Cold in Arkansas, March 10, 1998

Name: Cold in Arkansas, March 10, 1998
Start: 1998-03-10T18:30
End: 1998-03-10T18:30
Location: Arkansas

March 10, 1998 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Sharp

When: March 10, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Sharp forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Unseasonably cold air overspread much of Arkansas in the first half of March. A man, who was restricted to a wheelchair, ventured outside in the very cold weather. He overturned in his wheelchair and was unable to get back up into it. After a period of several hours outdoors exposed to the cold air, he was eventually discovered, but later died from hypothermia.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Cold/Wind Chill, Sharp	1998-03-10	44	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, March 1998

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: 5638036.