NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — A growing severe weather threat Sunday night is raising new concerns across parts of the Mid-South and lower Ohio Valley — not just because of the potential for 70 mph wind gusts, but because many of these same communities are still recovering from January’s catastrophic ice storm.
Forecast maps show a high-probability severe weather corridor stretching from northeast Arkansas through western and middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky, southern Illinois and into central Indiana — areas that were heavily impacted by significant ice accumulations earlier this year.
January Ice Storm Left Lasting Damage
The January 2026 ice storm brought substantial glaze accumulations across a wide swath of the South and lower Midwest.
Reported ice totals included:
- Nashville, Tennessee — 0.72 inches
- Jackson, Tennessee — 0.54 inches
- DeQueen, Arkansas — 0.52 inches
- London, Kentucky — 0.50 inches
- Asheville, North Carolina — 0.47 inches
- Monroe, Louisiana — 0.9 inches
The maximum reported ice accumulation reached 1.24 inches just east of Oxford, Mississippi…