Jan 24 - 26 2026 Ice, sleet, and for a lucky few..... snow storm Observations Thread

[Reb]

TDOT cams all around Knox have icicles hanging in view

[ShawnEastTN]

37 minutes ago, Tucker1027 said:

Nope, it hasn’t yet which has me a little concerned for when it does


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Just looked at surface reports and looks like CAD maybe developing now as there is freezing rain reports in NE Georgia near Clayton.  Should creep west along the bottom of the mountains.  Will be interesting to see if it can get back west all the way to NW GA and start bleeding into southern valley.

[Tucker1027]

3 minutes ago, ShawnEastTN said:

Just looked at surface reports and looks like CAD maybe developing now as there is freezing rain reports in NE Georgia near Clayton.  Should creep west along the bottom of the mountains.  Will be interesting to see if it can get back west to NW GA and start bleeding into southern valley.

Wind is coming from the ESE here in Chattanooga which could be the CAD?

[Knoxtron]

Yeah winds are consistently from the south east. Currently treacherous to walk lol 26°

 

[TellicoWx]

PWS station in Coker Creek recorded wind shift to SE 20mph about 10 mins ago. Temp went from 27 to 36 in about 5 mins.

[Carvers Gap]

ZR w/ glaze on pretty much everything.

[John1122]

This is insidious freezing rain. It's light, and with temps in the mid 20s, there no run off. 

[John1122]

The 2 inches of snow and sleet are now about 3/4ths inch of ice. My dogs are around 35 pounds and they didn't sink in the snow, they walked on top of the crust without breaking through. 

[Windspeed]

ZR w/ glaze on pretty much everything.

So it begins. I am hoping that downsloping off Holston Mountain will aid in some warming south of Bristol just enough to subdue the freezing rain at my house. But I am sitting at 28° right now. It's going to be a close call for a while. I think we can handle ~.25 without mass outages, but I'd not dare chance much more.

[dwagner88]

I think the lower elevations down here are going to be fine. There really isn't as much accretion as I expected at 29 degrees. The mountains may be in worse shape though.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Beer can was rescued from the ice:

 

Current ice accretion on the teal pagoda:

[TellicoWx]

Warm air is definitely working down the mountain from the south (Coker Creek) side. Multiple stations at 1500' are now shifting winds and temps quickly rising

[zippity]

5 hours ago, Reb said:

Burning fuel before landing doesn’t sound weather related, and doesn’t sound good to me.

Might be burning off fuel for a gear up landing. Hope it lands safely.

[TellicoWx]

This station is about where I turned around out..temp was 27 then

[TellicoWx]

25 minutes ago, dwagner88 said:

I think the lower elevations down here are going to be fine. There really isn't as much accretion as I expected at 29 degrees. The mountains may be in worse shape though.

Agree, couple more degrees and would have been alot worse here so far. Some of the sheltered spots may not be as lucky so far.

[Scottie16]

Precip is drying up from west to east at the state line. Looks like the low will go up then apps or further east.


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[IndTenn]

30 here in Kingsport.  The rain has slacked off in the past few minutes to just a light drizzle.  When it was raining harder, I could hear water flowing through the gutters, and just checked and see no icicles forming.  Fingers crossed.

 

[WishingForWarmWeather]

[Scottie16]

Holding steady at 30.4. I’d guess and say I have .20 accumulated. My willow has branches already on the ground, Bradford pear has branches sagging. Road conditions don’t look that bad.


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[jaxjagman]

esoscale Discussion 0049
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0746 PM CST Sat Jan 24 2026

   Areas affected...Northern Louisiana into eastern
   Arkansas...northwest Mississippi...and far western Tennessee

   Concerning...Winter mixed precipitation 

   Valid 250146Z - 250645Z

   SUMMARY...Another round of freezing rain and sleet is expected to
   spread out of northern Louisiana into eastern Arkansas and northwest
   Mississippi. Freezing rain rates upwards of 0.05 inch/hour appear
   likely for some locations.

   DISCUSSION...Recent radar mosaics show a developing plume of
   precipitation across central to northern LA - likely associated with
   strengthening warm advection between 925-850 mb. Over the next
   several hours, an uptick in low-level winds should promote further
   augmentation of isentropic and frontogenetical ascent across the
   lower MS River Valley. Regional 00z RAOBs from SHV and LZK sampled a
   stout (4-12 C) warm layer between 850-700 mb that will melt
   hydrometeors as precipitation spreads north/northeast. Sub-freezing
   surface temperatures will promote some degree of re-freezing near
   the surface, though locations with temperatures at or near/below 15
   F will likely be sufficiently cold (and have a sufficiently deep
   sub-freezing layer) to promote sleet as the predominant
   precipitation type. Warmer locations will likely observe freezing
   rain (with freezing rain rates up to 0.05 inch/hour) with periods of
   sleet possible. Based on latest surface observations, freezing rain
   appears most probable across southeast AR into northwest MS with
   sleet more likely for locations further north into east-central AR
   and far western TN.

[Golf757075]

I live in jackson tn and im in paris tn currently and we have about 3in snow so far. Hoping the second round will be more robust in my area. 17 degrees also. Also hope we get another opportunity in February and early March

[Holston_River_Rambler]

[John1122]

 

[midwoodian]

Temp has been rising from 28 to 31 over last 2 hours on front of Signal Mountain. Is this the warm nose edging north? Need some CAD to come through.


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[Holston_River_Rambler]

Neighbor is hearing trees falling down outside.  I'm sitting inside and running all the electrical things as long as I can. Fortune favors the stubborn. 

[Jeff Co Vol]

4 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

Neighbor is hearing trees falling down outside.  I'm sitting inside and running all the electrical things as long as I can. Fortune favors the stubborn. 

Good luck. I hope that you don't lose power. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Just now, Jeff Co Vol said:

Good luck. I hope that you don't lose power. 

I am well prepared! 

[Tucker1027]

Man, wish we could all be watching this and drinking a cold beer together. Enjoyed this roller coaster of a storm with yall


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[John1122]

I was warming up but now it's stopped again.