A map of Arkansas shows the counties affected by flood warnings issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) on Friday. Flooding can be a hazard to people driving in affected areas, with the NWS warning that most flood-related deaths happen in vehicles.
The winter storm in Arkansas produced the most snow in Little Rock in the month of January since 1988! Snow totals in other parts of the state exceeded over a foot.
Cold weather advisory issued for East Arkansas, North Mississippi, and West Tennessee, with wind chills expected between 0-10 degrees.
Northwest Arkansas shelters were full over the weekend as a result of arctic air blowing in Friday evening. While some shelters were able to take in people beyond capacity, others had to turn people away due to lack of room.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Brutally cold Arctic air will settle in tonight behind a gusty north wind. This unseasonably cold pattern will continue through a good portion of the upcoming week. The National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory seen below, because wind chill values tonight could get to as low as 5 below zero.
Shelters will be open in North Little Rock, Cabot and Jacksonville tonight, but Little Rock's city-run shelter will be closed with cold temperatures in the forecast.
specifically Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas, a winter storm warning has still been issued for the northern region of Louisiana. According to the National Weather Service forecast ...
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a Cold Weather Advisory for Northeast Oklahoma through 10 a.m. Tuesday.
A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.
Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts, as a rare winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures and potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh cold weather. In Texas, temperatures dropped to below freezing Monday night as winter weather began across the state.
A very rare winter weather event will pass through the Deep South beginning Monday night, and even down along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. As an arctic front lifts north across the Gulf of Mexico, a low pressure system will intensify and track eastward and dump Gulf moisture into the cold air for the Gulf Coast states.
South Arkansas residents are bracing for an arctic air mass that will drop daytime highs to the freezing point, and overnight lows to around 20 through Tuesday.