Early on Christmas Day, a stationary front was located to the south of Arkansas. During the day, a low pressure center formed along the front, eventually tracking across southeast Arkansas on the evening of the 25th and on toward Middle Tennessee by midnight on the 26th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Early on Christmas Day, a stationary front was located to the south of Arkansas. During the day, a low pressure center formed along the front, eventually tracking across southeast Arkansas on the evening of the 25th and on toward Middle Tennessee by midnight on the 26th.
During the first part of the 25th, a cold rain fell over most of Arkansas. Then, colder air began spilling into the state to the north and west of the low pressure center's track. Over the northwestern half of Arkansas, a transition from rain to freezing rain, sleet, and some snow occurred during the afternoon, with a changeover to mostly snow by evening. Over the southeastern half of the state, the changeover occurred during the evening, with mostly snow occurring by midnight. Snow began tapering off from the west after midnight, and most of the snow had exited the state by midday on the 26th.
In parts of central and western Arkansas, 0.1 to 0.2 inch of freezing rain accrued before the changeover to snow.
The heaviest band of snow fell from the Ouachita Mountains in west central Arkansas through the central part of the state and then on toward northeastern Arkansas. In this band, snowfall accumulations of 10 to 15 inches were common. The largest snowfall totals reported were 18 inches on Petit Jean Mountain (Conway Co.) and at Perryville (Perry Co.), 17.5 inches at Perry (Perry Co.), and 15 inches at Jessieville (Garland Co.) and Union Valley (Perry Co.). Thunderstorms accompanied the snow in many areas. Commerce and transportation were severely affected. Snowfall totals tapered off both to the northwest and southeast of the heaviest band of snow. Parts of northwest Arkansas received less than 1 inch of snow. Likewise, totals were less than 1 inch over a large part of southeast Arkansas.
Strong winds accompanied the winter storm. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph were common, and gusts reached 35 to 45 mph in many areas. Near-blizzard conditions occurred in the northeast part of the County Warning Area.
The combination of ice, snow, and wind caused massive power outages. Branches, limbs, and entire trees fell over onto power lines. In the County Warning Area, there were around 200,000 power outages. About 70% of electric customers in Little Rock lost power. Most of the power outages were repaired within a week; cable TV repairs took several days longer.
Trees and limbs also fell onto cars and houses. A 60-year-old man was killed in Benton (Saline Co.), when a very large tree crashed into a house. A crane had to be brought in to lift the tree off the victim. In Little Rock, the Public Works Department estimated it could take until summer to collect all the fallen debris, which amounted to about 22,000 tons.
President Barack Obama declared a federal disaster for Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, and Saline Counties.
Numerous snowfall records were broken:
New all-time calendar day snowfall records were set at Perry (Perry Co.) when 17.5 inches of snow broke the record of 10 inches set in 1944, Morrilton (Conway Co.) when 12.5 inches of snow broke the record of 9 inches set in 1944, and at Batesville Livestock Experiment Station (Independence Co.) when 11 inches of snow broke the record of 10 inches set in 2010. At Cabot 4SW, the snowfall of 10 inches tied the record of 10 inches set in 1988.
Monthly snowfall records were broken or tied at Perry (Perry Co.), Batesville Livestock Experiment Station (Independence Co.), Morrilton (Conway Co.), Mountain View (Stone Co.), Alum Fork (Saline Co.), Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Cabot 4SW (Lonoke Co.), Gravelly 1ESE (Yell Co.), Pine Ridge (Montgomery Co.), Damascus 2NNE (Van Buren Co.), Evening Shade 1NNE (Sharp Co.), Greers Ferry Dam (Cleburne Co.), Little Rock Air Force Base (Pulaski Co.), Mena (Polk Co.), Parks (Scott Co.), Crystal Valley (Pulaski Co.), Langley (Pike Co.), Batesville Lock and Dam (Independence Co.), Big Fork 1SSE (Polk Co.), Glenwood (Pike Co.), Bonnerdale 4SSW (Hot Spring Co.), Ratcliff (Logan Co.), Augusta 2NW (Woodruff Co.), Clinton 6SE (Van Buren Co.), and Keo (Lonoke Co.).
