Ice Storm in Tennessee, February 18, 2006

Name: Ice Storm in Tennessee, February 18, 2006
Start: 2006-02-18T05:00
End: 2006-02-18T12:12
Location: Tennessee

February 18, 2006 · NWS HUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Franklin

When: February 18, 5:00 AM CST to 12:12 PM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.155, -86.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An upper level disturbance tracking along a strong frontal boundary across the South produced a swath of mixed precipitation across the Tennessee Valley. Many locations received accumulations of sleet and freezing rain. The heaviest freezing rain and ice accumulations on the order of one quarter to one half inch occurred in the higher elevations of the Cumberland Plateau including Sewanee and nearby areas. Accumulations of ice were mainly on vehicles, vegetation and powerlines and lessor traveled roads.

What these are

Ice Storm: Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, February 2006

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5490081.