Cold/Wind Chill, Columbia
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Arkansas, January 15 to 16, 2024
A strong surge of Arctic air invaded Southwest Arkansas during mid-January with bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northerly winds. In wake of the this Arctic air building even deeper into the region on the evening of January 15th, overnight low temperatures were able to fall into the single digits and lower teens through the morning on January 16th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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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- Wind
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 strong surge of Arctic air invaded Southwest Arkansas during mid-January with bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northerly winds. In wake of the this Arctic air building even deeper into the region on the evening of January 15th, overnight low temperatures were able to fall into the single digits and lower teens through the morning on January 16th. When combined with persistent and strong northerly winds, these temperatures resulted in dangerously cold wind chills in the lower single digits to below zero across Southwest Arkansas from early evening on January 15th through midday on January 16th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Hempstead
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Howard
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lafayette
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Little River
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Little River forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Miller
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miller forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Nevada
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sevier
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.171, -92.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Cold in Louisiana, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Cold in Ohio, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Flood in Florida, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold and Frost and Freeze in Texas, January 15 to 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Winter Weather in Louisiana, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Winter Weather in New York, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Cold in Texas, January 15 to 16, 2024
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 2024
More
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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: 1158983, 1158984, 1158985, 1158986, 1158987, 1158988, 1158989, 1158990, 1158991.