Winter Storm — Cumberland, Tennessee
February 20, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Snow and sleet accumulations up to 0.5 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations ranging from 0.75 to 1 on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. The ASOS at Crossville Memorial Airport measured 0.70 of ice accumulation along with a peak wind gust of 41 mph before being knocked offline. Emergency management reported thousands of trees, power lines and power poles snapped and knocked down throughout the county, with some trees falling on homes and many roadways blocked. Power was out to 22,000 customers in the first few days after the ice storm, with most of the county seeing power outages for up to 2 weeks and 130 customers without power for nearly 1 month. The 1,014 feet radio tower for 105.7 FM in Crab Orchard collap
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.