Winter Weather — Bradley, Arkansas

2018-11-14 · Bradley, Arkansas

Event narrative

The observer reported 1.3 inches of snow in the last 24 hours.

Wider weather episode

A storm system brought significant snow to parts of Arkansas on the 14th and 15th. On the 14th, it remained cold when a storm system aloft headed this way from the west. The system strengthened along the way, and tried to pull moisture toward us from the southeast states (where rain was extensive).

Temperatures failed to get above freezing at Harrison (Boone County), Newport (Jackson County), and North Little Rock (Pulaski County). At North Little Rock (Pulaski County), it was the coldest November day on record (going back to 1975).

While the system struggled to ingest moisture (most areas received less than a tenth of an inch of liquid), there was enough to produce two to more than four inches of snow in parts of the south and east. Some of the higher snowfall totals included 5 to 6 inches at Georgetown (White County), 3 to 4 inches near Des Arc (Prairie County), 3 inches around Rison (Cleveland County) and Patterson (Woodruff County), and 2 to 3 inches at Augusta (Woodruff County), southeast of Stuttgart (Arkansas County), south of Pine Bluff (Jefferson County), and Rye (Cleveland County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 794472. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.