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| Are you interested in what happened during a recent event? Check out the report below. |
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Snow on February 12, 2024 |
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| In the picture: A storm system ("L") tracking from Texas to the Tennessee Valley spread moisture into Arkansas on 02/12/2024. Temperatures were cold enough to support snow in northern Arkansas (mainly the Ozark Mountains), with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms elsewhere. |
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Three days after isolated severe storms and a weak tornado (rated EF1) on February 9th, it appeared that northern Arkansas was in for some snow on the 12th. A storm system to the southwest (central Texas) spread moisture into the region, and the environment in the Ozark Mountains was just cold enough to support frozen precipitation.
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| In the video: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed the spotty nature of precipitation in northwest Arkansas during the morning of 02/12/2024. There was heavy snow in places such as Harrison (Boone County) and Yellville (Marion County), and much less snow in Fayetteville (Washington County) and Huntsville (Madison County). |
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The forecast called for several inches of snow in parts of north. However, projected snowfall totals were more uniform than what actually occurred. Flakes came down heavily in places, and almost not at all at many other locations.
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| In the picture: As of 1000 am CST on 02/12/2024, light snow was falling in portions of the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas. Temperatures in this part of the state were in the lower to mid 30s. Readings elsewhere were in the upper 30s to upper 40s, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms (in the northeast) noted. |
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As of 1000 am CST, precipitation as a whole was hit and miss. Light snow came down at Fayetteville (Washington County), Harrison (Boone County), and Mountain Home (Baxter County). Elsewhere, there were scattered showers, and even a few rumbles of thunder (and small hail) in the northeast.
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| In the pictures: Where heavy snow occurred, there were snow and slush covered roads across northern Arkansas during the morning of 02/12/2024. This included locations such as Benton County, Harrison (Boone County), and Mountain Home (Baxter County). The information is courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Transportation via X (formally Twitter). |
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Bursts of heavy snow accumulated quickly, and this is where roads became snow and slush covered. Otherwise, given warm pavement, roads were generally wet where lighter snow was observed.
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| In the picture: One to as much as four inches of snow accumulated in portions of northern Arkansas (mainly the Ozark Mountains) on 02/12/2024. |
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Four inches of snow piled up northwest of Hiwasse (Benton County) and at Lead Hill (Boone County). Three to four inches of powder was reported near Bohannon (Searcy County), at Dodd City (Marion County), Gravette (Benton County), Lead Hill (Boone County), Mountain Home (Baxter County), and Yellville (Marion County).
Interestingly, about thirty miles to the east of Mountain Home (Baxter County), there was little to no snow at Salem (Fulton County). Go another twenty miles, and Hardy (Sharp County) picked up two inches. Just south of the several inches of snow in Benton County), Fayetteville (Washington County) had only 0.3 inch of accumulation.
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| In the picture: The satellite during the morning of 02/13/2024 showed where snow accumulated the day before in northern Arkansas. |
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The snow did not hang around for very long. There was abundant sunshine the next day, and temperatures climbed into the 50s and 60s. Snow quickly became a memory.
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