An arctic cold front pushed into the Northeast Arkansas during the evening of December 5th, 2013. Widespread rain was already occurring, due to the combination of abundant mid-level moisture, an enhanced upper level jet and an upper level disturbance moving through the area. As a result of the cold front, temperatures plummeted and turned rain over to freezing rain and sleet across Eastern Arkansas. The freezing line stalled in its progression to the southeast around midnight and remained roughly located from Forrest City to West Memphis. After sunrise...the freezing line pushed southeast and brought arctic air into the rest of East-Central Arkansas. Meanwhile...freezing rain and sleet changed over to snow across Northeast Arkansas during the morning of December 6th, 2013. The wintry precipitation tapered off during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 6th, 2013. Total snow amounts ranged from an inch around Jonesboro, to as much as 8 inches or more across Randolph and Lawrence Counties. Just southeast of the heavy snow accumulations, a corridor of heavy sleet occurred. The corridor, including Craighead, Poinsett, Northeast Mississippi and Southeast Greene Counties, received greater than one and a half inches of sleet. In addition, locations northwest of a Forrest City to a Jericho line, received at least a quarter inch of ice. The wintry precipitation created hazardous travel. Many accidents occurred as a result. A few trees and power lines fell due to the ice as well.

Winter Storm in CLAY, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 18:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice, around an inch of sleet, and between 2-6 inches of snow fell across Clay County.

Winter Storm in LAWRENCE, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 18:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice, around an inch of sleet, and between 2-8 inches of snow fell across Lawrence County.

Winter Storm in CRAIGHEAD, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 20:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter of an inch of ice, between 1 to 2 inches of sleet, and up to an inch of snow fell across Craighead County.

Winter Storm in POINSETT, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 21:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice and between 1 and 2 inches of sleet fell across Poinsett County.

Winter Storm in MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 21:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice and between 1 and 2 inches of sleet fell across Mississippi County.

Winter Storm in CROSS, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 22:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice and between a half inch and one and a half inches of sleet fell across Cross County.

Winter Storm in CRITTENDEN, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 22:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice and up to an inch of sleet fell across Crittenden County.

Winter Storm in ST. FRANCIS, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 23:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

The combination of a quarter inch of ice and around a half inch of sleet fell across St. Francis County.

Winter Storm in LEE, ARKANSAS
From 06-DEC-13 00:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Up to a quarter of an inch of ice and a half inch of sleet fell across Lee County.

Winter Weather in PHILLIPS, ARKANSAS
From 06-DEC-13 07:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a tenth of an inch of ice with trace amounts of sleet fell across Phillips County.

Winter Storm in GREENE, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 19:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice, 1 to 2 inches of sleet, and 1 to 3 inches of snow fell across Greene County.

Winter Storm in RANDOLPH, ARKANSAS
From 05-DEC-13 17:00:00 to 06-DEC-13 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A combination of a quarter inch of ice, up to a half inch of sleet and up to 8 inches or more of snow fell across Randolph County.