massif
Sunshine Returns In Wake of Snowfall
A general 1" to 2" of accumulation was observed at upper elevations across the High Knob Massif, with 0.5" to 1" along higher mountain ridges of the Tennessee Valley Divide.
26 March 2022
Sunrise Over Snow
Beautiful single and double rainbows were
also recently captured over the highlands.
March 2022
Beautiful Evening Rainbow
March 2022
Double Evening Rainbows
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