Shelby County gripped by frigid, below-zero wind chills and more snow
Evans Ragin, 12, (front) and Gemma Ferguson, 12, (back) slide down a hill during a heavy snow in Overton Park on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
During a heavy snow storm siblings (left to right) Waverly 6, Ronan 4, Sage 8, and Foster 8 play with their father on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Waverly McKenna, 6 (bottom) gets a push form her father Mike McKenna sledding during heavy snow storm on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Evans Ragin, 12, (front) and Gemma Ferguson, 12, (back) crash while sledding down a hill during a heavy snow in Overton Park on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Sledders head up a hill during a heavy snow storm in Overton Park on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
During a heavy snow storm Lyla Lawrence, 11, slides down a hill in Overton Park on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Sleet and ice fall in Midtown Memphis Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Sleet glazes streets in Midtown Memphis on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Sleet falls in Midtown Memphis on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
During a heavy snow storm Shelby County Schools teachers and personnel received surprise vaccination doses on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 at the school’s offices. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
During a heavy snow storm Shelby County Schools teachers and personnel received surprise vaccination doses on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 at the school’s offices. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
University of Memphis student Grace Scudder plays in the snow on the closed campus, as a winter storm passes through Memphis, Tennessee on Monday afternoon Feb. 15, 2021. (Elli-Rose Focht/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Gary Brough shovels his driveway in Cordova on Monday afternoon Feb. 15, 2021. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Jessica Focht tries to coax her dog, Bella, to go back home while out on a walk in Cordova, Monday afternoon Feb. 15, 2021. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Vehicles make their way down unplowed Dexter Road west of Germantown Road on Monday morning Feb. 15, 2021. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special To The Daily Memphian)
In case you wondered, the National Weather Service refers to the Memphis area’s current precipitation as “freezing fog.” They even posted a tweet from Beale Street.
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