Ice Storm in Greene, Arkansas

Ice Storm December 3, 2002 – December 4, 2002 · Greene, Arkansas

$2.1M

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

A mix of freezing rain and sleet fell on much of northeast Arkansas. The icy conditions brought down many trees,power poles and power lines. One man was killed in Lawrence county when a power line fell on him. In Greene county, a church in Paragould was damaged by a fire that was caused when a tree limb fell on a nearby power line, causing a short in the church's electricity. The ice storm left thousands of residents without power. Some residents went more than a week without power.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5326011. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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