NWAflizzard

South central Arkansas is getting slammed right now. My brother said it is at least an inch a hour rates. With half dollar size flakes.

I would say we got an additional 4 inches. Flurries still flying in our area. Also our heat just got turned back on so that is nice.

Snowing lightly here with fine flakes. 17 degrees. Edit: Coming down harder now with a few dime size flakes.

The radar returns are impressive out of Oklahoma. Looks like a band of heavier snow just east of okc.

Thanks for trying. We are fine. We have some electric blankets that are working well.

That would be great! Thanks!

Black hills energy. They have not given an ETA as to when it will be back on. At least it will be in the teens today though.

So there is a gas outage in Pea Ridge. Kinda bummed out about that.

My Davis weather station shows -18. My little Lacrosse station shows -16. I can't believe it. I think that is an all time record if it is right. Maybe the extreme cold has broken my stations?? Edit: Shows -19 now!

I'm calling it a night. -8 here now. I think we will easily smash the February record low. I have to give the GFS credit. A week ago it was showing -15 for this area for around this time and I thought it was crazy. Turns out it was right.

-7 here. Really want to beat the record of -9.

I checked the NWS service records page for Bentonville. All time record low for February is -9. Low is supposed to be -11 tonight. I have -4 on my weather station right now. This cold is amazing!

We made it to 3 today which is 6 degrees short of our record low for the same day...

Our record low here for today is 9 degrees. Tonight our forecast low is -11.

Tulsa's new expected snowfall map. Seems a bit on the high end based on what I am seeing. At least for NWA.

New Winter Storm Warning issued by Tulsa mentions the power grid issue. 202 PM CST Mon Feb 15 2021 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills thru Tuesday morning. Wind chills as low as 20 below zero. Moderate to heavy snow expected late Tuesday into Wednesday. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 9 inches. * WHERE...Portions of east central, northeast and southeast Oklahoma and northwest and west central Arkansas. * WHEN...For the Wind Chill Warning, until 9 AM CST Tuesday. For the Winter Storm Warning, from noon Tuesday to 6 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The very cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Due to unusual demand on the electrical system across the region...rolling blackouts are possible. We are encouraged to find ways to conserve power over the next few days until the arctic cold leaves.

Here is a picture from this morning. We had around 4 then. I would say we have added at least 1.5 since. Sorry for the low quality. It was taken early.

It is really coming down here again. Bet we end with at least 6.

Measured 5 inches here too! Still snowing and blowing around everywhere. This storm was great! Looking forward to the next. Just hope I can stay awake. lol

We have 1.5-2ish. For someone from Louisiana this winter has been pretty epic. Been up here for 5 years and all the other winters have basically sucked.

I would say we have about an inch here. Hard to measure because it blows around everywhere. Streets are all covered.

Snow falling here being blown around by the wind. Smaller flakes with a few bigger ones mixed in. Sitting at 4 degrees. Now this is what I call winter!

Thought this update was interesting. Sounds like Tulsa thinks this could be big for the entire area National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1004 PM CST Sat Feb 13 2021 .DISCUSSION... Have updated snowfall amounts for tonight in areas to the northwest of I-44, as most recent runs of the HRRR and HRW suite have continued to focus the initial frontogenetic band of snow in the 06-12z time frame more to the north. Mid-level radar echoes have been gradually expanding across SW-central OK likely in response to this increased forcing. An environment characterized by steep lapse rates above the cold air at the sfc may be supportive of CSI in the elevated front zone, and thus some heavy banding of snow may occur late tonight into Sunday morning. The overall message of the forecast remains the same tonight as a significant winter storm is shaping up for a large part of eastern OK and northwest AR. Dynamic upper level system located near the Four Corners, which has produced numerous CG lightning strikes across NM/AZ this evening, continues to move east, and will provide a prolonged period of strong forcing over much of the area. North winds have begun to increase over the past couple of hours in response to the approaching system, with gusts around 25 mph becoming common across northeast OK. Wind chills have fallen below -5 in parts of NE OK as a result and while this is technically wind chill advisory criteria, this will be covered by the winter storm warning beginning at midnight. Higher dew points depressions seem to have cut off the lake effect snow across eastern OK, however sfc reports indicate there is still some ongoing in the FYV area...so have added flurries into the forecast for the remainder of the evening. Per satellite this appears to be mainly down wind from Beaver Lake.

Both 00z GEM and GFS still have the second storm. Wonder if the Euro will come on board.

Good luck everyone! Hopefully we all get something memorable!