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February 1, 2023
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Winter weather blankets Polk County
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moisture levels, 1 inch of rain was equivalent to 5-6 inches of snow during this storm. The wintry weather the weather Electric companies were models predicted for Tuesday, Jan. 24 experiencing power outagcame to fruition and blanketed most es throughout the area. Rich of Polk County with rain turning Mountain Electric Cooperaquickly to snow just before noon. A tive reported that the outages Winter Weather Advisory went into began around 12:40 p.m. on effect at noon and remained in effect Tuesday and continued into through 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Wednesday. Northern Polk Snowfall from Winter Storm County suffered the majority Kassandra varied by several inches of those outages, but linemen across Polk County, with the Namanaged to get the power tional Weather Service Little Rock back on for most customers office announcing on their site that relatively quickly. the first noticeable problems on According to their Facebook Arkansas roads was in the Ouachipage, the Co-op sent crews ta Mountains in Polk and Scott to northern Arkansas to ascounties. sist other electric co-ops on The snow fell until sunset with a Thursday. brief lull, turning to mixed precipEntergy had over 36,000 itation. The snow picked up again Several vehicles slid or spun off into ditches, later in the evening, finally stop- signs and yards beginning within an hour of the customers without power ping sometime around midnight. snowfall. (Ethan Nahté/Pulse) throughout Arkansas. They estimated they would have 90% According to the National of their customers back with Weather Service (NWS), some ar- was due to the elevation and is not power by 10 p.m. that Wednesday. eas of the county like Bogg Springs uncommon in events like this. More freezing precipitation fell were reported to have gotten as little Mt. Magazine in Logan County as 1 inch, while other places such as received the most accumulation in Monday, Jan. 30 and is predicted to continue through Wednesday, Big Fork received up to 5 inches of Arkansas with 16 inches of snow. snow. Mena was in the middle, reArea temperatures dropped to 24 Feb. 1 as Winter Storm Mara moves porting 4 inches of snow. degrees. NWS reported had it been through, with lows back in the midQueen Wilhelmina had the most 5 degrees colder, there would have to-high 20s. snowfall for Polk County, with been significantly higher amount of More KASSANDRA NWS reporting up to 8 inches. This snow — closer to 10 inches. Due to continued on page 10 By Trey Youngdahl
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