Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 7 to 8, 2014

Name: Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 7 to 8, 2014
Start: 2014-02-07T17:00
End: 2014-02-08T08:00
Location: Arkansas

February 7 to 8, 2014 · NWS LZK · 41 events in 41 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 32 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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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 41

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.

Arctic air remained in place over Arkansas on the 7th. An area of low pressure aloft approached from the west during the day, setting off snow in the western part of the state during the late afternoon. The snow quickly spread to most other parts of the state during the evening. At times, snow fell at the rate of an inch per hour. Hundreds of traffic accidents occurred. At one time during the evening, there was a 10 mile traffic backup on Interstates 430 and 40 in the Little Rock metropolitan area. The snow continued into the wee hours of the 8th but had tapered off by that time. Most snowfall amounts were in the 1 to 3 inch range, however, Star City reported 4 inches and Danville reported 5 inches. Over the southern half of Arkansas, there was brief freezing rain or freezing drizzle before the precipitation ended.

One indirect fatality occurred at 10:12 PM on U.S. 71 north of Y City in Scott County. A 3-year-old boy was killed when the van in which he was riding went off the highway and struck a tree.

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 7, 4:50 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 4:50 PM CST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
450 PM CST FRI FEB 7 2014

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
A SYSTEM ALOFT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRIGGER AREAS
OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. MODELS THE PAST COUPLE OF
RUNS HAVE INDICATED SLIGHTLY HIGHER QPF...AND THIS MAKES
SENSE GIVEN THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. WENT WITH
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE OUACHITAS THROUGH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. A DUSTING TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN COUNTIES
TOWARD THE MISSOURI BORDER AND ALSO ACROSS THE SOUTH.

ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BE DRY AND
WARMER THIS WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH READINGS IN MOST AREAS WILL
REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH COULD VERY WELL GET
INTO THE 50S/AROUND 60 DEGREES ON SUNDAY...BUT THAT WILL END
ABRUPTLY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES FROM THE NORTH.

AS READINGS GET COLDER...A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH
FROM THE WEST LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY. MOISTURE LEVELS ARE NOT
IMPRESSIVE...BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIGHT SNOW/FREEZING
RAIN IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SMALLER
CHANCES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST IN THE FAR NORTH
AS THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT SURROUNDING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE.
&&

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS REMAINED INCONSISTENT WITH DETAILS FROM
RUN TO RUN...AND CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW. THERE WILL BE WINTER
WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE
AND ALOFT REMAIN A QUESTION. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE TREND
OF SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE TUESDAY...AND MAY MIX WITH RAIN
ACROSS THE SOUTH. AS THE WARM NOSE MOVES OVER THE REGION...A CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. AGAIN...THERE ARE MANY
VARIABLES IN PLAY...SO FORECAST REFINEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WILL SHOW A WARMING
TREND...BUT READINGS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     20  37  25  37 /  70  10  10  10
CAMDEN AR         27  47  30  55 /  60  10  10  10
HARRISON AR       19  37  24  36 /  40  10  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    25  43  28  47 /  80  10  10  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  24  41  27  44 /  80  10  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     27  44  30  52 /  60  10  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      24  43  28  46 /  70  10  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  18  35  24  37 /  50  10  10  10
NEWPORT AR        21  37  25  37 /  80  10  10  10
PINE BLUFF AR     26  42  28  49 /  70  10  10  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   23  40  26  42 /  70  10  10  10
SEARCY AR         23  39  26  40 /  80  10  10  10
STUTTGART AR      25  40  27  44 /  70  10  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST SATURDAY FOR ARKANSAS-
BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-
DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-
OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-
SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL.

&&

SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM...58

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 3:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
320 PM CST FRI FEB 7 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-081100-
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-
320 PM CST FRI FEB 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE...WITH UP TO THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE IN AREAS NEAR MENA...TO CONWAY...TO
NEWPORT. DUE TO COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA...SNOW WILL HAVE NO
PROBLEM ACCUMULATING...AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE TRAVEL ISSUES BY
TONIGHT.

ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...HALF OF AN INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. FOR NORTHERN AREAS...A DUSTING TO HALF OF AN INCH IS
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT ARKANSAS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...AGAIN BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE WITH THIS FORECAST...SO
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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The radar

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Event by event

41 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Logan

When: February 7, 5:00 PM CST to February 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Scott

When: February 7, 5:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Polk

When: February 7, 5:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Ouachita

When: February 7, 5:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Ouachita forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 33.593, -92.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Johnson

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Pope

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Pope forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather, Yell

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Yell forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Montgomery

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Pike

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Conway

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 6:00 AM 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, Perry

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Perry forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Garland

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 1:00 AM 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 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pulaski

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Pulaski forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lonoke

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Lonoke forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Prairie

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Prairie forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 34.830, -91.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Clark

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: AWSS
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hot Spring

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Hot Spring forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Grant

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jefferson

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dallas

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Dallas forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 33.970, -92.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cleveland

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Cleveland forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.898, -92.185 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lincoln

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.958, -91.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Calhoun

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.558, -92.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Bradley

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Bradley forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.466, -92.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Drew

When: February 7, 6:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Drew forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 33.589, -91.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Van Buren

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Van Buren forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Faulkner

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Faulkner forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, White

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 8:00 AM CST
Where: White forecast zone
Reported by: AWSS
Coordinates: 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Woodruff

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Woodruff forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.186, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Monroe

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Arkansas

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Arkansas forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Desha

When: February 7, 7:00 PM CST to February 8, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Desha forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 33.833, -91.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Searcy

When: February 7, 8:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Searcy forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather, Cleburne

When: February 7, 8:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Cleburne forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jackson

When: February 7, 8:00 PM CST to February 8, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: AWSS
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Stone

When: February 7, 10:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Stone forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 35.860, -92.157 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Izard

When: February 7, 10:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Izard forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Sharp

When: February 7, 10:00 PM CST to February 8, 5:00 AM 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, Independence

When: February 7, 10:00 PM CST to February 8, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Independence forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.742, -91.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Baxter

When: February 8, 2:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Baxter forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.287, -92.337 (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, Scott	2014-02-07	3	Male	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 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, February 2014

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 487122, 487123, 487124, 487147, 487116, 487117, 487125, 487126, 487127, 487128, 487132, 487133, 487134, 487135, 487136, 487137, 487139, 487140, 487141, 487142, 487144, 487145, 487146, 487148, 487149, 487150, 487118, 487129, 487130, 487131, 487138, 487143, 487151, 487112, 487119, 487121, 487113, 487114, 487115, 487120, and more.