Heavy Snow, Clay
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
A major winter storm dumped heavy snow on much of eastern Arkansas. Most areas received 3 to 6 inches of snow with as much as 7 inches reported in Phillips County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- 12
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 MEG wrote it up.
A major winter storm dumped heavy snow on much of eastern Arkansas. Most areas received 3 to 6 inches of snow with as much as 7 inches reported in Phillips County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Craighead
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Craighead forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crittenden
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cross
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cross forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greene
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lawrence
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lee
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.781, -90.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mississippi
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Phillips
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Phillips forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Poinsett
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Poinsett forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, St. Francis
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM CST to January 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Francis forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2000
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5129730, 5129731, 5129732, 5129733, 5129734, 5129735, 5129736, 5129737, 5130199, 5130200, 5130201, 5130202.