Winter Storm — Madison, Arkansas

2022-02-02 to 2022-02-04 · Madison, Arkansas

Wider weather episode

Arctic air spread into the region during the evening of the 1st through the morning of the 2nd, as a strong upper level disturbance translated from the Pacific Northwest into the Southern Rockies. Light wintry precipitation developed across northwestern Arkansas during the morning hours of the 2nd, as this system approached, with light freezing rain and light sleet. Patchy freezing drizzle developed during the day of the 2nd, with more widespread precipitation developing across the area during the afternoon and evening. The precipitation continued through the morning of the 3rd. Heavy amounts of ice occurred across west-central Arkansas, where up to a half inch of glaze occurred, with heavy snow falling across much of northwest Arkansas, where up to eight inches of snow fell. There was a swath between the heavy snow and heavy ice that received heavy amounts of sleet up to one and a half inches, with some ice and snow. A final round of snow developed into northwestern Arkansas during the evening of the 3rd, and that produced another one to three inches of snow through the early morning hours of the 4th. Storm total snowfall amounts were generally four to eight inches across much of northwestern Arkansas, with locally up to twelve inches reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1006241. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.