Winter Storm, Independence
- When
- February 10, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Independence forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.742, -91.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 10, 2006
A cold front passed through Arkansas on February 10th. and drove moisture to the north.
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 LZK wrote it up.
A cold front passed through Arkansas on February 10th. At the same time, a storm system tracked along the Gulf Coast...and drove moisture to the north. The moisture interacted with cold air in Arkansas, and wintry precipitation developed. Light snow fell across northern and central sections of the state, with up to an inch of snow common. Two to three inch totals occurred on a few hilltops, mainly from Deer to Clinton, Batesville and Newport. During the event, temperatures remained above freezing, with snow tending to melt as it fell. Accumulations were mainly restricted to grassy areas. Roads were generally wet, with some slush where brief heavy snow occurred.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 2:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 258 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT CREEPING OUT OF ARKANSAS ATTM. PRECIP GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS WESTERN/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND WILL FOLLOW SUIT OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH IN MOST AREAS...WITH PRIMARY MOISTURE MOVING OUT OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT. TEMPS WILL BE RATHER COLD TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...LIKELY NOT GETTING ABOVE FREEZING IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CONDITIONS WILL BE RATHER BLUSTERY AS NORTHWEST WINDS APPROACH 15 TO 20 MPH. COULD BE MARGINAL LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL DEFER THIS DECISION TO SUCCEEDING SHIFTS. FLURRIES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH ON SATURDAY AS SECONDARY UPPER SYSTEM DIVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY/MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO NOSE INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY H5 FLOW WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO ZONAL BY TUESDAY MORNING FROM A PRONOUNCED NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE BEGINNING. A SHORTWAVE WILL BE APPROACHING THE STATE IN THE FAST FLOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BUT IT WILL BE DAMPENING OUT AND SLIDING SOUTH OF ARKANSAS. A SURFACE RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP THE GULF CLOSED UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORT WAVE IN THE H5 FLOW. MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE GULF...BUT IT WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS...SO POPS WILL BE LOW WED AND WED NIGHT. DRY FORECAST THU THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. THEN SLIGHT CHANCES ONCE MORE UNTIL THE END OF THE LONG RANGE AS ISENTROPIC FLOW WILL WORK ITS INFLUENCE ON OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS AND LOWS WILL BE AT OR ABOVE NORMALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 27 41 24 45 / 30 10 10 0 HARRISON AR 25 35 20 41 / 10 10 10 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 28 43 22 46 / 20 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 29 44 25 46 / 60 10 10 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 26 36 20 40 / 20 10 10 0 MONTICELLO AR 30 43 25 46 / 70 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 26 40 22 46 / 40 10 10 0 MOUNT IDA AR 26 41 19 46 / 20 10 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 24 37 21 44 / 20 10 10 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ016-ARZ024-ARZ025- ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 9 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ016-ARZ025- ARZ033-ARZ034. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ038-ARZ039- ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ044-ARZ045- ARZ046-ARZ047. && SHORT TERM...57 / LONG TERM...32
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:20 PM CST, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 320 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 320 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE WEST HALF OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE BACK EDGE OF THE MAIN WINTRY WEATHER WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS AT MID AFTERNOON AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MOISTURE WILL WRAP AROUND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF CLOUDS...BREEZY CONDITIONS...AND A FEW SNOW FLURRIES GENERALLY NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN. AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH A RETURN OF DRY WEATHER ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 38
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Jackson
- When
- February 10, 5:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.599, -91.215 (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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Washington, February 10, 2006
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 10, 2006
- Tornado in Texas, February 10, 2006
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 10 to 11, 2006
- Dense Fog in Illinois, February 10 to 11, 2006
- Dense Fog in Missouri, February 10 to 11, 2006
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 10, 2006
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 10, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 10, 2006
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 10, 2006
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 10, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 10 to 11, 2006
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, February 2006
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: 5493180, 5493181.