Patchy light freezing rain developed in the pre-dawn hours and persisted until around mid-morning.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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.
Patchy light freezing rain developed in the pre-dawn hours and persisted until around mid-morning.
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 9, 2:30 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... SHORTWAVE IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCAL 88D RADARS INDICATING LIGHT PRECIP AT THIS TIME. TEMPS ARE HOLDING ABOVE FREEZING & ANY REACHING GROUND HAS BE LIQUID. FORECAST LOWS WILL APPROACH OR JUST DIP BELOW FREEZING AT SUNRISE...BUT OVERCAST CLOUDS SHOULD HOLD JUST ABOVE FREEZING MARK...& WOULD ONLY EXPECT ISOLATED & NON-IMPACT FREEZING LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT DRIZZLE...IF ANY. AT THIS TIME WILL MONITOR THIS. && .SHORT-TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS & CURRENT TRENDS DONT MOVE THE SHORTWAVE EAST OF AR UNTIL AROUND 18Z...SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN FORECAST THIS MORNING...THEN END IN THE AFTERNOON. STRATUS DECK IS EXTENSIVE OVER THE AREA & UPSTREAM...AS WELL TIME-HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS... INDICATING PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...SO A MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY DAY FOR FRIDAY. KLZK SOUNDING SATURATED FROM 1-2K FT TO 10K FT & SEE NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THIS TODAY. EVEN WITH THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDING IN FROM THE NE...ISENTROPIC SW-W FLOW 4-10K FT PER SOUNDING WILL KEEP THINGS CLOUDY. INTO THE WEEKEND...THE UPPER PATTERN REMAINS PROGRESSIVE...WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CURRENT FORECAST HAS A SLIGHT CHANCE PRECIP SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY...& WITH TEMPS LOWERING BELOW FREEZING NORTH AR...WINTERY MIX MENTIONED. CURRENT TRENDS WEAKEN THIS SHORTWAVE ENERGY...BUT WILL LEAVE IN AT THIS TIME & MONITOR. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY LATE DAY & INTO MONDAY...WITH A STRONGER SHORTWAVE. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR A MAINLY RAIN EVENT...EVEN NORTH AR. ISOLATED THUNDER ALSO IN FORECAST WITH MODELS INDICATING ENOUGH OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT MONDAY...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. MODELS INDICATING COLD SURGE ON BACK-SIDE OF THE LOW COULD GIVE A LIGHT WINTERY MIX OVERNIGHT TO EARLY TUESDAY...BEFORE THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT & THE SURFACE LOW MOVES ENOUGH EAST. AT THIS TIME WILL NOT ADD ANY WINTERY MIX...WILL FINE TUNE WITH LATER FORECASTS. OVERALL...TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN THE WARMING TREND IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING WAVE MONDAY. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR THIS PERIOD IS THE DGEX. IT SHOWS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING ABOUT A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE PASSAGE OF EACH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOW ENOUGH FOR PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PARTS OF AR. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THE MODELS REMAINS LOW SO WILL KEEP CHANCES ON THE LOW SIDE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 36 21 40 31 / 10 10 20 20 CAMDEN AR 43 29 48 36 / 20 10 20 20 HARRISON AR 35 21 38 27 / 10 10 20 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 41 26 46 34 / 10 10 20 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 40 25 45 33 / 20 10 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 43 28 48 36 / 20 10 20 20 MOUNT IDA AR 41 26 46 34 / 10 10 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 35 21 38 27 / 10 10 20 20 NEWPORT AR 37 21 41 32 / 20 10 10 20 PINE BLUFF AR 43 26 46 35 / 20 10 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 38 24 43 32 / 10 10 20 20 SEARCY AR 39 23 43 32 / 20 10 20 20 STUTTGART AR 41 24 45 33 / 20 10 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...38 PUBLIC...59
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1150 PM CST THU FEB 8 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091100- 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- 1150 PM CST THU FEB 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN PART OF THE SYSTEM WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE PULLED IN THAT A CHANCE OF RAIN EXISTS OVERNIGHT OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF ARKANSAS. ENOUGH COLDER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THAT SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL COVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS PERIOD. A FEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS DURING THIS PERIOD. THESE WILL PROVIDE SOME CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAINLY IN NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE PROBLEMS WILL DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE WILL BE IN THE NORTH. LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IN AT LEAST PARTS OF ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 38
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light freezing rain created some slick spots on roadways in northern Pulaski County during the morning commute.
Light freezing rain created some slick spots on roadways in northern Lonoke County during the morning commute.
Light freezing rain created some slick spots on roadways during the morning commute.
Light freezing rain created some slick spots on roadways during the morning commute.
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, February 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: 18962, 18963, 18964, 18965.