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Winter Weather in Newton County Lower Elevations, Arkansas

Winter Weather January 5, 2024 · Newton County Lower Elevations, Arkansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snow was measured at 2.0 inches in Compton.

The wider storm

A strong area high pressure was departing the region to the east as a new storm system approached from the west. It was cold enough across the northwest half of Arkansas to begin as mainly snow, but precipitation changed over to rain by early afternoon. In total, snowfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches was common over portions of central, western, northern, and much of northwest Arkansas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1157056. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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