Waverly, TN-- When the snow began to fall at 5:30pm on 03/07/08, roads were clear, but ice had already formed in the upper portions of tall trees, and on metal and plastic surfaces.
It was 32 degrees.
Roads quickly became snow covered, road crews have worked tirelessly to grade roads where brine was useless due to rainfall earlier in the event.
At 11:59pm on 03/07/08 temp. was 28 degrees, and we had approximately 9 inches of snow.
Earlier in the evening thunder was audible, but lightning was not seen as this observer was indoors at the time.
By 8pm on 03/07/08 most businesses in downtown Waverly reportedly had closed, only one cafe and the local, "big box", dept. store braved the elements.
Visibility has been as low as 300ft during this event.
Winds as high as 15plus mph.
Temps. fell into the 20's
At 2:30 am on 03/08/08 snow amount in downtown Waverly is apx. 11 inches, temp. is 24 degrees, visibility is 1/4 mile, wind approximately 10mph.
All snowfall measurements were made to the best of my ability. Some variance may be due to somewhat of a drift that might have been caused by the wind. I have 2 separate gauges in different locations, to better serve in this type of circumstances, but due to the high degree of snowfall my 7 inch gauge is no longer visible, therefore it is unusable. But, I still have a gauge that it operational up to 15 inches. Who knew I'd ever need that!
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