The 10.3 inches of snow that fell at Little Rock made it the snowiest Christmas on record. It also made it one of the top ten calendar snowfalls ever recorded, as well as one of the top ten 24-hour snowfall amounts ever recorded.
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 25, 5:17 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 517 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WINTER STORM SETTING UP FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. MODELS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH WITH INTENSE STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING...SO EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ADJUSTED SOUTHWARD ACCORDINGLY. MORE ON THIS SHORTLY. RAIN/SOME THUNDER WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING FROM THE GULF COAST AS A STORM SYSTEM FORMS ALONG A STALLED FRONT AND PULLS MOISTURE NORTHWARD. AS PRECIPITATION ARRIVES...DRY/COLD AIR MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS COULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET INITIALLY THIS MORNING...MAINLY OVER PARTS OF THE OUACHITAS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SLOW TO ADVANCE FARTHER NORTH AS DRY AIR ERODES THE LEADING EDGE. IT IS THE DRY AIR THAT WILL LIMIT EVENTUAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. AREAS SUCH AS FAYETTEVILLE AND HARRISON MAY HAVE 1 TO 3 INCHES AT MOST. SNOW WILL BE MORE PREVALENT FARTHER SOUTH...BEGINNING MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHERN/WESTERN COUNTIES...AND WORKING FARTHER SOUTH/EAST AFTER DARK. THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE TEXAS SYSTEM AS IT TRACKS TOWARD CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OUACHITAS...AND FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. HAVE THREE TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS SOUTH OF JASPER AND SALEM...AND NORTH OF ARKADELPHIA AND PINE BLUFF. SIX TO TEN INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE OUACHITAS...AND ALSO FROM THE LITTLE ROCK AREA INTO NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE CLOSEST TO THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN ABOUT THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. ALMOST UNBELIEVEABLY...BLIZZRD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST...INCLUDING THE BATESVILLE...NEWPORT... SEARCY AND AUGUSTA AREAS. EVEN FAR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL GET SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH ONE TO THREE INCH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FORECAST. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. SNOW WILL WIND DOWN BEFORE DAWN ON WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM ADVANCES WELL INTO TENNESSEE. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH ANY SNOW ENDING. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE BREEZY AND COLD...WITH MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SNOW COVER WILL ALSO TEND TO KEEP READINGS DOWN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS THURSDAY... BUT IT WILL REMAIN COLD. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS BRINGING INCREASING MOISTURE. A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES IN MOST AREAS SHOULD BE AT/BELOW FREEZING TO START THE DAY...AND WOULD ANTICIPATE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE NORTH AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL EVENTUALLY WIPE OUT MOST WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN IN MOST AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. WHILE ANY PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY WOULD TEND TO BE LIGHT...ANY ICE AT ALL WOULD BE A PROBLEM. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITUATION. AFTER THE SYSTEM DEPARTS FRIDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER BUBBLE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY/SUNDAY. TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT WITH CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT SYSTEM TO WATCH WILL BE ON MONDAY. AT THIS POINT...HAVE MORE CLOUDS BUT HAVE NOT MENTIONED PRECIPITATION. IF ENOUGH MOISTURE RETURNS...IT COULD BE SIMILAR TO FRIDAY...WITH EITHER A COLD RAIN OR MAYBE SOME ICE TO START THE DAY. STAY TUNED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 35 27 32 16 / 80 100 20 0 CAMDEN AR 46 30 40 22 / 100 80 0 0 HARRISON AR 33 22 29 15 / 40 60 10 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 41 27 34 19 / 100 90 10 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 40 29 35 19 / 100 100 10 0 MONTICELLO AR 47 31 40 24 / 100 90 10 0 MOUNT IDA AR 41 25 32 16 / 100 80 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 34 25 31 14 / 50 80 10 0 NEWPORT AR 37 28 34 16 / 90 100 20 0 PINE BLUFF AR 44 30 38 22 / 100 100 10 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 36 25 32 17 / 90 90 10 0 SEARCY AR 37 28 34 15 / 100 100 20 0 STUTTGART AR 40 29 37 21 / 100 100 20 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ARKANSAS- BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY- DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD- JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY- NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE- SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER- FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-IZARD-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE- PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BOONE-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-POLK-POPE-SCOTT- SEARCY-YELL. