WEATHERING THE STORM 4 1.28.2018
NWA Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER
Martin Barrios with La Frontera Towing works to free a Ford
Explorer driven Paul Vicente of Rogers on Monday, Feb. 16,
2015, from a ditch alongside S. Bloomington Street in Lowell.
Preparation is
key during severe
winter storms
By Sarah Haney NWA Democrat-Gazette
According to the National Weather Service, in 2010,
Fayetteville, Ark., received the highest recorded
snowfall in the city at 27 inches. In years since, the
snowfall has ranged from anywhere between .3
inches and 20.9 inches. Similarly, all of Northwest
Arkansas can expect years with severe winter storms.
An occurrence of a winter storm happens when
there is a significant amount of precipitation and the
temperature is low enough that this precipitation
becomes sleet or snow, or when rain turns to ice. A
winter storm can range from freezing rain and ice,
to moderate snowfall over a few hours, to a blizzard
that lasts for several days. The precipitation isn't the
only component of a winter storm since many are
accompanied by dangerously low temperatures.
