EMA Ice Storm Report: How Did Robertson Co. Climate The Climate
ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – It was per week to recollect in Robertson County. Freezing rain, frigid temperatures, snow, fires, accidents, highway closures, and in keeping with TEMA, Portland reported two weather-related deaths. Now, following in behind the climate are bursting pipes and people pesky potholes. Right here’s a recap of the previous week with the assistance of the Director of the Robertson County Emergency Administration Company, Probability Properties.
“A significant winter storm moved throughout the state on February 14th. The storm introduced freezing rain, sleet, and snow all through the area, with the best impacts within the west and center Tennessee.
“The storm system, created hazardous journey situations, energy outages, and injury to roadways and water pipes as a result of vital ice and snow accumulations. Throughout this time native first responders responded to stranded motorists, together with a number of motorcar accidents on principal roads, facet roads, and alongside the interstate.
“The Robertson county sheriff’s division responded to citizen welfare checks for the aged and shut-ins together with regular patrol.
Robertson county colleges had been closed for the week of the fifteenth.
TDOT labored 4 days straight with employees working 16 hours on and eight hours off across the clock attempting to maintain the interstate and principal roads cleared all through the county.
“A secondary system moved via Tennessee on the night of February seventeenth and into February 18th bringing further ice and snow accumulation. The Nationwide climate service in Nashville Tennessee obtained reviews of roughly 2-6 inches of latest snowfall accumulation in a number of counties throughout center Tennessee together with Robertson county.
“The extreme winter climate moved out of the state on Thursday, February 18th apart from below-freezing temperatures. In the course of the secondary system, the county skilled a semi rollover on I 65 north on the 119-mile marker shutting the interstate down for greater than two hours earlier than it could possibly be reopened. FULL STORY
Quickly after the snow began, reviews began coming in about automobiles slipping off the highway. At Timberlake Dr and Roy Pitt Rd in Springfield, a automobile left the highway and rolled down an embankment earlier than a row of bushes stopped the automobile from going right into a creek. MAP Thankfully, the driving force was not injured.” FULL REPORT/VIDEO
Based on Smokey’s information accomplice WKRN Information 2, two deaths had been reported on the Sumner County facet of Portland involving an aged man and an aged lady. Each contain points with warmth and energy. One resident misplaced energy and the opposite was discovered on the ground by a wooden range, in keeping with Sumner County EMS Chief Greg Miller.
Temperatures in each houses had been within the 20’s when the victims had been discovered. In a single case, a household referred to as for a welfare verify as a result of they had been anxious about their aged beloved one, however couldn’t get to them as a result of highway situations. The person and lady died of environmental hypothermia, in keeping with Miller.
A construction hearth on the 7300 block of HWY 76 east shut down the Springfield/White Home thoroughfare for about three hours. A household of 5 misplaced all the pieces. FULL REPORT/VIDEO
County first responders noticed one other rollover accident on West County Farm Rd on the exit of the comfort middle. (PHOTO RIGHT RCEMS) An grownup feminine was taken to Vanderbilt in severe situation and an 11-year-old feminine taken to Vanderbilt Kids’s in secure situation.
Based on Properties, the state noticed a complete of 10 fatalities that had been all weather-related.
Based on the Tennessee Emergency Administration Company, 4 of the deaths occurred in Shelby County, two in Sumner County (Portland), and one demise every in Maury, Williamson, Dickson, and Overton counties. Based on TEMA and the Robertson County Emergency Administration Company, there have been no reported weather-related deaths in Robertson County.
Overton County Government Ben Danner informed Smokey’s information accomplice WKRN Information 2 a 70-year-old man died whereas attempting to get assist after going days with out energy. Whereas strolling exterior within the frigid temperature, the person died of an obvious coronary heart assault.
On Thursday, Dickson County officers informed Information 2 a 76-year-old man walked onto a frozen pond to rescue two calves. The person, recognized as Donald Mitchell, fell into the water and died.
A 9-year-old boy in Brentwood died in a sledding accident on Tuesday. Based on Information 2, the kid was driving on a tube with three different youngsters whereas being pulled by an ATV pushed by his father. The tube then hit a mailbox.
On the lighter facet, the final snowfall was excellent for constructing a snowman. Readers despatched Smokey about 100 images of their snow creations. Listed below are just a few Smokey Editor’s alternative images for you under. For the complete album CLICK HERE.
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