Northwest Cocke

... Record cold across east Tennessee...

All the first order weather stations in east Tennessee, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, and Tri-Cities, set new record lows this morning. Oak
Ridge tied their record.

At Lovell Field in Chattanooga, a low of 19 occurred at 732 am, which
broke the old record of 20, set in 1964.

At knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport, the Mercury dipped to 15
degrees at 644 am. The old record was 18 degrees set in 1937.

At the Tri-Cities regional Airport at 725 am this morning, the
temperature plunged to 11 degrees. The old record was 12 set in
2000.

The low temperature at the Oak Ridge station this morning was 17
degrees, which tied the record set in 2001.