A fast moving clipper-type system moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on January 29. Light snow affected the Upper Cumberland region and some adjacent counties, with anywhere from a dusting up to 1 inch of snow reported.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
A fast moving clipper-type system moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on January 29. Light snow affected the Upper Cumberland region and some adjacent counties, with anywhere from a dusting up to 1 inch of snow reported.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Around one half inch of snow was reported across Fentress County. CoCoRaHS station Clarkrange 6.0 NE measured 0.6 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Jamestown 13.7 S measured 0.5 inches of snow.
Around one half inch of snow was reported across Overton County. CoCoRaHS station Livingston 1.9 NNW measured 0.5 inches of snow.
Up to one inch of snow was reported across Putnam County. CoCoRaHS station Monterey 3.9 W measured 1.0 inch of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 2018
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 734609, 734610, 734611.