Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 15, 2010

Around one eighth of an inch of ice accumulation was reported on mainly secondary and backroads across the county. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

An ice coating of around one tenth of an inch on all exposed surfaces occurred over the previous couple of hours in Centerville. Freezing rain was reported to be continuing to fall at the time of this report. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Centerville and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across these same areas during the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th, and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Multiple reports of freezing drizzle were reported at the intersection of Interstate 24 and Sam Ridley Parkway.

Treacherous road conditions were reported three miles north of Pulaski with freezing rain continuing to fall. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across locations north of Pulaski on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the late afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th, and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

One eighth of an inch of ice accumulation was reported on exposed metal objects and roads were ice covered in Lawrenceburg. Heavy freezing rain was reported to be still occurring at the time of this report. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across Lawrenceburg and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across this area during the late afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th, and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

All exposed surfaces had ice accumulations of just under one tenth of an inch due to freezing rain across the county. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the late afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Freezing rain accumulations of around one eighth of an inch were reported on residences porches, sidewalks, and cars in Columbia. Freezing rain was still falling at the time of this report. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Columbia and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the late afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Roads across the county were covered with at least one quarter of an inch of ice, with locally higher amounts reported near the Cumberland/Putnam County line north of Interstate 40 due to freezing rain. This resulted in multiple roads being declared impassable, along with multiple wrecks being reported across the county. Details concerning damage type and amounts to vehicles were unknown. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

At least one quarter of an inch of ice accumulation due to freezing rain was reported on most county roads. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Ice accumulations, of unknown depth, were reported on roads in Spencer. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Spencer and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across this area during the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads in this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Most county roads were covered with at least one quarter of an inch of ice. Numerous vehicles and some tracker trailers were reported to have slid off county roads and into ditches also. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Locations across Belle Meade experienced ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch due to freezing rain. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Belle Meade and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across this area during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

NWS employee reported ice accumulation of around one tenth of an inch around eight miles east of Gallatin due to freezing rain. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across this area on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Several backroads received a thin coating of ice on them, estimated at around one eighth of an inch, as a result of freezing rain accumulations. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Multiple back roads across the county were reported to have a sheet of ice on them. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Icy roads were reported across the county, especially the northern half, due to freezing rain accumulations. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

Roads were reported impassable as freezing rain left a coating of ice on multiple roads across the county, making them impassable. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.

The road that goes up to Bon Air Mountain was iced over, with an estimated ice accumulation depth of around one eighth of an inch. A newspaper also reported that two women were injured in a one-vehicle crash on McMinnville Highway, just east of Preston Heights Cemetery Road in the southwestern portion of White County due to icy road conditions. Both occupants were transported to White County Community Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. What the exact injuries where and any damage to the one vehicle involved in the crash were unknown. This total ice accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in the Bon Air community and the surrounding areas on Thursday, December 16th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county during the evening hours on Wednesday, December 15th, and throughout Thursday, December 16th, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the ice accumulations on them.