Severe (D2) drought conditions and Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across east-central Arkansas, along and south of Interstate 40, during much of January as below-normal rainfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures started the month. Mid to late month a cold snap and heavy snow event brought wetter conditions and below-normal temperatures to Arkansas.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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.
Severe (D2) drought conditions and Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted across east-central Arkansas, along and south of Interstate 40, during much of January as below-normal rainfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures started the month. Mid to late month a cold snap and heavy snow event brought wetter conditions and below-normal temperatures to Arkansas. Lake and river levels started the month below normal flow, but upstream snowmelt was able to increase flow to near and above normal. Drought conditions improved toward the end of the month.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions improved by the end of the month.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions improved by the end of the month.
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1157787, 1157788, 1157789, 1157791.