Heavy Snow — Hickman, Tennessee

2010-12-12 to 2010-12-13 · Hickman, Tennessee

Event narrative

Six inches of total snowfall accumulation occurred across the county. A newspaper also reported that snow and ice that covered roads across the county also caused a car in Centerville to slide off the road and strike several trees just off of State Route 50, resulting in the death of the male driver. Details concerning the actual damage type and cost of damage to the car where unknown. This total snowfall accumulation resulted in public and some private primary, secondary, and higher education school closures across the county, along with closures or postponement of other civic engagements across the county for the remainder of that day and into the early morning hours on Monday, December 13th, as travel across roads throughout the county became hazardous due to the accumulating snowfall.

Wider weather episode

As an upper level low pressure system moved across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on Sunday, December 12th through, Monday, December 13th, enough moisture was available across the mid state to produce a widespread snowfall accumulation event across the entire area. Total snowfall accumulations ranging from one inch in the Tennessee River Valley to as much as one foot across northern portions of the Cumberland Plateau occurred. This accumulating snowfall resulted in a significant impact to commerce and transportation across all of Middle Tennessee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 272448. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.