Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 28, 2009

Name: Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 28, 2009
Start: 2009-02-28T06:00
End: 2009-02-28T23:59
Location: Arkansas

February 28, 2009 · NWS LZK · 34 events in 34 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 34

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.

An upper level low pressure system, traveling quickly from northwest to southeast across Arkansas, brought snow to much of Arkansas on the 28th. Snowfall amounts were rather small, generally ranging from a few tenths of an inch to an inch. Some spots at the higher elevations of northern Arkansas received 2 to 3 inches of snow. Hazardous driving conditions occurred, especially on bridges and overpasses.

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 27, 5:45 PM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:45 PM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes before

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Event by event

34 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Boone

When: February 28, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather, Marion

When: February 28, 7:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.268, -92.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Baxter

When: February 28, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Baxter forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Fulton

When: February 28, 9:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.382, -91.818 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Sharp

When: February 28, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Sharp forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Newton

When: February 28, 10:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Newton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Searcy

When: February 28, 10:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Searcy forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Stone

When: February 28, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
Where: Stone forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 35.860, -92.157 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Izard

When: February 28, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
Where: Izard forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Independence

When: February 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Independence forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 35.742, -91.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jackson

When: February 28, 12:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Johnson

When: February 28, 2:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Winter Weather, Pope

When: February 28, 3:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pope forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather, Van Buren

When: February 28, 3:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Van Buren forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Cleburne

When: February 28, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Cleburne forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Logan

When: February 28, 3:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Yell

When: February 28, 3:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Yell forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Winter Weather, Conway

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Conway forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.262, -92.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Faulkner

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Faulkner forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, White

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: White forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Woodruff

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Woodruff forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 35.186, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Perry

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Perry forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Montgomery

When: February 28, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather, Garland

When: February 28, 5:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Garland forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Saline

When: February 28, 5:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pulaski

When: February 28, 5:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pulaski forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two accidents occurred on Interstate 430 north of the Arkansas River Bridge. Another accident occurred on the Broadway Bridge between Little Rock and North Little Rock.

Winter Weather, Lonoke

When: February 28, 5:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lonoke forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Prairie

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Prairie forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.830, -91.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A traffic accident on the Interstate 40 White River bridge resulted in one indirect fatality and one indirect injury.

Winter Weather, Monroe

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jefferson

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Arkansas

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Arkansas forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lincoln

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.958, -91.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Desha

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Desha forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 33.833, -91.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Drew

When: February 28, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Drew forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 33.589, -91.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Weather, Prairie	2009-02-28	23	Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, February 2009

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: 148894, 148896, 148895, 148897, 148898, 148899, 148900, 148901, 148902, 148903, 148904, 148905, 148906, 148907, 148908, 148909, 148910, 148911, 148912, 148913, 148914, 148915, 148916, 148917, 148918, 148919, 148920, 148921, 148922, 148923, 148924, 148925, 148926, 148927.