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Events » 2/5/2002 Snow Storm
February
5, 2002 Snow Storm
| An
upper level plume of Pacific moisture, a shallow layer of dry
air near the surface and a vigorous upper level disturbance
combined to produce a widespread area of wintry precipitation
across the northern sections of the Four State Region. The precipitation
began across east Texas late Monday night (4th and 5th) and
overspread the rest of the region on Tuesday, February 5th.
The temperature profile was just cold enough for the precipitation
to fall mainly as snow north of a line from Pittsburg, TX to
along the Louisiana and Arkansas border. South of this line,
the precipitation fell as a very cold rain with only a brief
period of snow or sleet observed as far south as the Interstate
20 corridor. Snow amounts ranged from a relatively narrow band
of 1 to 3 inches (illustrated above) to a snow swath of 3 to
6 inches across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and extreme
northeast Texas. The heaviest snowfall fell over the Red River
Valley of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest
Arkansas where 6 to 9 inches of snow fell.
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| 7 1/2 inches of snow on a car hood in
Ashdown, AR |
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is the difference between freezing rain, sleet and snow?
Freezing Rain
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