Precipitation ahead of a warm front fell in the form of freezing rain and sleet during the evening hours of January 5th, 2009 into the early morning hours of January 6th, 2009. Ice accumulations ranged from a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch in the area of extreme West Tennessee.
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.
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 episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Precipitation ahead of a warm front fell in the form of freezing rain and sleet during the evening hours of January 5th, 2009 into the early morning hours of January 6th, 2009. Ice accumulations ranged from a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch in the area of extreme West Tennessee. Trees and power lines were covered and some power outages occurred. Roads were slick and several accidents were reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 12:07 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
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3 winter weather, 1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice accumulations were between a tenth of an inch and an eighth of an inch.
A quarter of an inch of ice fell around Atoka, Munford and Covington.
Ice accumulations were between a tenth of an inch and an eighth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were between a tenth of an inch and an eighth of an inch around Union City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 2009
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: 148932, 148933, 148941, 148942.