Winter Storm 1/28-1/30

[Thundersnow]

Totals from MRX:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
639 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 AM     SNOW             WISE                    36.98N 82.58W
01/30/2010  E5.0 INCH        WISE               VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 AM     SNOW             APPALACHIA              36.91N 82.79W
01/30/2010  E8.0 INCH        WISE               VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0556 AM     SNOW             LEBANON                 36.90N 82.08W
01/30/2010  E4.0 INCH        RUSSELL            VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0559 AM     SNOW             JONESVILLE              36.69N 83.12W
01/30/2010  M11.0 INCH       LEE                VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0600 AM     SNOW             GATE CITY               36.64N 82.58W
01/30/2010  E6.0 INCH        SCOTT              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0604 AM     SNOW             ABINGDON                36.71N 81.97W
01/30/2010  E6.0 INCH        WASHINGTON         VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0612 AM     SNOW             KINGSPORT               36.53N 82.56W
01/30/2010  E6.0 INCH        SULLIVAN           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0613 AM     SNOW             MOUNTAIN CITY           36.47N 81.81W
01/30/2010  E6.0 INCH        JOHNSON            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0615 AM     SNOW             GREENEVILLE             36.17N 82.82W
01/30/2010  E4.0 INCH        GREENE             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

0615 AM     SNOW             MOSHEIM                 36.19N 82.96W
01/30/2010  E6.0 INCH        GREENE             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

0620 AM     SNOW             JONESBOROUGH            36.29N 82.48W
01/30/2010  E8.0 INCH        WASHINGTON         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0626 AM     SNOW             BAILEYTON               36.33N 82.83W
01/30/2010  E0.0 INCH        GREENE             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

[Clay]

I've got 4.5 inches of snow in my rain gauge.

[Alex]

4.8 inches officially at Chattanooga airport yesterday......as much as 6 inches north of town.  Interesting that Chatt did better in the snow department than some places when we were suppose to get the least amount in the whole state.

[Coach B]

I ended up with 5" of snow/sleet and nearly 4 tenths of ice on top.  It has compressed down to about 4" now.  Got a nice little snowshower earlier that whitened up the top of the ice.  Had to cut our way out of the driveway as a couple of large hackberrys had come down.  Nearly all of the 5" of snow came in under three hours yesterday between about 11 and 2.  Temp warmed to 32.2 sometime during the night but is now down to 24.6.  My little country road is now worse than it was first thing this morning.  No chance we go to school on Monday and likely out Tues as well.  All in all I'm very happy, as about 45 miles south of us they mostly had a cold rain.

[Mathman]

We ended up with 3" here in Lascassas... that looks in line with the rest of Rutherford County.  Too bad we spent most of the night in moderate freezing rain... we could easily have racked up 6-7 inches of snow.  I am VERY grateful the power did not go out.  I am looking into ventless gas heaters for my greenhouse starting today!   

[Kevin]

The winter storm is slowly winding down across the state...after a varying range of high-impacts including impressive snow...sleet and freezing rain totals for many! This will be one to remember for quite a few...

As the storm winds down...the forum is also slowly winding down...with decreased levels of activity and traffic. Because of this...the forum will be returning to its "normal" mode...and "Significant Weather Mode" will no longer be in effect. This will be as of 4pm EST/3pm CST...when remaining warnings and advisories expire. As such...the forum rules and guidelines will now be back to a more relaxed state...but remember the standard rules and guidelines that are in place at all times remain.

On behalf of the entire staff of the Tennessee Weather Forum and Tennesseewx.com...we greatly appreciate your cooperation during the SWM this past week...and most of all...for your participation in providing highly detailed...thorough...and informative analysis...observations and discussions...while continuing to abide by the stricter set of guidelines we had to temporarily put into place. This forum would not be where it has gotten to in the last year without MANY of you!! We set record levels of activity during this event...and saw many new users sign up. We welcome you all...and encourage you to continue participating...even when it isn't quite so active in the state!

