Ice Storm, Carroll
- When
- January 8, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Arkansas, January 8, 1999
Summary of events for January 8 1999:Following the passage of an arctic cold front late on January 6, warm moist air returned over the top of the dome of shallow cold air. Drizzle then formed across northwest Arkansas on January 7.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 TSA wrote it up.
Summary of events for January 8 1999:Following the passage of an arctic cold front late on January 6, warm moist air returned over the top of the dome of shallow cold air. Drizzle then formed across northwest Arkansas on January 7. Where temperatures were below freezing, the drizzle froze upon contact with the ground. By the morning of January 8, roads in Carroll and northeastern Benton Counties had become ice-covered and travel was discouraged.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Benton
- When
- January 8, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, January 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kentucky, January 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678617, 5678618.