Tennessee, 2010

Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 7, 2010

December 7, 2010 · NWS OHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

As scattered snow showers developed across the Cumberland Plateau during the morning hours on Tuesday, December 7th, between one half to one inch of total snowfall accumulation occurred across Fentress and Putnam Counties, resulting in a significant impact to commerce and transportation across these two counties.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

As scattered snow showers developed across the Cumberland Plateau during the morning hours on Tuesday, December 7th, between one half to one inch of total snowfall accumulation occurred across Fentress and Putnam Counties, resulting in a significant impact to commerce and transportation across these two counties.

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2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Fentress

When
December 7, 6:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Fentress forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
36.381, -84.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One inch of total snowfall accumulation occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county for the remainder of that day, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

Winter Weather, Putnam

When
December 7, 6:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Putnam forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.141, -85.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One half of an inch of total snowfall accumulation occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county for the remainder of that day, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 272446, 272447.