Rainfall falling into subfreezing air resulting in another freezing rain event across northwest Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on February 2 into the early morning hours on February 3. Up to one quarter inch of ice accumulation was reported on elevated surfaces.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Rainfall falling into subfreezing air resulting in another freezing rain event across northwest Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on February 2 into the early morning hours on February 3. Up to one quarter inch of ice accumulation was reported on elevated surfaces.
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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 2, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 900 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 .UPDATE...FOR EVENING UPDATE AND WINTER WEATHER SYNOPSIS. && .DISCUSSION... BOTTOM LINE ON THE UPDATE...WE'RE GOING TO STAND PAT ON THE CURRENT PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT. BIGGEST STORY RIGHT NOW IS THE ICING THAT IS GOING ON IN WEAKLEY AND HENRY COUNTIES IN TN AND CALLOWAY COUNTY KENTUCKY. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS. THIS IS JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF OUR STEWART COUNTY. CURRENT TREND HAS THIS ICING MOVING INTO OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NOW...THE QUESTION WILL BE HOW MUCH ICE WILL THIS AREA OF BENTON...HOUSTON...STEWART AND MONTGOMERY SEE PRIOR TO A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. FOR NOW...WILL STICK WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS WE APPROACH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AS AN UPGRADE TO AN ICE STORM WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY. FOR THE REST OF THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THERE ARE MANY SPOTS THAT ARE CREEPING EVER CLOSER TO THE FREEZING MARK...ALONG WITH A VERY LARGE WARM NOSE ALOFT. THIS SPELLS A FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX FOR AREAS ALONG THE KENTUCKY BORDER FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS BEFORE THE EXPECTED EROSION OF THAT WARM NOSE AND A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE METRO AREA HAS BEEN SAVED SO FAR BY THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THIS IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THE CONCERN WOULD BE WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...BUT RIGHT NOW WE AREN'T GETTING AN ICING REPORTS FROM THESE AREAS. OF MORE CONCERN THOUGH..THE 00Z SOUNDING SHOWED A LARGE WARM NOSE OF 6 DEGREES CELSIUS AND IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR THAT NOSE TO ERODE. LIKELY LONGER THAN IT WILL TAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO FALL BEFORE FREEZING. SO...AN HOUR OR TWO OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE METRO AREA BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW CAN OCCUR. THIS MEANS WE COULD START TO SEE SOME GLAZING AROUND MIDNIGHT...SO IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT...PLEASE USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. UPDATES ARE ON THE WAY. UNGER && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. SHORTWAVE ENERGY EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS OVERNIGHT WILL BRING A ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. COLDER AIR IS SPILLING INTO NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH A WARM NOSE AT CLARKSVILLE AT +3 DEGS CELSIUS. THE WARM NOSE AT NASHVILLE IS +5 DEGS. THERE IS A COLDER LAYER JUST ABOVE SURFACE IN A SOMEWHAT SHALLOW STRATUM WITH COLDEST TEMPS IN LAYER AT -4 DEGS CELSIUS AT CLARKSVILLE AROUND 2000 FEET MSL AND A -1 DEG CELSIUS AT NASHVILLE AROUND 1900 FEET MSL. FLYERS TAKING OFF AND LANDING FROM NEAR SURFACE TO 900 MBARS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER HEAVY ICING IN THIS LAYER. BOYD && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR TNZ009>011- 027>034-056>060-062>064. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR TNZ024>026. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR TNZ005>008-022- 023. && 27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 923 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 TNZ008>011-024>034-056>060-062>064-040330- SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON- WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY- HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB- 923 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL TRANSITION INTO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ON AREA BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... ALONG WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TNZ061-065-066-075-077>080-093>095-040330- MARSHALL-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 923 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN MAY CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING. ONLY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TNZ005>007-022-023-040330- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON- 923 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. BY 3 AM...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL HAZARDS IN THIS AREA. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT ON AREA ROADWAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 27
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Stewart County Emergency Management reported 0.1 to 0.2 inches of ice accumulation on trees across the county.
A COOP observer in White House measured 0.1 inches of ice accumulation.
Facebook reports indicated 0.1 inches of ice accumulation in Westmoreland.
Dickson County Emergency Management reported 0.1 inches of ice accumulation across northern parts of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2014
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: 495271, 495272, 495273, 495274.