Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

ARKANSAS, Central and North Centralof the 8th and continuing into the morning hours on the 9th. Snow accumulated to between 3 and 6 inches over portions ofNorthern Arkansas, with some isolated amounts up to 8 inches in the higher elevations. Sleet and freezing rain fell acrossWest-Central and Central Arkansas where the precipitation accumulated on mainly trees and grassy areas. There was some iceaccumulation on a number of secondary roadways and overpasses for a period of time. Numerous traffic accidents occurred as aresult of the wintry weather.Yell County4 N Danville 22 0115CST0 0Thunderstorm Wind (G50)Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage to a house 4 miles north of Danville.Faulkner CountyGreenbrier22 0235CST0240CST0 0Hail (1.00)The roofs of several buildings were damaged by hail up to quarter size in Greenbrier.White CountySearcy22 0320CST0 0Hail (1.00)Hail up to quarter size damaged the roofs of a few buildings in Searcy.Ouachita County4 SE Chidester 27 1740CST0 0Thunderstorm Wind (G50)Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.Ouachita County4 SE Chidester 27 1740CST0 0LightningLightning struck a tree that some cows were huddled under. Five of the cows were killed as a result.ARKANSAS, EastARZ008>009-017>018 Randolph - Clay - Lawrence - Greene08091600CST0200CST0 0 0.04KWinter StormA mix of sleet and snow fell across parts of northwest Tennessee, the Missouri bootheel and northeast Arkansas. Between 1 to 3inches of sleet and snow across the area with 3 inches reported at Union City in Obion county, Tennessee.Mississippi CountyLeachville to22 0520CST0 0 10KThunderstorm WindManila0525CSTA few houses suffered roof damage and some outbuildings were damaged near Leachville. Trees and power lines were blowndown in Leachville and Manila.ARKANSAS, NorthwestARZ001>002-010>011Crawford CountyArtist PointARKANSAS, SoutheastARKANSAS, SouthwestStorm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimeLocal/PathLengthPathWidthNumber ofPersonsEstimatedDamageLocation Date Standard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of StormBenton - Carroll - Washington - Madison08 1000CST2345CST0 0Heavy Snow3 to 6 inches of snow fell across much of northwest Arkansas on January 8th and resulted in several traffic accidents.22 0045CST0A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail at Artist Point.NONE REPORTED.0Hail (0.75)January 1997Union County3 S El Dorado 04 1850CST0 0Hail (0.50)ARZ050>051-059>061- Sevier - Howard - Little River - Hempstead - Nevada - Miller - Lafayette - Columbia - Union070>07306 1200CST0 0Ice Storm08 1800CSTAn artic cold front swept southeastward from the northern Plains into the lower Mississippi Valley on January 6 bringing icytemperatures across the region while an upper level low over the 4 corners region pumped moisture northward across the regionfrom the Gulf of Mexico. This warm moisture laden air rode up over the freezing ground temperatures resulting in widespreadfreezing rain, sleet, and snow northeast Texas, extreme southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, and northwest Louisiana.Overall accumulations of ice and sleet was generally one to two inches along a 45 mile wide band from Reader and Lewisville,Arkansas to Marshall and Jacksonville, Texas. Numerous power outages occurrerd from iced power lines and tree limbs acrosspower lines. The icy mixture moved into northwest Louisiana by the night of the 8th. Little accumulations were noted.14 21