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

[Holston_River_Rambler]

1 minute ago, ShawnEastTN said:

A lot of new power outages in Rhea, Meigs and Cumberland Volunteer Energy counties this morning, I'm really concerned about wind picking up today. If we can't get above freezing.

Just thinking the same thing. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Looks like the HRRR and NAM 3km put the front onto the plateau between 3 and 4pm eastern time. 

[John1122]

Power finally returned. It went off around 3am. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

HRRR seems to be playing catch up with temps. NAM 3km seems to be doing better

[jaxjagman]

Back to ZR again,CF passed through Mid Tn back down to 31 now

[nrgjeff]

Wow that's a bad combo. Lots of moderate rain still. Was hoping the Nashville Metro could get a few more hours >32.

Anyone up on Signal Mountain above Chattanooga? Just rain in town, but I figure <32 for the duration on the Mountain.

Out near Oxford MS some EMs posted it sounded like a war. Trees pop ever few minutes. That blue/green light when transformers fail. 

[ShawnEastTN]

Wow ok finally my temp has skyrocketed in the last 30 minutes, went from freezing to 38 in 30 minutes.

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[Wurbus]

Can't believe that warm nose to Pennsylvania is going to verify!

[TellicoWx]

Temp starting to crash on the mountain..bye bye 50's.

[Jed33]

1 hour ago, nrgjeff said:

Wow that's a bad combo. Lots of moderate rain still. Was hoping the Nashville Metro could get a few more hours >32.

Anyone up on Signal Mountain above Chattanooga? Just rain in town, but I figure <32 for the duration on the Mountain.

Out near Oxford MS some EMs posted it sounded like a war. Trees pop ever few minutes. That blue/green light when transformers fail. 

My sister lives in Oxford. She says the same thing. No power, trees falling everywhere. Not a good situation but she does have heat and the essentials. It could be a long road of recovery in that area though. 

[bearman]

The front is really racing across the state. I wonder how wild the passage of it is going to be?

[Daniel Boone]

Lexington Kentucky has over 15 inches of Snow. 

[Tucker1027]

The front is really racing across the state. I wonder how wild the passage of it is going to be?

Yep. Feel like we are gonna have some slicks roads tonight


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[nrgjeff]

USA today made their Data free today for power outages. Map is a little more user friendly than poweroutages dot us but the latter updates faster and has Local Power Companies.

OFF THE GRID: United States Power Outage Tracker | usatoday.com

Both sites show the shock and awe. Some areas are 100% dark. In some cases a TVA reconnect would help, but the Local Company would still be mostly out. Other cases it might actually be the entire distribution system - I sure hope not!

Unbelievable Lewis Co. Next one north Hickman Co. is 97% out.

[Daniel Boone]

Cincinnati to Dayton Ohio now 13-15" still snowing. Nice live Cams in that area on YouTube. 

[Matthew70]

Pics out of Miss. are truly heartbreaking.

[Daniel Boone]

Just now, Matthew70 said:

Pics out of Miss. are truly heartbreaking.

Quebec like Storm there, as Jeff pegged it.

[Tucker1027]

https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/2015465120097341844?s=46&t=sfs6kta7ijyVFPbzpqZcJg


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[WishingForWarmWeather]

We’ve made it to the end in Clarksville and can see the light. Still have power for now but no internet. 

back down to 19° from 30° and is finally very lightly snowing but won’t be for much longer. 

[WintryMixmaster]

No snow accumulation from this storm in my backyard, a light dusting of sleet, a thin (0.1" or so) coating of ice on elevated surfaces, and now a nice cold rain. If we weren't going to get snow, I'm thankful Knoxville at least dodged any crippling ice. The fact that surface temps verified a couple degrees warm really saved us from having ice on the roads.

A few models look like they have some backend snow for the foothills tonight... not much, but better than more ice or rain. Nam 3k, HRW WRF-ARW, RDPS all have a dusting to an inch or so in the central and northern parts of the valley. Would be a nice consolation prize to get on the board for snow accumulations on the winter and have some white on the ground heading into this freezing cold week

[Save the itchy algae!]

This is quite the non-Tennessee valley storm.

[Tucker1027]

This is quite the non-Tennessee valley storm.

We got lucky… middle and west Tennessee got hammered


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[bearman]

I am glad I am not sitting in the dark. Back in the storm of 93 We had 7 kids 6 and under and 7 adults representing 5 different families in our house.  We had a wood stove and gas to run all our water and cooking stoves.  It was an experience that I would never want to give up or repeat.

[midwoodian]

Wow that's a bad combo. Lots of moderate rain still. Was hoping the Nashville Metro could get a few more hours >32.
Anyone up on Signal Mountain above Chattanooga? Just rain in town, but I figure
Out near Oxford MS some EMs posted it sounded like a war. Trees pop ever few minutes. That blue/green light when transformers fail. 

It’s 37 on front of Signal near Palisades Dr. Heavy rain. Had .5” of sleet then .5” of ice through 3/4 am. Then all rain. It got very windy around 6-7 am when ice was still on trees. We haven’t lost power but a lot on the mtn have.


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[Daniel Boone]

54 minutes ago, Save the itchy algae! said:

This is quite the non-Tennessee valley storm.

Yeah , as far as the Great Valley.

[Daniel Boone]

1 hour ago, WintryMixmaster said:

No snow accumulation from this storm in my backyard, a light dusting of sleet, a thin (0.1" or so) coating of ice on elevated surfaces, and now a nice cold rain. If we weren't going to get snow, I'm thankful Knoxville at least dodged any crippling ice. The fact that surface temps verified a couple degrees warm really saved us from having ice on the roads.

A few models look like they have some backend snow for the foothills tonight... not much, but better than more ice or rain. Nam 3k, HRW WRF-ARW, RDPS all have a dusting to an inch or so in the central and northern parts of the valley. Would be a nice consolation prize to get on the board for snow accumulations on the winter and have some white on the ground heading into this freezing cold week

Hopefully that pans out but i'm not overly confident. May have predominantly bare ground or a dusting at the most while areas west, north and east are Ice and Snow covered. One of those Winter's so far. Hopefully things change.

[Met1985]

1 hour ago, Tucker1027 said:

https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/2015465120097341844?s=46&t=sfs6kta7ijyVFPbzpqZcJg


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Reed has been all over it. Looks like a war zone there with ice.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Now we flood:

[Daniel Boone]

9 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

Reed has been all over it. Looks like a war zone there with ice.

I like Reed. He's a great chaser and all around great guy.

[WintryMixmaster]

35 minutes ago, Daniel Boone said:

Hopefully that pans out but i'm not overly confident. May have predominantly bare ground or a dusting at the most while areas west, north and east are Ice and Snow covered. One of those Winter's so far. Hopefully things change.

Yeah NWS Morristown doesn't sound confident either, just a brief mention of freezing drizzle/flurries behind the front in their forecast discussion. I just want something to measure haha, I give it a 30% chance in my backyard on getting anything more than flurries. Maybe higher towards Blount/Sevier counties