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| Public Info Statement |
| 18 Dec 13 22:38:36 |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 AM CST WED DEC 18 2013 ...30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...THE COLD WAVES OF DECEMBER 1983 BEGAN... DECEMBER 1983 HAS LONG BEEN REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE MOST SEVERELY COLD PERIODS IN ARKANSAS HISTORY. MUCH OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...TEMPERATURES FLIPPED BETWEEN ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL EVERY FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH SAW BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SEVERAL SNOWSTORMS HIT THE STATE. ARCTIC AIR PLUNGED THE MERCURY BELOW ZERO IN ALL AREAS. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE STATE STAYED BELOW FREEZING FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS CONTINUOUSLY. ICE FORMED ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER. MILLWOOD LAKE FROZE OVER COMPLETELY. DURING THE COLDEST PART OF THE OUTBREAK...STRONG WINDS PRODUCED WIND CHILLS NEAR 60 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THERE WAS WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL IMPACT DUE TO HEADS OF CATTLE FALLING THROUGH ICE AND DROWNING LOOKING FOR WATER. ROADS SAW CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DUE TO MELTING AND REFREEZING. THE COLD CAUSED WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH WATER PIPES...EVEN THOUGH MANY WERE BURIED TWO FEET DEEP. MANY HOMES BURNED AS A RESULT OF ATTEMPTS TO KEEP WARM. LOW WATER PRESSURE OR LACK OF WATER AND ICY ROADS PREVENTED FIREFIGHTERS FROM PUTTING OUT BLAZES. LOW WATER PRESSURE IN MANY TOWNS MADE IT NECESSARY TO BOIL WATER BEFORE USING IT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. POULTRY SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY FROM THE COLD...LACK OF ELECTRICITY...AND FROM SHORTAGE OF FEED DUE TO IMPASSABLE ROADS. 13 PEOPLE DIED DUE TO HYPOTHERMIA. THERE WERE TWO PERIODS THAT WERE COLDEST...DECEMBER 24TH-25TH AND DECEMBER 30TH AND 31ST. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN THE STATE DURING THIS TIME WAS -17 ON THE MORNING OF THE 25TH AT NEWPORT. CONTINUOUS DAYS BELOW FREEZING... AT THESE LOCATIONS...THE TEMPERATURE REMAINED CONTINUOUSLY BELOW FREEZING FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. HARRISON 13 DAYS DEC 18TH-30TH JACKSONVILLE 13 DAYS DEC 19TH-31ST MENA 13 DAYS DEC 18TH-30TH HOT SPRINGS 12 DAYS DEC 20TH-31ST LITTLE ROCK 12 DAYS DEC 19TH-30TH MONTICELLO 12 DAYS DEC 20TH-31ST MOUNT IDA 12 DAYS DEC 20TH-31ST FIRST PEAK...DECEMBER 24TH-25TH... TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW ZERO WERE RECORDED IN THE ENTIRE STATE. SITE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DATE NEWPORT -17 25TH DEER -13 25TH WEST MEMPHIS -12 24TH EUREKA SPRINGS 3WNW -11 25TH GRAVETTE -11 25TH BENTONVILLE 4S -10 25TH MOUNTAIN HOME -10 25TH FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD -9 24TH FAYETTEVILLE EXP. STN. -9 24TH GILBERT -9 25TH HARRISON -9 25TH LEAD HILL -9 25TH MAMMOTH SPRING -9 25TH YELLVILLE 2SSE -9 25TH CALICO ROCK 2WSW -8 25TH MOUNTAIN VIEW -8 25TH POCAHONTAS -8 25TH SILOAM SPRINGS -8 25TH BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK -7 25TH CORNING -7 25TH BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM -6 25TH MORRILTON -6 25TH MOUNTAINBURG 2NE -6 25TH ALICIA -5 25TH JONESBORO 2NE -5 25TH KEISER -5 25TH GREERS FERRY DAM -4 25TH HELENA -4 25TH SEARCY -4 25TH SUBIACO -4 25TH BEEDEVILLE -3 25TH BLYTHEVILLE -3 25TH BOONEVILLE -3 25TH BRINKLEY -3 24TH EVENING SHADE 1NNE -3 25TH WALDRON -3 25TH MOUNT IDA -2 25TH MURFREESBORO -2 25TH