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW- LINCOLN-OUACHITA. && SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261100- 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- 500 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A STORM SYSTEM IN TEXAS DRAWS MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF COAST. AS MOISTURE INCREASES...DRY AND COLD AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS MAY LEAD TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...MAINLY FROM THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE LITTLE ROCK AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM IN TEXAS WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL TAKE PLACE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST AFTER DARK. THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...THREE TO SIX INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF JASPER AND SALEM...AND NORTH OF ARKADELPHIA AND PINE BLUFF. SIX TO TEN INCH AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE OUACHITAS...AND ALSO FROM THE LITTLE ROCK AREA INTO NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS CLOSEST TO THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST...INCLUDING THE BATESVILLE...NEWPORT...SEARCY AND AUGUSTA AREAS. SURROUNDING THE HEAVY SNOW AREA...THE FAR NORTHWEST AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL GET LESS SNOW...WITH ONE TO THREE INCH TOTALS EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT IN THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM ARRIVES...TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WILL MOSTLY BE SUBFREEZING. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET FARTHER SOUTH. READINGS WILL GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH THE DAY...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...IF THERE IS ANY ICE...EVEN MINIMAL AMOUNTS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. A SIMILAR SCENARIO MAY UNFOLD ON MONDAY. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE... AND DATA SHOWS MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASING. FOR NOW...THERE ARE MORE CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST BUT NO PRECIPITATION MENTIONED. IF THERE IS MORE MOISTURE THAN EXPECTED....ANY PRECIPITATION WOULD START AS EITHER A COLD RAIN OR SOME ICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
30 winter storm, 15 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Cooperative observers measured 10 inches of snow at Pine Ridge and Oden, 9.6 inches at Mount Ida, and 8 inches at Hopper.
Cooperative observers measured 7.4 inches of snow at Langley, 7 inches at Glenwood, and 6 inches at Murfreesboro. A CoCoRaHS observer measured 6.5 inches near Delight.
Both Adams Field and the North Little Rock airport measured 10.3 inches of snow. Other reports included 12 inches at Maumelle (NWS employee), 10.5 inches at Jacksonville (spotter report), 7.5 inches at Crystal Valley (cooperative observer), 6 inches at Lake Maumelle (cooperative observer), and 5.8 inches near Landmark (CoCoRaHS observer). Prior to the beginning of the snow, 0.2 inch of freezing rain fell at the North Little Rock airport.
Cooperative observers measured 12 inches of snow at Vandervoort, 11 inches at Bogg Springs, and 7 inches at Big Fork.
Cooperative observers measured 10 inches of snow at Gravelly, 4 inches at Dardanelle, and 3 inches at Blue Mountain Dam. CoCoRaHS observers measured 6.4 inches near Danville and 4 inches near Dardanelle.
Snowfall reports included 18 inches at Perryville (public report), 17.5 inches at Perry (cooperative observer), 15 inches at Union Valley (public report), and 14 inches at Houston (public report).
An astronomical observatory on Petit Jean Mountain recorded 18 inches of snow. Cooperative observers measured 12.5 inches at Morrilton, 10 inches at Hattieville, and 8 inches at Center Ridge.
Reports included 11 inches of snow at Mayflower and 10 inches at Conway.
There was a public report of 15 inches of snow at Jessieville. Cooperative observers measured 12 inches at Washita and 8 inches at Hot Springs National Park.
