Winter Storm, Boone
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
A combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across parts of North-Central and Central Arkansas beginning on the morning of the 8th and continuing into the morning hours on the 9th. Snow accumulated to between 3 and 6 inches over portions of Northern Arkansas, with some isolated amounts up to 8 inches in the higher elevations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 37
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across parts of North-Central and Central Arkansas beginning on the morning of the 8th and continuing into the morning hours on the 9th. Snow accumulated to between 3 and 6 inches over portions of Northern Arkansas, with some isolated amounts up to 8 inches in the higher elevations. Sleet and freezing rain fell across West-Central and Central Arkansas where the precipitation accumulated on mainly trees and grassy areas. There was some ice accumulation on a number of secondary roadways and overpasses for a period of time. Numerous traffic accidents occurred as a result of the wintry weather.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
37 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Marion
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.268, -92.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Baxter
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Baxter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fulton
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.382, -91.818 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sharp
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sharp forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Newton
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Newton forecast zone
Winter Storm, Searcy
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Searcy forecast zone
Winter Storm, Stone
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.860, -92.157 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Izard
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Izard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Independence
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Independence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.742, -91.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Franklin
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
Winter Storm, Johnson
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
Winter Storm, Pope
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pope forecast zone
Winter Storm, Van Buren
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
Winter Storm, Cleburne
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleburne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jackson
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Logan
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
Winter Storm, Conway
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Conway forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.262, -92.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Faulkner
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faulkner forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, White
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Woodruff
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Woodruff forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.186, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Scott
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
Winter Storm, Yell
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Yell forecast zone
Winter Storm, Perry
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Polk
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
Winter Storm, Montgomery
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
Winter Storm, Garland
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Garland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Saline
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pulaski
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Lonoke
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lonoke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Prairie
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Prairie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -91.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Monroe
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pike
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Clark
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hot Spring
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grant
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jefferson
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM CST to January 9, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Montana, January 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8, 1997
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5588467, 5588468, 5588469, 5588470, 5588471, 5588472, 5588473, 5588474, 5588475, 5588476, 5588477, 5588478, 5588479, 5588480, 5588481, 5588482, 5588483, 5588484, 5588485, 5588486, 5588487, 5588488, 5588489, 5588490, 5588491, 5588671, 5588672, 5588673, 5588674, 5588675, 5588676, 5588677, 5588678, 5588679, 5588680, 5588681, 5588682.