Another round of moderate to heavy rain and freezing rain spread across Middle Tennessee throughout the day on February 4, just one day after freezing rain brought ice accumulations up to one quarter inch to parts of northwest Middle Tennessee. With little of the ice having melted from the February 2-3 freezing rain event, parts of northwest Middle Tennessee received total ice accumulations…
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Another round of moderate to heavy rain and freezing rain spread across Middle Tennessee throughout the day on February 4, just one day after freezing rain brought ice accumulations up to one quarter inch to parts of northwest Middle Tennessee. With little of the ice having melted from the February 2-3 freezing rain event, parts of northwest Middle Tennessee received total ice accumulations between one quarter and one half inch, which caused numerous trees and power lines to fall. In addition, widespread rainfall of 2 to 3 inches resulted in minor flooding of area rivers and other low lying area into February 5.
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 4, 5:44 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 544 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 .UPDATE...FOR AVIATION. && .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS...POOR FLYING WX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. EARLY TODAY...LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST WITH MVFR BR...AND A FEW POCKETS OF FZFG MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON SURFACES. BY 21Z...RA WILL BE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AND CONDITIONS WILL DROP TO IFR...WITH SOME LIFR CIGS...AT ALL MID TN SITES. THE RA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 05/06Z. THERE WILL SOME VSBY IMPROVEMENT AFTER 05/06Z AS THE LOW CENTER MOVES NORTHEAST AND THE RA DIMINISHES...BUT CIGS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN LOW. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...PATCHY FREEZING FOR THIS MORNING...HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WINTRY WX RETURNING TO THE MID STATE THIS WEEKEND...TEMPS. PER SOME SFC OBS SUPPORTING...WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF PATCHY FREEZING FOG THRU MID MORNING HRS. OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE WITH CLDY SKIES AND EXPECTING SHWRS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SW COUNTIES BY THE MID MORNING HRS...AS NEXT SHORTWAVE IN UPPER LEVEL FLOW APPROACHES MID STATE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING SFC INVERTED TROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING NEWD INTO THE MID STATE FROM THE GULF COASTAL REGION. THIS PATTERN WILL SUPPORT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL BY THE MID AFTERNOON HRS NEAR THE TN RIVER VALLEY... ACROSS CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE DURING THE EVENING HRS... AND ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE INCLUDING PLATEAU DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS. TOTAL QPF VALUES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD COULD RANGE FROM AROUND 1.25 INCHES TO AROUND 2 INCHES. GROUND STILL SOMEWHAT SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT AM NOT EXPECTING ANY WIDESPREAD FLOODING POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO THAT SOME USUAL LOWER LYING AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR FLOODING. AM ALSO EXPECTING SOME ISO ELEVATED CONVECTION EMBEDDED WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL...WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS HERE OR THERE ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALSO. AM EXPECTING ALSO A TRANSITION BEHIND THIS TO POSSIBLY A FREEZING DRIZZLE EVENT ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE LATE TONIGHT AS COOLER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE FRINGES OF BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCES. MIGHT EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO FLURRIES ACROSS THESE AREAS THRU THE MID MORNING HRS...AND ACROSS CNTRL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE THRU NOON ON WED...BUT WHATEVER FORM OF BRIEF PCPN THAT FORM BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE PER RESIDUAL MOISTURE INFLUENCES...IT IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH MINIMAL ACCUMULATION ABILITIES. DUE EXPECT WED NIGHT AND THU TO BE DRY ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WITH SWLY FLOW ALOFT...WILL KEEP THE MID STATE UNDER MOCLDY SKIES. AS FOR TEMPS TODAY THRU THU NIGHT...LEANED CLOSE TO GFS MOS GUIDANCE VALUES. WILL KEEP MOST OF FRI DRY ALSO...BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES THE MID STATE...WHICH COULD BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOWFALL. 00Z GFS/EURO MODEL RUNS HAVE COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE WX PATTERN ACROSS THE MID STATE LATE WEEK INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK TOO. PER ANOTHER INVERTED SFC TROUGH AXIS SETTING UP ACROSS THE MID STATE BY SAT MORNING...MID STATE COULD BE EXPERIENCING A CHANCE OF SNOW FRI NIGHT...TRANSITIONING INTO A RAIN/SNOW MIX THRU THE MID MORNING HRS...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSAGE EXPECTED ON SAT NIGHT INTO SUN PROVIDING A BETTER CHANCE OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE MID STATE... AT LEAST FOR CNTRL AND WESTERN PORTIONS. MAYBE SOME SNOWFALL ACROSS PLATEAU COUNTIES SUN NIGHT...BEFORE EVEN A STRONGER CANADIAN BASED HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH NOW NWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW SUPPORT BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE MID PORTION OF NEXT WEEK...BEFORE YET ANOTHER POSSIBLE WX SYSTEM INFLUENCES THE MID STATE'S WX. WENT FOR A COMPROMISE SOLUTION OF TEMPS FRI THRU FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. 31 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051100- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 500 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS... AND COULD CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A WINTRY MIX...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WITH EXACT TIMING...LOCATION DEVELOPMENT...AND AMOUNTS STILL NEEDING TO BE DETERMINED...IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU CHECK BACK THROUGHOUT THE WEEK CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1232 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041500- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1232 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...FREEZING FOG AND SLICK AREA ROADS LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... WITH THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING... FOG...AND AREA ROADWAYS STILL WET FROM YESTERDAY'S RAINFALL... MANY AREA ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK TONIGHT. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING. SOME OF THIS ICING MAY FORM AS A THIN COATING OF GLAZED ICE KNOWN AS BLACK ICE...WHICH IS VIRTUALLY TRANSPARENT...AND OCCURS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE AS ANY ICE THAT FORMS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. 31
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
CoCoRaHS station Vanleer 2.8 SE measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.72 inches.
CoCoRaHS station 1.4 SW Tennessee Ridge measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.94 inches.
CoCoRaHS station 3.2 WSW Cumberland City measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.80 inches.
CoCoRaHS station 3.0 S Tennessee Ridge measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.57 inches.
CoCoRaHS station 2.6 N Cedar Hill measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.76 inches.
CoCoRaHS station 5.4 WSW Clarksville measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.00 inches.
Williamson County Emergency Management reported numerous flooded roads across the county, generally near the Harpeth River basin to the west and northwest of Franklin. Roads that were flooded included Floyd Road, Southall Road, Blazer Road, Boyd Mill Pike, Del Rio Pike, and Cotton Lane.
Stewart County Emergency Management reported measured a total ice accumulation of 0.3 inches in Dover from freezing rain that fell from the late morning into the evening on February 4. This total also included ice that accumulated from the February 2-3 freezing rain event, which had melted little before the February 4 freezing rain began. Numerous trees and power lines fell across the county with scattered power outages. One tree fell onto a vehicle on Highway 79 west of Dover. Several side streets and secondary roadways were icy in sections.
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: 495955, 495956, 495959, 495960, 495957, 495958, 495942, 495940.