Arkansas, 2022

Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 11, 2022

March 11, 2022 · NWS SHV · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A longwave trough dug south through the Plains and Mississippi Valley on March 10th-11th, which ushered in a strong cold front south into Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, East Texas, and North Louisiana on the 11th. Pacific moisture increased beneath and ahead of this trough and approaching cold front, with large scale forcing also increasing ahead of these features to generate areas of…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 SHV wrote it up.

A longwave trough dug south through the Plains and Mississippi Valley on March 10th-11th, which ushered in a strong cold front south into Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, East Texas, and North Louisiana on the 11th. Pacific moisture increased beneath and ahead of this trough and approaching cold front, with large scale forcing also increasing ahead of these features to generate areas of light snow across the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures fell to or slightly below freezing with the frontal passage as the snow developed over the area, allowing for light accumulations across the area through the afternoon and early evening.

The following are snow totals at various locations across the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas:

Little River County: Ashdown, 0.1 inches. |Sevier County: 3 S of Gillham, 1.0 inches, De Queen, 0.3 inches.|Howard County: 5 N of Nashville, 0.5 inches. |Hempstead County: 1 SSW of Hope: 1.0 inches, Fulton: 0.5 inches.

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 11, 5:35 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:35 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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Event by event

4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Little River

When
March 11, 10:00 AM CST to 7:43 PM CST
Where
Little River forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Sevier

When
March 11, 10:00 AM CST to 7:43 PM CST
Where
Sevier forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Howard

When
March 11, 10:00 AM CST to 7:43 PM CST
Where
Howard forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hempstead

When
March 11, 10:00 AM CST to 7:43 PM CST
Where
Hempstead forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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: 1006725, 1006726, 1006728, 1006729.