Update, 3:45 p.m.: While crews have made progress clearing main roads, many side roads and neighborhood streets remain covered in ice and snow, according to a city news release.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy John Smith said county secondary roads remained snow and ice-covered at midday. “I definitely agree with the idea to keep travel ‘low and slow,’ especially with more snow on the way,” he said.
City and county government offices will remain closed Wednesday.
“We’re getting more roads cleared, but we’ll have black ice in the parking lots, with the chance of getting somebody hurt coming to our buildings,” City Mayor Pitts said. “I’d say let’s stay home another day.”
Clarksville Police Chief David Crockarell said his department worked at least 30 crashes in the past 24-hour period. The Sheriff’s Office reported seven crashes during that time.
“They were all weather-related, but most were minor with no major injuries,” Crockarell said. “That’s not a bad number, given conditions like these, which shows people are taking the advice to not travel.”
Update, 1:55 p.m.: Publix stores in Clarksville will close at 5 p.m. today and will reopen Wednesday at 8 a.m. as conditions continue to be monitored.
Update, 1:10 p.m.: Nearly solid lanes of asphalt were showing on the main roads through Clarksville by about noon Tuesday, as sunshine worked on the salt to melt away ice and snow.
Back roads were still in rough shape, however, and CMCSS has announced two more days of remote learning.
None of that deterred sledding, with kids and grownups out on the hills of Clarksville Tuesday afternoon.
Update, 11:35 a.m.: Power has been restored to almost all CDE Lightband customers.
Update, 10:20 a.m.: CDE Lightband now has 1,889 customers without power, with temperatures at 10 degrees.
The outages are clustered in northwest Clarksville, in the West Fork Hills neighborhood, with several more around Lafayette Road.
Update, 9 a.m.: Almost all of the CEMC members locally have power restored.
Update, 8:15 a.m.: CDE Lightband is now reporting 460 homes without power. CEMC has 134 homes in Montgomery County without power.
Update, 7:30 a.m.: About 150 people in the Clarksville area were without power this morning.
CEMC reported 134 members without power in Montgomery County, and crews are working to restore power to around 1,000 members throughout our service area.
CDE Lightband had 16 customers out.
Previously:
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Residents are urged to stay off the roads this morning, with reports of icy conditions even on many main routes through town.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reported overnight that roads are covered in snow and ice and are slick.
Sedans are having a difficult time staying on the road. All-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles seem to be doing a little better if they drive slowly.
The sheriff and both mayors have urged that all residents stay home. Public schools and Austin Peay State University are on remote, Fort Campbell is mission-essential only, and many local agencies are closed for the day.
At 6 a.m., Tennessee Department of Transportation said all counties in middle Tennessee are reporting icy roads or patches of ice/snow on TDOT roadways.
“Crews have been applying treatment to interstates throughout the night, but the extreme temperatures in many locations have kept conditions icy,” the alert said.
The temperature Tuesday morning was only 12 degrees in Clarksville, which is under a wind chill advisory through 9 a.m. Wind chill values will be as low as 10 below zero this morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Another round of wintry weather is expected Wednesday and Thursday with ice and snow accumulations possible.