A strong Arctic cold front moved through Arkansas on the 2nd and the morning hours of the 3rd. Freezing rain and sleet began to fall in northern Arkansas before dawn on the 2nd, while rain fell over the rest of the state. As colder air made its way farther into the state, rain changed to freezing rain and sleet over most of the northern half of the state on the afternoon of the 2nd, over the middle of the state from late afternoon through early evening, and over parts of southern Arkansas after midnight on the 3rd. Meanwhile, much of the sleet changed over to snow in northern Arkansas on the night of the 2nd, while some snow flurries also made it into the central part of the state. All significant precipitation moved east of the area on the morning of the 3rd.
Thunder accompanied the wintry precipitation in many areas, even with temperatures in the teens and 20s.
Parts of eastern Arkansas experienced an ice storm with freezing rain totals of 0.25 to more than 0.50 inch. Several thousand power outages resulted. Elsewhere, amounts generally ranged from a few hundredths of an inch in southern Arkansas to around 0.25 inch in parts of the Arkansas River Valley and central Arkansas.
Sleet piled up to unusually large amounts, with 1 to 2 inches common in central Arkansas and 2 to 4 inches in the northern part of the state. Sleet drifts of 3 to 4 feet occurred in some places. Some of the northern counties recorded 1 to 3 inches of snow on top of the sleet.
The freezing rain and sleet caused an enormous traffic back-up on Interstate 40 all the way from near DeValls Bluff to West Memphis, a distance of about 80 miles.
There was one indirect fatality and two indirect injuries. At 2:15 PM on the 2nd, a 46- year-old man was killed and two other people were injured when two vehicles collided on Arkansas 25 north of Arkansas 5 in Cleburne County. It was sleeting and the road was icy at the time, according to a state police report.
The Arctic air brought record low temperatures for the month of March to Newport (Jackson Co.), Marshall (Searcy Co.), Batesville Lock and Dam (Independence Co.), Beedeville 4NE (Jackson Co.), North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), and the Stuttgart Airport (Prairie Co.). These temperatures occurred on the 3rd or 4th, depending on the station location.
Furthermore, 29 stations set records for the coldest high temperatures ever recorded in the month of March. These included Mena (Polk Co.), Hot Springs National Park (Garland Co.), Batesville Livestock Experiment Station (Independence Co.), Booneville 3SE (Logan Co.), Mount Ida (Montgomery Co.), Rohwer 2NNE (Desha Co.), Star City (Lincoln Co.), Des Arc (Prairie Co.), Malvern (Hot Spring Co.), Newport (Jackson Co.), North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Sheridan (Grant Co.), Beedeville 4NE (Jackson Co.), Clarksville (Johnson Co.), Conway (Faulkner Co.), Evening Shade 1NNE (Sharp Co.), Fordyce (Dallas Co.), Little Rock Air Force Base (Pulaski Co.), Subiaco (Logan Co.), Batesville Lock and Dam (Independence Co.), Mammoth Spring (Fulton Co.), Searcy (White Co.), Batesville Airport (Independence Co.), Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Murfreesboro 1W (Pike Co.), Camden (Ouachita Co.), Russellville (Pope Co.), Stuttgart Airport (Prairie Co.), and Hot Springs Airport (Garland Co.). All of these records occurred on the 3rd or 4th, depending on the station location.

Winter Storm in BOONE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 03:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in MARION, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 04:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

Winter Storm in BAXTER, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 04:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in PERRY, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 15:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in FAULKNER, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in WHITE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWSS

Winter Storm in WOODRUFF, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 500.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 17:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in GARLAND, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 20:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in SALINE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 20:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in PULASKI, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 17:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in LONOKE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 17:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in PRAIRIE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 16:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

Winter Storm in MONROE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 18:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 200.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in HOT SPRING, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 20:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in GRANT, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 21:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in JEFFERSON, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 21:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in ARKANSAS, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 23:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in DALLAS, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 00:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in CLEVELAND, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 00:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in LINCOLN, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 00:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in DESHA, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in OUACHITA, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 01:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

Winter Weather in CALHOUN, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 03:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Winter Weather in BRADLEY, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 03:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 09:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Winter Weather in DREW, ARKANSAS
From 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in FULTON, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in SHARP, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in STONE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 12:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in IZARD, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 12:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 75.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in NEWTON, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in SEARCY, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in JOHNSON, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in POPE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Storm in VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in CLEBURNE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 15:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in INDEPENDENCE, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 200.00K
Reported by: AWOS

Winter Storm in JACKSON, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 11:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 07:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 600.00K
Reported by: AWSS

The fire station at Grubbs collapsed on the 5th due to the weight of ice and snow on the roof of the metal building.

Winter Storm in LOGAN, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in SCOTT, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 15:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in POLK, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 15:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in YELL, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Storm in CONWAY, ARKANSAS
From 02-MAR-14 14:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways