Heavy Snow, Dickson
- When
- December 29, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.149, -87.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 29, 1997
3-4 inches for Putnam county and 2-4 inches for Humphreys county. 5 inches of snow fell at Bon Aqua in Hickman county, even though most of the county had 2 inches of snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
The snow depths for a 12 hour period from 12 AM Monday, December 29 to 12 PM Monday, December 29 was as follows: 4-5 inches for Lawrence and Dickson counties...3-4 inches for Putnam county and 2-4 inches for Humphreys county. 5 inches of snow fell at Bon Aqua in Hickman county, even though most of the county had 2 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lawrence
- When
- December 29, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hickman
- When
- December 29, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.803, -87.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Benton
- When
- December 29, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -88.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A newspaper article reported 4 to 5 inches of snow at Big Sandy. A 17 year old male juvenile lost control of his vehicle on the slick roads. The vehicle slid off the road, hit a culvert, spun around and struck a tree before coming to rest at a ditch. The boy was not injured. The wet and heavy snow caused some tree limbs to fall on power lines. At one point there were 2000 customers without power.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 29, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 29, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 29 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 29, 1997
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 1997
Sources
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: 5625384, 5625385, 5625386, 5625387.