Once again...Thank you all...and have a great weekend...but stay warm and safe!!

[Sbeagles]

Well that was a fun ride wasn't it? A rough estimate of what we got here is about .2" of fzr thursday night/early friday morning, 7" snow friday, around .5" sleet/fzr friday evening. All in all we came oh so close to 8" for the entire storm. It was odd to go out this morning and be able to walk on the snow/ice without it giving in when I stepped on it. We got a good bit of fzr last night that created a nice shield over the snow and it is SLICK!!

[servocrow]

Ah yes, the snow that goes CRUNCH!!

My youngest was invited to a birthday party today, so we spent a little time taking an ice pick to the lump we thought was a van...creating a sculpture..and yes, there WAS a van under it!     I did manage to get turned around so in about 30 minutes we'll see how fun it will be get completely OUT of my driveway and to his friend's house.

[Adam]

Ah yes, the snow that goes CRUNCH!!

My youngest was invited to a birthday party today, so we spent a little time taking an ice pick to the lump we thought was a van...creating a sculpture..and yes, there WAS a van under it!     I did manage to get turned around so in about 30 minutes we'll see how fun it will be get completely OUT of my driveway and to his friend's house.

Great system, but we always want more!  Has anyone looked at upcoming systems of the models???

[Tom23]

I got on the train of the last one early, and it gave me heartache even after the snow was over (3 slushy inches here, 7-10 good snow just 20 miles north of me), so I'm definitely not going to even look at models for any more systems of any significance until the day before, the day of, or better yet, not until its snowing over my house.

[hrmc]

I am new here. I love the info here. I am so eager for next snow storm. You guys think we will have to wait long?

[Woodvegas]

Very interesting event IMO! It seems the models always have a tendency to underestimate the amount of WAA.

I got 4 inches of frozen Slushie-like snow capped with a half-inch of powder this afternoon. It has a very smooth surface. Like Servo said it is crunchy snow...uncommon in my experience. There is also a glaze of ice covering the trees.

There aren't may storms that give you snow, sleet, freezing rain, and plain ole rain all in the same event.

[Nashville_wx]

I got on the train of the last one early, and it gave me heartache even after the snow was over (3 slushy inches here, 7-10 good snow just 20 miles north of me), so I'm definitely not going to even look at models for any more systems of any significance until the day before, the day of, or better yet, not until its snowing over my house.

Just because the model did not give you a ton of snow? That is the way it happens, esp here. You are going to have to deal with it, I have learn too. Time to head out West...

[Eric]

I think we all can take away SOMETHING from this event, especially concerning synoptics and thermodynamic profiles.  We can say with more confidence which models "see" the storm better and which ones don't. 

As far as amounts, I got maybe 3.5 inches with about a 1/2" crust of ice over top.  We ventured out this morning to Wal-Mart and the roads leaving the neighborhood were a solid sheet of ice.  The main road, however, was slushy and wet.  And, when the temp drops tonight, we'll have another solid sheet of ice.  I think I'll stay inside tomorrow.

[Thundersnow]

I got on the train of the last one early, and it gave me heartache even after the snow was over (3 slushy inches here, 7-10 good snow just 20 miles north of me), so I'm definitely not going to even look at models for any more systems of any significance until the day before, the day of, or better yet, not until its snowing over my house.

I am new here. I love the info here. I am so eager for next snow storm. You guys think we will have to wait long?

(Welcome to the forum, hrmc.)

Well, I wasn't even going to look at the models.  I figure I would take a break after a few exhausting days.  But, since you all asked, I did run the 12Z GFS.  To answer your question, other than a couple of borderline situations, there's nothing to get excited about at this point for the next couple of weeks. 

It's time for the pattern to relax a bit.

And, it's time for some of us to go into weather/model watching detox for a while.  Got other responsibilities in life to get back to. 

When next something interesting shows up on the horizon, you can be sure we'll talk about it here!