A strong upper level low pressure center tracked northeastward across Arkansas on the 26th. In much of western and northern Arkansas, temperatures were just cold enough to allow some sleet and snow to fall.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A strong upper level low pressure center tracked northeastward across Arkansas on the 26th. In much of western and northern Arkansas, temperatures were just cold enough to allow some sleet and snow to fall.
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 Dec 26, 10:36 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1036 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 .UPDATE... MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO THE GRIDS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CURRENT SITUATION OF RAIN AND SNOW MIX OVER THE EXTREME WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS WHERE THE MIX IS OCCURRING ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHER ELEVATION. LOWERED TEMPS FOR MOST SECTIONS FOR TODAYS HIGHS. MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER GRIDS...SKY...RH...ETC. UPDATE OUT ALREADY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 840 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007/ UPDATE... VERY INTENSE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. SATELLITE/RADAR SHOWING RAIN DEVELOPING QUICKLY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO HAVE A LITTLE SLEET MIXED IN AT ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. UPPED POPS TODAY IN MOST SECTIONS...WITH RAIN DEVELOPING. MOVED PRECIPITATION SHIELD A LITTLE FASTER THAN INDICATED IN THE FORECAST...WITH QPF INCREASED FARTHER NORTH/EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SYSTEM BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES ALOFT...AND CERTAINLY COLD ENOUGH ALOFT FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...DATA SHOWING THAT THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE A TOUCH WARM FOR SNOW...WITH RAIN MENTIONED AT THIS TIME. WILL LOOK AT MORE DATA AS IT COMES IN AND WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. OTHERWISE...SYSTEM WILL DEPART TO THE EAST TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING. SOME CLEARING EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR FOG. ADDED AREAS OF FOG TO THE FORECAST...WITH PATCHY FREEZING FOG. WILL LIKELY ISSUE ANOTHER FORECAST UPDATE THIS MORNING. FOR NOW...APPEARS THAT FORECAST TEMPERATURES TODAY MAY BE A FEW DEGREES TOO WARM...AND WILL LIKELY LOWER READINGS. (46) AVIATION... MODELS ARE TRENDING TOWARD BETTER RAIN CHANCES...SO THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THIS SET OF TAFS. ALSO MOVED UP ONSET OF PRECIP A COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WAS NOT ONLY SUGGESTED BY NAM...BUT ALSO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN IN TX FROM CENTRAL INTO NERN SECTIONS. SAW LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE ENDING TIME OF PRECIP. LOOKS LIKE QUITE A BIT OF FOG/ST DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT. THIS BRINGS THE PROSPECT OF SOME FREEZING FOG...ESPECIALLY OVER NRN 1/2 OF AR. FIRE WEATHER... MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD BE BELOW 1700 FT AGL TODAY. SINCE TEMPS WILL FALL SOMEWHAT ONCE THE RAIN MOVES IN...MAX MIXING HEIGHTS WERE CALCULATED FOR HIGH TEMPS OCCURRING IN THE LATE MORNING/MIDDAY TIME FRAME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 234 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE RAIN CHANCES TODAY...WITH ANY MIXED PRECIP ON BACK SIDE LATE FOR NORTHERN AR...THEN NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE THURSDAY TO FRIDAY...THEN ANY CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY. THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES. THEN LATE PERIOD ARCTIC AIRMASS SCHEDULED TO SURGE SOUTH. SURFACE RIDGE HAS MOVED EAST...& A LIGHT SOUTH FLOW HAS COME BACK TO THE REGION. MOISTURE RETURN HAS BEEN SLOW...WITH 00Z PRECIP WATER VALUES OF (KLZK-0.27 INCHES...KSHV-0.20 INCHES...& KFWD-0.33 INCHES). KFWD SHOWING THE BEST LOW LEVEL JET AT THIS TIME...& IN 11-3.9 IR IMAGERY CAN SEE STRATUS DECK ADVECTING OVER CENTRAL TO EAST TX. ON SOME PATCHY MID CLOUDS FILTERING IN OVER AR. 850 MB JET EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...& SHIFT FROM EAST TX TO N LA...THEN TO CENTRAL MS. SO MOISTURE OVER AR WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR RAIN AMOUNTS. ALOFT...THE SHORTWAVE WAS ROTATING OVER WEST TX...& WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TODAY. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TODAYS RAIN WILL BE FOCUSED IN THE LATE MORNING & THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN SURGE OF LIFT. MAIN AREA WILL BE FROM THE GULF & OVER LA...WHILE A BIT LESS OVER AR...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING TODAY...ESPECIALLY SURFACE BASED...OVER AR...& HAVE GONE ONLY RAIN/SHOWERS. FARTHER SOUTH OVER LA...CHANCE OF TSTRMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DID BUMP POPS TO LIKELY OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF AR TO BETTER MATCH UP WITH KSHV FORECAST...& EXPECTED MAIN SURGE OF LIFT & MOISTURE. MODEL THICKNESS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIP OVER FAR NORTHERN AR BEFORE CHANCE ENDS...