WYNNE -2 25TH ALUM FORK -1 25TH CABOT 4SW -1 25TH CONWAY -1 25TH DARDANELLE -1 25TH FORT SMITH -1 25TH HECTOR 2SSW -1 25TH MARIANNA -1 25TH NORTH LITTLE ROCK -1 25TH SHERIDAN -1 25TH BENTON 0 25TH BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM 0 25TH CLARKSVILLE 0 25TH CROSSETT 2SSE 0 25TH FORDYCE 0 25TH HOT SPRINGS 0 25TH LITTLE ROCK 0 25TH MONTICELLO 0 25TH NIMROD DAM 0 25TH SAINT CHARLES 0 25TH STAR CITY 0 25TH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF -1 ON THE 25TH AT BENTONVILLE 4S WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN ARKANSAS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SECOND PEAK...DECEMBER 30TH-31ST... BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WERE NOT AS WIDESPREAD THIS TIME...AND WERE MAINLY LIMITED TO NORTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SITE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DATE GILBERT -12 30TH LEAD HILL -12 30TH YELLVILLE 2SSE -11 30TH DEER -9 30TH EVENING SHADE 1NNE -9 30TH MAMMOTH SPRING -9 30TH CALICO ROCK 2WSW -8 30TH GRAVETTE -8 30TH BENTONVILLE 4S -7 30TH MOUNTAIN HOME -7 30TH SILOAM SPRINGS -7 30TH FAYETTEVILLE DRAKE FIELD -6 30TH FAYETTEVILLE EXP. STN. -5 30TH GREENBRIER -5 30TH HARRISON -5 30TH HECTOR 2SSW -5 30TH MORRILTON -5 30TH ALICIA -4 30TH BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM -4 30TH HUNTSVILLE 1SSW -4 30TH KEISER -4 30TH MOUNTAIN VIEW -4 31ST MOUNTAINBURG 2NE -4 30TH SEARCY -4 30TH WYNNE -4 30TH CLARKSVILLE -3 31ST NIMROD DAM -3 30TH POCAHONTAS -3 31ST WALDRON -3 30TH CABOT -2 30TH CORNING -2 30TH EUREKA SPRINGS -2 30TH MOUNT IDA -2 31ST BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK -1 30TH CONWAY -1 30TH HELENA -1 30TH JONESBORO 2NE -1 30TH MENA -1 30TH BEEDEVILLE 0 31ST GREERS FERRY DAM 0 30TH LEOLA 0 30TH MURFREESBORO 0 31ST SNOWSTORMS... THERE WERE SNOWSTORMS ON DECEMBER 16TH...19TH...20TH-21ST...23RD... AND 27TH. MOST OF THESE JUST PRODUCED MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL... BUT THE STORM ON THE 16TH PRODUCED HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. WITH THIS STORM, THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION FELL AT FOREMAN...WITH 9.0 INCHES. MONTHLY AMOUNTS AT THE STATIONS LISTED BELOW WERE EXCESSIVE...AND MOST OF THE SNOW THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS DURING THE STORM ON THE 16TH. SITE DECEMBER 1983 SNOWFALL STAR CITY 14.0 INCHES SHERIDAN 10.8 INCHES PRESCOTT 9.9 INCHES ANTOINE 9.0 INCHES ARKADELPHIA 9.0 INCHES FOREMAN 9.0 INCHES LEOLA 9.0 INCHES MAGNOLIA 9.0 INCHES NASHVILLE 8.6 INCHES CAMDEN 8.5 INCHES SPARKMAN 8.2 INCHES ASHDOWN 8.0 INCHES MURFREESBORO 8.0 INCHES TEXARKANA 8.0 INCHES COLDEST DECEMBER... DECEMBER 15TH-31ST CEMENTED DECEMBER 1983 AS THE COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD...NOT ONLY AT MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN ARKANSAS...BUT IN ARKANSAS AS WELL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE STATE WAS 30.2 DEGREES. IT WAS THE COLDEST DECEMBER SINCE 1963...AND THIS DEGREE OF COLD WAS NOT EVEN APPROACHED IN ARKANSAS AGAIN UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2000...WHEN THE STATE AVERAGE WAS 31.6 DEGREES. THE COLD MODERATED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 1984. HOWEVER...BY MID-MONTH...SEVERE COLD GRIPPED THE STATE ONCE AGAIN...WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND BELOW ZERO. ON THE 19TH...TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS -15 TO -18 WERE SEEN IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS. $$ 57 Posted by VPost v1.9.130628 --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33) |
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