Winter Weather, Madison
- When
- December 31, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 31, 2020
An upper level low pressure system moved from northern Mexico, across Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, and western Arkansas on December 31st and January 1st. Precipitation spread into southeastern Oklahoma ahead of this system during the morning of the 31st, and then developed northward across all of eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 TSA wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system moved from northern Mexico, across Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, and western Arkansas on December 31st and January 1st. Precipitation spread into southeastern Oklahoma ahead of this system during the morning of the 31st, and then developed northward across all of eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the day. Cold air was already in place, so the precipitation quickly transitioned to freezing rain, sleet, and snow across northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. Light accumulations of ice occurred across much of northwestern Arkansas during this event. The higher elevations of Madison County received about a quarter of an inch of ice from persistent freezing rain by the time the event ended during the morning of January 1st.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Weather in Missouri, December 31, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Texas, December 31, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, December 31, 2020
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 31, 2020
- Ice Storm and High Wind in California, December 31, 2020
- Winter Weather in Kansas, December 31, 2020
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, December 31, 2020
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, December 31, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, December 31, 2020
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, December 31, 2020
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 2020
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: 931771.