Winter Weather — Cumberland, Tennessee

2010-12-25 to 2010-12-26 · Cumberland, Tennessee

Event narrative

Two inches of total snowfall accumulation occurred across the county. A newspaper also reported that a 20 year old women died when her car that she was driving on ice and snow covered Vendever Road in Crossville suddenly slide off the road while she was entering a curve on this road, and eventually slammed into a utility pole on the driver's side door, resulting in initial massive injuries. The exact damage amount cost to the vehicle was unknown. Otherwise, this total snowfall accumulation resulted in roads throughout the remainder of the county becoming hazardous due to the snowfall accumulation.

Wider weather episode

A surface cold front moved eastward across Middle Tennessee from the evening hours on Friday, December 24th through the early morning hours on Saturday, December 25th. A broad upper level trough, and associated closed upper level low, moved across the mid state during the time period from late Friday night, December 24th, through Sunday, December 26th. With surface temperatures in the lower 30s to middle 20s during this time period also, and an abundance of cold air aloft, a significant snowfall event occurred across most of the mid state. Total snowfall accumulations generally ranged from one to three inches across the area, resulting in a significant impact to commerce and transportation across the entire mid state.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 272848. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.