A band of light freezing drizzle and rain developed during the pre-dawn hours in southern middle Tennessee just in advance of a cold front. Up to a tenth of an inch of ice accumulated on elevated surfaces in Moore and Franklin Counties.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A band of light freezing drizzle and rain developed during the pre-dawn hours in southern middle Tennessee just in advance of a cold front. Up to a tenth of an inch of ice accumulated on elevated surfaces in Moore and Franklin Counties.
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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 10, 4:27 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 350 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-102000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 350 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO EXIT THE OUTLOOK AREA TO THE EAST THIS EARLY MORNING. WHILE THE INFLUX OF COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...DIMINISHING MOISTURE ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR WILL LIMIT THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICING HEADING INTO MID MORNING. WHILE NO MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING...A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY BRIEFLY DEVELOP...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH 9 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to a tenth of an inch of icing was reported on fences at the Fayetteville Tennessee Municipal Airport.
Up to an eighth of an inch of ice accumulation was reported on non-road surfaces at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.
Ice accumulation of around a tenth of an inch was reported on area roads around Lynchburg, Tennessee.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2013
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 481329, 481330, 481331.