The month ended with a lot going on in the central United States. A powerful storm system in Texas brought a variety of precipitation types depending on the temperature during the last two days of 2020.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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.
The month ended with a lot going on in the central United States. A powerful storm system in Texas brought a variety of precipitation types depending on the temperature during the last two days of 2020. Freezing rain was reported in northwest Arkansas on the 30th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated 0.01 inches of freezing rain was noted with a light coating of ice on elevated surfaces in the Mount Sherman area. Roadways were still just wet or clear.
A picture was on twitter of ice accumulating on a weather station and estimated at 0.01 inch.
Broadcast media posted on twitter a picture of a light coating of ice on elevated surfaces, estimated at 0.01 inch.
An estimated 0.01 inch of ice was noted in a picture on twitter on elevated surfaces in the Mountain Home area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 2020
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: 929292, 929294, 929295, 929298.