Most of Saturday's activity involved a light glaze of ice across the Missouri Bootheel, and a more pronounced freezing rain in northwest Tennessee, enough to break down tree branches in Weakley and Gibson counties.
By late Saturday night, heavy freezing rain had crossed over the border into Murray, and Sunday morning an eighth of an inch of ice was reported. Mayfield also picked up about a tenth of an inch of ice by Sunday, along with observations of icing in southern Graves, Marshall, Fulton and Hickman counties. However, there was a sharp cutoff of precipitation to the north.
In middle Tennessee, a wintry mix on Monday morning added to weekend snow on the ground to close many county school systems.
By the time the southern storm reached the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, a foot of snow and accompanying ice knocked out power for 10,000 homes. In North Carolina, half a million customers lost power under up to two feet of snow.
On the Net:
Paducah Weather Service webpage