Power Outage in Blevins, AR

A deep southwesterly flow aloft prevailed across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley on January 30th-February 2nd, ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system that drifted through Southern California, the Desert Southwest into Northern Mexico. Meanwhile, a strong but shallow arctic cold front shifted south through the Southern Plains on January 29th-30th, before slowing significantly in the higher terrain of the Ouachitas of Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. Weak upper level disturbances embedded in this flow ahead of the low resulted in widespread sleet and freezing rain across much of the Southern Plains given the warm air above this shallow, freezing air mass, with areas of light freezing rain affecting portions of East Texas, extreme Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas on January 30th-February 2nd. Ice accumulations of one-quarter inch were observed across Hempstead and Nevada Counties in Southwest Arkansas, with ice accretion noted on trees and power lines, as well as significant icing on bridges and overpasses. Numerous large limbs were snapped off of trees due to the weight of the ice, with several trees downed on homes in Prescott (Nevada County). ||The following are freezing rain reports across Hempstead and Nevada Counties in Southwest Arkansas:||Hempstead County: Hope: 0.25 inches.|Nevada County: Prescott: 0.25 inches.

February 01, 2023

A deep southwesterly flow aloft prevailed across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley on January 30th-31st, ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system that drifted through Southern California, the Desert Southwest into Northern Mexico. Meanwhile, a strong but shallow arctic cold front shifted south through the Southern Plains on the 29th-30th, before slowing significantly in the higher terrain of the Ouachitas of Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. Weak upper level disturbances embedded in this flow ahead of the low resulted in widespread sleet and freezing rain across much of the Southern Plains given the warm air above this shallow, freezing air mass, with areas of light freezing rain affecting portions of East Texas, extreme Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas on the 30th-31st. Ice accumulations of one-quarter inch were observed across Hempstead and Nevada Counties in Southwest Arkansas, with ice accretion noted on trees and power lines, as well as significant icing on bridges and overpasses. Numerous large limbs were snapped off of trees due to the weight of the ice, with several trees downed on homes in Prescott (Nevada County). This extended duration of freezing rain persisted into the first couple days of February across these areas.||The following are freezing rain reports across Hempstead and Nevada Counties in Southwest Arkansas: ||Hempstead County: Hope: 0.25 inches. |Nevada County: Prescott: 0.25 inches.

January 30, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Three inch tree limbs were snapped in Hope. Power poles were also broken in this area.

April 13, 2022

A strong but shallow cold front drifted south through Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, and Northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening hours of February 22nd, with temperatures plummeting to near and below freezing by the early morning hours of the 23rd. A deep, moist southwest flow aloft was in place across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley during the 22nd-23rd, with embedded impulses in the flow enhancing large scale forcing such that areas of freezing rain mixed with brief periods of sleet fell across much of Northern and Northeast Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Damming of the colder, subfreezing air from the Ouachitas of Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas slowed the progression of the transition to the mixed wintry precipitation, such that only McCurtain County Oklahoma, the western sections of East Texas, and the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas observed only minor impacts of the ice accumulations. In these areas, minor ice accumulations occurred on elevated objects such as trees and power lines, with some icing observed on bridges and elevated road surfaces.||The following are ice accumulations measured in Southwest Arkansas: ||In Howard County, 0.02 inches of ice was measured with light ice accumulations on trees 4 NNE of Nashville. |In Hempstead County, 0.03 inches of ice was measured with light ice accumulations on trees in Hope.

February 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. A pine tree was blown onto a home on County Road 2 in the Guernsey community west of Hope. A tree was also blown over onto power lines near this same location as well.

January 25, 2021