The arctic cold front that brought ice, sleet and snow accumulations on December 5th and December 6th stalled along the Gulf Coast on December 7th, 2013. Low pressure developed along the front and spread precipitation northward into North Mississippi during the evening of December 7th into the early morning hours of December 8th.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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 MEG wrote it up.
The arctic cold front that brought ice, sleet and snow accumulations on December 5th and December 6th stalled along the Gulf Coast on December 7th, 2013. Low pressure developed along the front and spread precipitation northward into North Mississippi during the evening of December 7th into the early morning hours of December 8th. Since arctic air was already in place, precipitation fell in the from of freezing rain and sleet. Anywhere from a tenth of an inch up to a quarter of an inch fell across Northwest Mississippi, from a corridor from Coahoma County to Tippah County. Bridges and overpasses became iced and several accidents occurred as a result.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 3:44 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 340 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-081200- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 340 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD OVER THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TEXT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY FOR THE MIDSOUTH...ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBORO MISSISSIPPI TO IUKA MISSISSIPPI. LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CHECK THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS. BELLES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
Ice accumulations were around a tenth of an inch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, December 2013
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: 486888, 486889, 486890, 486891, 486893, 486900, 486902, 490734, 490735.