Light snow fell across eastern Middle Tennessee much of the day on Christmas Eve into the early morning hours on Christmas Day. Snowfall totals ranged a dusting along the I-65 corridor up to two inches on the northern Cumberland Plateau.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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.
Light snow fell across eastern Middle Tennessee much of the day on Christmas Eve into the early morning hours on Christmas Day. Snowfall totals ranged a dusting along the I-65 corridor up to two inches on the northern Cumberland Plateau.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to two inches of snow fell across Fentress County. CoCoRaHS station Jamestown 3.1 SE measured 1.5 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Clarkrange 6.0 NE measured 1.5 inches of snow.
Up to two inches of snow fell across Cumberland County. The Crossville Ag Station COOP observer measured 1.2 inches of snow. CoCoRaHS station Crossville 7.2 SE measured 1.6 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Crossville 6.9 S measured 1.2 inches of snow.
Up to one inch of snow fell across Putnam County. The Monterey COOP observer measured 1 inch of snow. CoCoRaHS station Cookeville 3.3 SSW measured 0.5 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Cookeville 5.4 WNW measured 0.5 inches of snow.
Up to one inch of snow fell across Smith County. CoCoRaHS station Elmwood 4.5 NNE measured 1 inch of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Carthage 8.7 NNE measured 0.8 inches of snow.
Up to 1.5 inches of snow fell across White County. CoCoRaHS station Sparta 4.6 NE measured 1.3 inches of snow, and CoCoRaHS station Sparta 8.6 NW measured 1.0 inch of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2020
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: 934900, 934901, 934903, 934904, 934906.