Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 26, 2011

A total snowfall accumulation on average of three inches, along with numerous roads becoming slick and treacherous, occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation also resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation of between one and one half and two inches occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Three to four inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. A newspaper reported that a 63 year old man was traveling south on Divider Natchez Trace in Benton County, about 4 miles west of Holladay, around 6 AM on Wednesday, January 26, when his 2009 Chevrolet slid off the icy roadway, struck a culvert, and overturned. The man, who was the driver and only occupant of the car, was ejected and the vehicle landed on him. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The type of vehicle and the total damage to it was unknown. This total snowfall accumulation resulted also in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation of three inches on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation amounts of between two and one half and four and three tenths of an inch occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation of between three and four inches on average occurred across the county. A newspaper reported on Wednesday night, January 26th, that a transformer outage left more than 150 residents without power in White Bluff, and on Wednesday, January 26th also, at 6:30 am, a tree fell on a limb at a substation in Charlotte, leaving more than 800 residents along Highway 48 without power for more than an hour. Over 95 wrecks were reported countywide. Total damage cost associated with these wrecks and any injuries associated with any wrecks were unknown. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th also, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation of between two and three inches occurred on average across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Four inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One half of an inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Three and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One and three tenths of an inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation of three inches occurred in Fairview. Other locations across the county had average total snowfall accumulations of two and one half inches. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Two inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. A newspaper also reported that 46 non-injury traffic accidents, 20 wrecks with injuries, and 18 requests for motorist assistance were received at the county's 911 center. Extent and amount of individual experiencing injuries along with the individual vehicle damage amounts were unknown. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county for the remainder of that day also, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

Total snowfall accumulations of between three and one half and four inches occurred on average across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Two inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One and one tenth of an inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Three and six tenths of total snowfall accumulation occurred near Portland. Across the remainder of the county, total snowfall accumulations averaged around two and one half inches. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Eight tenths of an inch of total snowfall accumulations on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Two and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation occurred in Carthage. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Carthage and the surrounding areas on Wednesday, January 26th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across these areas for the remainder of that day also, as travel across roads throughout this area became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

One and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation occurred on average across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observations across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulations on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations of CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One and one tenth of an inch of total snowfall accumulation occurred near Red Boiling Springs. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures in Red Boiling Springs and the surrounding areas on Wednesday, January 26th, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across this area for the remainder of that day, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

One and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One half of an inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations from CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per CoCoRaHS observations across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Total snowfall accumulation on average of one and one half inches occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

Two and one half inches of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One half of an inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.

One inch of total snowfall accumulation on average occurred across the county per observations of CoCoRaHS observers across the county. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county on Wednesday, January 26th, 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.