Heavy Snow, Bedford
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.514, -86.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15, 2004
Snow fell fast and furious.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
Snow fell fast and furious. Snow totals ranged from 4 inches to as much as 9 inches in the Cumberland Plateau.Some snow amounts were:ROCK ISLAND 4 INCHES SPENCER 6 INCHES 10 NW CROSSVILLE 9 INCHES MCMINNVILLE 7 INCHES SHELBYVILLE 5 INCHES WOODBURY 5 INCHES LEWISBURG 6 INCHES CENTERTOWN 4 INCHES (Warren County) FALL CREEK FALLS 4 INCHES CROSSVILLE 8 INCHES FAIRFIELD GLADE 5 INCHES THOMPSON STATION 4 INCHES MURFREESBORO 4 INCHES
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cannon
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cannon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.809, -86.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coffee
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.491, -86.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cumberland
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -84.998 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Grundy
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.388, -85.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Rutherford
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.843, -86.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Van Buren
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.696, -85.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Warren
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.679, -85.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, White
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.926, -85.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Williamson
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.894, -86.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marshall
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.469, -86.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Cold in Illinois, February 15, 2004
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, February 15, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, February 15 to 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 15 to 16, 2004
More
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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: 5384913, 5384914, 5384915, 5384916, 5384917, 5384918, 5384919, 5384997, 5384998, 5384999, 5385000.