Winter Weather — Pulaski, Arkansas

2014-11-13 · Pulaski, Arkansas

Event narrative

An indirect fatality, due to a traffic accident, occurred on U.S. 67/167 near the dividing line between the North Little Rock and Sherwood city limits. According to a preliminary report by the Arkansas State Police, an accident had occurred on an icy bridge while snow and sleet were falling. One of the motorists, a 48-year-old woman, got out of her vehicle and was standing on the freeway. A second accident occurred on the same bridge and one of the vehicles in this accident struck the woman involved in the previous collision.

Wider weather episode

Cold air was in place in Arkansas on the 13th. During the early morning hours, an area of low pressure moved eastward across the state, setting off a band of light snow and sleet. Accumulations were less than half an inch, but even this small amount was sufficient to cause hazardous driving conditions on bridges, overpasses, and elevated roadways, primarily from central into eastern Arkansas. Even parts of southern Arkansas received some light sleet and snow, but no problems were attributed to the wintry precipitation. It was unusually early in the season for winter weather in Arkansas. It was the third earliest measurable snowfall on record in Little Rock. One indirect fatality occurred in Pulaski County near the dividing line between the North Little Rock and Sherwood city limits due to a traffic accident on an icy bridge.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 542780. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.