& TO BETTER BLEND WITH KSGF FORECAST...HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE TO THIS AREA AFTER SUNSET TO MIDNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THURSDAY IS JUST A TRANSITION DAY...UNTIL THE NEXT SHORTWAVE SYSTEM BRINGS THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP TO AR LATE THURSDAY TO FRIDAY. FRIDAY HAS CHANCE CAT WITH EVEN A MENTION OF ISOLATED TSTRMS WITH A BIT MORE INSTABILITY EXPECTED. THEN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN FOR SATURDAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE CENTERS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. OVERALL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOWER THEN NORMAL... AROUND A FEW TENTHS TO AROUND A QUARTER INCH...BUT LESS THAN HALF AN INCH...WITH SPEED OF SYSTEMS. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SOUTHERN SHORTWAVE ALONG THE GULF BRINGS SOME PRECIP TO THAT AREA...BUT ONLY SOME CLOUDS FOR SOUTHERN AR AT THIS TIME. MONDAY WE SEE THE UPPER PATTERN TRANSITIONING TO A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE UNITED STATES...WHICH WILL ALLOW ARCTIC AIR TO MAKE ITS WAY MORE SOUTH THAN WE HAVE SEEN. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR THE AIRMASS WILL FILTER SOUTH...BUT TIME WILL TELL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 44 30 47 36 / 70 20 10 40 CAMDEN AR 45 34 53 40 / 90 20 10 40 HARRISON AR 42 27 45 34 / 60 20 10 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 43 32 50 37 / 80 20 10 40 LITTLE ROCK AR 45 32 50 37 / 80 20 10 40 MONTICELLO AR 49 35 53 42 / 90 20 10 40 MOUNT IDA AR 42 31 50 37 / 80 20 10 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 42 28 45 35 / 60 20 10 40 NEWPORT AR 45 31 48 37 / 70 30 10 40 PINE BLUFF AR 47 33 52 40 / 90 20 10 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 43 30 47 35 / 70 20 10 40 SEARCY AR 45 32 49 37 / 80 20 10 40 STUTTGART AR 47 33 50 38 / 80 20 10 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1010 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271100- 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- 1010 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG SYSTEM ALOFT FROM TEXAS. AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING FROM MENA AND MURFREESBORO NORTHEAST THROUGH WALDRON...DANVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW ICY PATCHES ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE TODAY BEFORE EXITING TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ALOFT. THIS MAY CAUSE LIGHT SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS. SOME CLEARING WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF FOG FORMING. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...PATCHY FREEZING FOG IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE MORE LIMITED...SO RAINFALL WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD. A TURN TOWARD COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 28/46
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1045 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 ARZ030-037-038-040-041-261900- LOGAN-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SCOTT-YELL- 1045 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION IN WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING... AT 1030 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION CONTINUING TO SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS. IN MOST AREAS...RAIN WAS REPORTED. HOWEVER...THERE WAS SOME SLEET AS PRECIPITATION BEGAN...AND SNOW WAS MIXING WITH RAIN IN SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN MENA...FOR EXAMPLE...THERE WAS LIGHT SNOW REPORTED. THERE WAS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE ICING OVER...WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL RAIN IN THE WEST BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL ABOVE FREEZING...WITH ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVING. 46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in western parts of the county.
Snow fell in the county, with 3/4 inch reported by the observer.
Snow fell in the county, with 2 to 3 inches reported at Mena. Three inches were reported at Rich Mountain and 2 inches were reported at Bogg Springs.
Snow fell in the county, with 1 inch or less reported at Waldron.
Snow fell in the county. A light dusting was reported at Dardanelle, 2 to 3 inches were reported at Danville, and 1 to 2 inches were reported at Ola.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county, with 1 inch reported.
Snow fell in the county, with 2 inches reported at Leslie.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches were reported in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county. An observer at Salem reported 1 1/2 to 2 inches.
Snow fell in the county. One to two inches accumulated in higher elevations.
Snow fell in the county. It measured one inch or less and was mainly in higher elevations.
One inch or less of snow fell in the county.
Snow fell in the county. A light dusting was reported at Clinton, with 2 to 3 inches in the higher elevations of the northern portion of the county.
Snow fell in the county, with 3 inches reported at Deer.
Snow fell in the county, with 1/2 inch reported at Paris. Five inches were reported at Mount Magazine.
Snow fell in the county, with 1/2 inch reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 2007
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: 65779, 65785, 65786, 65790, 65795, 66079, 66080, 66081, 66082, 65791, 65792, 65793, 65796, 66083, 65778, 65781, 65794, 65782, 65784, 65789.