Heavy Snow, Mississippi
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 16, 2003
Heavy snow fell on parts of northeast Arkansas with some locations receiving five inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $60
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Heavy snow fell on parts of northeast Arkansas with some locations receiving five inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Clay
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greene
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Randolph
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lawrence
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Craighead
- When
- January 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Craighead forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 16, 2003
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 16, 2003
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2003
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: 5341747, 5341748, 5341749, 5341750, 5341751, 5341827.