Yet another fast moving storm system in a week of near-daily snow events across Middle Tennessee brought light snow to several of the far northeastern counties. Snow amounts up to 2 inches were reported.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Yet another fast moving storm system in a week of near-daily snow events across Middle Tennessee brought light snow to several of the far northeastern counties. Snow amounts up to 2 inches were reported.
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 11, 5:40 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow amounts around 1/2 inch were measured across Sumner County. Facebook reports indicated 0.5 inches of snow fell 6 miles ENE of Portland.
Snow amounts up to 2 inches were measured across Clay County. The sheriff office in Celina reported 1.8 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Red Boiling Springs 6.7 NNE measured 1.1 inches of snow.
Snow amounts up to 1 inch were measured across Pickett County. The sheriff office in Byrdstown reported 1.0 inch of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Byrdstown 2.8 SSW measured 0.9 inches of snow.
Snow amounts up to 1.5 inches were measured across Overton County. A trained spotter measured 1.2 inches of snow 4 miles east of Rickman, and CoCoRaHS station Livingston 4.1 WSW measured 1.0 inch of snow.
Snow amounts up to 1.5 inches were measured across Fentress County. CoCoRaHS station Jamestown 13.7 S measured 1.4 inches of snow, while CoCoRaHS station Clarkrange 6.0 NE measured 1.3 inches of snow. Facebook reports indicated 1 inch of snow fell in Jamestown.
Snow amounts up to 1.5 inches were measured across Putnam County. CoCoRaHS station Monterey 3.9 W measured 1.3 inches of snow, while CoCoRaHS station Cookeville 3.3 SSW measured 0.5 inches of snow. Facebook reports indicated 0.5 inches of snow fell in Cookeville.
Snow amounts up to around 1 inch were measured across Cumberland County. A COOP observer measured 1.0 inches of snow 10 miles northwest of Crossville. CoCoRaHS station Crossville 4.7 S measured 0.7 inches of snow, while CoCoRaHS station Fairfield Glade 0.1 NNW measured 0.5 inches of snow. Facebook reports indicated 0.8 inches of snow fell in Crossville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2016
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: 620899, 620900, 620901, 620902, 620904, 620905, 620907.