Light snow fell across northeastern parts of the Mid State during the morning hours on February 12. 5 inches of snow, up to 1 inch of snow was reported on the northern Cumberland Plateau.
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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.
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Light snow fell across northeastern parts of the Mid State during the morning hours on February 12. Although most areas saw less than 0.5 inches of snow, up to 1 inch of snow was reported on the northern Cumberland Plateau.
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 12, 6:18 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 618 AM CST THU FEB 12 2015 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION FORECAST && .AVIATION... MVFR COLD ADVECTION STRATOCU DECK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 18Z TODAY AT CLARKSVILLE AND NASHVILLE AND UNTIL 00Z THIS EVENING AT CROSSVILLE AS UPPER TROUGH WITH EMBEDDED VORTICITY LOBE SWINGS DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RATHER TIGHT WITH 26 MBAR DIFFERENTIAL FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE SO LOOK FOR SOME GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 507 AM CST THU FEB 12 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-131115- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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- 507 AM CST THU FEB 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...ALTHOUGH MAJOR UNCERTAINTY AND LOW CONFIDENCE EXISTS ON WHAT TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER COULD OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN APPEAR POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE ON POTENTIAL AMOUNTS AND IMPACTS FROM ANY WINTER WEATHER. SHAMBURGER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Over one half inch of snow was reported across Fentress County. Emergency management measured 0.6 inches of snow 3.1 miles southeast of Jamestown, and a trained spotter estimated 0.5 inches of snow in Jamestown.
Over one half inch of snow was reported in eastern Putnam County. A COOP observer in Monterey measured 0.7 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2015
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: 556125, 556126.