Chattanooga gets snow at last, but dangerous wind chill is ‘biggest story’
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / A motorist travels on the snowy Hickory Valley Road. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice. Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / A motorist travels on the snowy Hickory Valley Road. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.
Chattanooga was blanketed with a dusting of snow Saturday, one week after a brief ice storm spoiled hopes for snow and brought power outages.
The snow was followed by heavy winds as temperatures dropped across the region and winter weather advisories stayed in effect.
The Chattanooga area received between a half-inch to 1 inch of snow by Saturday afternoon, said David Hotz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morristown, which covers East Tennessee. The snow was heavier on the eastern side of Hamilton County and lighter on the west side.
Hamilton and Sequatchie counties remained under a winter weather advisory until 7 p.m. Saturday, as the National Weather Service reported slippery roads and gusts of wind up to 35 mph.
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Joggers with the Chattanooga Burrito League brave the frigid winter weather to run a loop in Northshore. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / A motorist travels on the snowy Hickory Valley Road. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Alex Parkhuta and his wife, Galina Parkhuta, fish at Lake Junior in the frigid aftermath of a snow storm. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Dead leaves peek out from snow on the shore at Lake Junior. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Elind McAnulty, 2, rides his bike down a snowy hill in Coolidge Park. Chattanooga was dealing with a winter storm for the second straight weekend, but this time the main precipitation was snow, not ice.
The area is not expected to get more snowfall, but the agency forecasts the temperature will drop to 14 degrees overnight Saturday with wind chills as low as 5 degrees. Some high-elevation areas could get wind chills below zero degrees, Hotz said.
