Tag Archives: Ice

Major roads are clear Thursday morning with patches of slush, especially bridges, overpasses, and exit ramps after overnight snow. Secondary roads are slushy to snow covered and very icy, especially in areas that saw freezing rain and drizzle at the end of the snow. Two to four inches of snow fell overnight across the Upper Cumberland with three inches most ... Read More »

Overton County is experiencing downed limbs, power lines and outages on a countywide level. Sheriff John Garrett said this started occurring at about 2:00 PM and expects more downed lines and trees as rain continues. Garrett said roads are wet for the most part right now. but However, He said he expects problems as temperatures drop overnight and into tomorrow. ... Read More »

Residents around the Upper Cumberland are being advised to stay home due to Winter weather conditions. Van Buren County is experiencing dangerous driving conditions after a three-car wreck occurred on Baker Mountain Road. EMS Director Tiwanna Bricker said there have been four wrecks this morning. Including accidents on Andrew K. Parker Road and Highway 30. Andrew K. Parker road is ... Read More »

The track of the storm developing Monday morning will determine just how big a Winter Storm this will be for the Upper Cumberland. News Talk 94.1 Meteorologist Rob Carolan said the storm is developing this morning over Louisiana creating snow as far south as Houston. Current models bring the center of the low just west of the Upper Cumberland over ... Read More »

Road conditions within Fentress County county are,”extremely slick,” according to Fentress County Road Supervisor Joey Reagan. According to Reagan, county roads are the worst off with several reports of drivers sliding off roadways. Main roads and state highways still have some black ice, but Reagan said they are more fair with state crews salting. Reagan said Fentress County crews have ... Read More »

Local electric companies are on standby with several winter weather chances over the next week. Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation CEO Jennifer Brogdon said the company has an emergency preparedness plan. “We have to make sure that our crews are ready to respond in the event we have heavy snow or in this case ice,” Brogdon said. “Ice on power ... Read More »

Cookeville Public Works and The Putnam County Highway Department combined to use 150 tons of salt this past weekend. Cookeville Public Works Director Greg Brown says the department has probably used about 250 tons of salt this Winter. Brown said he tries to keep the department fully stocked because of all the variables with salting roads. “It’s always different, it ... Read More »