The cooperative observer at Alum Fork measured 11 inches of snow, while a CoCoRaHS observer near Benton measured 8.5 inches. Public reports included 11 inches near Salem and 8 inches at Sardis.
Snowfall reports in Lonoke County included: 12 inches at Austin (Air Force weather forecaster), 10 inches at Cabot (cooperative observer), 8 inches at Lonoke (public report), 7 inches at Cabot (HAM radio and meteorologist reports), and 5 inches at Keo (cooperative observer).
Cooperative observers measured 8.9 inches of snow at Parks and 5.6 inches at Waldron.
The cooperative observer measured 6 inches of snow at Des Arc.
Snowfall reports included 13 inches at Judsonia (public report), 10.5 inches at Steprock (cooperative observer), 9.5 inches at Georgetown (cooperative observer), and 7 inches at Searcy (cooperative observer).
Five inches of snow was reported at Russellville.
Cooperative observers measured 7.1 inches of snow at Booneville, and 6.5 inches at Ratcliff and Subiaco. A CoCoRaHS observer near Scranton measured 4.8 inches.
Cooperative observers measured 4 inches of snow at Coal Hill, 2 inches at Clarksville and 1 inch at the Clarksville Water Treatment Plant.
Cooperative observers measured 3.5 inches of snow at Brinkley and 2.5 inches at Clarendon.
Cooperative observers measured 6.6 inches of snow at McCrory and 6 inches at Augusta.
Snowfall measurements included 9 inches at Damascus (cooperative observer), 6 inches at Clinton (cooperative observer), 5.5 inches at Higden (CoCoRaHS observer) at 5 inches at Botkinburg (cooperative observer).
The cooperative observer measured 9 inches of snow at Greers Ferry Dam.
Batesville Livestock Experiment Station measured 11 inches of snow. Other reports included 10 inches at Desha (public report), 7 inches just south of Batesville (public report), and 7 inches at Batesville Lock and Dam (cooperative observer).
Cooperative observers measured 10 inches of snow at Newport and 4.6 inches at Beedeville.
Cooperative observers measured 7 inches of snow at Malvern and Bismarck, and 6 inches at DeGray Lake State Park.
Cooperative observers measured 6 inches of snow at Sheridan and 4 inches at Leola.
The cooperative observer at Pine Bluff measured 2 inches of snow.
A storm spotter in Vendor measured 5.5 inches of snow.
The cooperative observer measured 4 inches of snow at Stuttgart.
Cooperative observers measured 4 inches of snow at Gilbert and 2 inches at Marshall.
The cooperative observer at Mountain View measured 12 inches of snow, while a CoCoRaHS observer near Mountain View measured 9.5 inches.
Cooperative observers measured 7 inches of snow at Calico Rock and 6 inches at Melbourne.
A CoCoRaHS observed measured 5 inches of snow at Arkadelphia.
Cooperative observers measured 2.1 inches of snow at Sparkman and 1.7 inches at Fordyce.
The cooperative observer at Camden measured 1.5 inches of snow.
The cooperative observer at Rison measured 3.5 inches of snow.
A CoCoRaHS observer near Hampton measured only 0.3 inch of snow.
The cooperative observer at Harrison measured only 0.3 inch of snow, while no snow fell at Omaha.
The cooperative observer at Mountain Home measured 0.5 inch of snow and a CoCoRaHS observer near Cotter measured 0.3 inch.
Cooperative observers measured 9 inches of snow at Evening Shade, 5 inches at Hardy, and 3 inches at Mammoth Spring.
The cooperative observer at Salem measured 5 inches of snow.
The cooperative observer at Cane Creek State Park measured 1.3 inches of snow.
The cooperative observer measured 0.2 inch of snow at Monticello.
Cooperative observers measured 1 inch of snow at Kelso and Rohwer, and 0.2 inch at Dumas.
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 Storm, Saline | 2012-12-26 | 60 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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