WEATHERING THE STORM 10 1.28.2018
Northwest Arkansas
susceptible to flooding
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.
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Bryce Myers of Rogers uses his Dodge pickup truck to pull
two motorists out of high water Saturday, April 29, 2017,
after they became stuck in high water on South 52nd Street
in Rogers.
