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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
221 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009
...OCTOBER RAINFALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN SHATTERED IN A LARGE PART OF
ARKANSAS...
FOR THE 4TH MONTH IN 2009...RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN
MUCH OF ARKANSAS. FOR MANY STATIONS...OCTOBER 2009 WAS NOT ONLY THE
WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...BUT ONE OF THE WETTEST MONTHS ON RECORD.
AT MANY OF THESE STATIONS...THE RECORD RAINFALL IN OCTOBER HAS
PUSHED THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL OVER 60 INCHES...AND WILL ASSURE
THAT 2009 WILL BE ONE OF THE TEN WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD.
OCTOBER RAINFALL...
LISTED BELOW ARE OBSERVING STATIONS...OCTOBER 2009 RAINFALL...THE
RANK IN TERMS OF WETTEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD...AND THE WETTEST
OCTOBER EVER RECORDED. AT 19 STATIONS...IT WAS THE WETTEST OCTOBER
EVER RECORDED.
RANK -
WETTEST
OCT 2009 OCT ON WETTEST
STATION - RECORDS BEGIN RAIN RECORD OCT ON RECORD
**REMARKS
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LEOLA - 1948 23.05 1ST PREV 13.84 IN 1990
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE APRIL 1957...WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
CAMDEN - 1893 22.39 1ST PREV 17.98 IN 1984
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE MAY 1930...WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
MONTICELLO - 1876 19.72 1ST PREV 15.29 IN 1984
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE APRIL 1991...2ND WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
FORDYCE - 1911 18.29 1ST PREV 12.70 IN 1949
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE JANUARY 1937...WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD - 1878 16.56 1ST PREV 15.35 IN 1984
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE JANUARY 1937...3RD WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
ANTOINE - 1940 16.00 1ST PREV 11.90 IN 1954
NORTH LITTLE ROCK - 1976 15.81 1ST PREV 14.03 IN 1984
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE NOVEMBER 1988...WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
DAMASCUS 2 NNE - 1940 14.91 1ST PREV 14.15 IN 1984
DES ARC - 1903 14.94 1ST PREV 11.18 IN 1984
MAMMOTH SPRING - 1904 14.84 1ST PREV 13.42 IN 1941
MURFREESBORO 1 W - 1916 14.66 1ST PREV 13.64 IN 1993
MELBOURNE 5 W - 1948 14.46 1ST PREV 11.85 IN 1984
PINE BLUFF - 1884 14.34 1ST PREV 14.05 IN 1984
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE DECEMBER 1982...8TH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
SALEM - 1955 14.01 1ST PREV 11.87 IN 1984
CALICO ROCK - 1904 13.50 1ST PREV 12.51 IN 1941
MALVERN - 1948 13.30 1ST PREV 11.24 IN 1972
NEWPORT WATER PLANT - 1892 13.16 1ST PREV 11.94 IN 1949
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT - 1986 13.30 1ST PREV 11.11 IN 1993
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE MAY 1990...3RD WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
LEAD HILL - 1927 12.13 1ST PREV 11.82 IN 1941
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CRYSTAL VALLEY - 1941 15.73 2ND 18.71 IN 1984
EVENING SHADE 1 NNE - 1923 13.49 2ND 14.11 IN 1984
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM - 1904 13.20 2ND 15.03 IN 1984
BLAKELY MTN DAM - 1950 12.83 2ND 17.62 IN 1984
CONWAY - 1890 12.68 2ND 14.46 IN 1984
HARRISON - 1891 12.59 2ND 12.80 IN 1941
**WETTEST MONTH SINCE MAY 1990...10TH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD
NIMROD DAM - 1939 12.36 2ND 22.37 IN 1984
MORRILTON - 1919 12.26 2ND 15.52 IN 1984
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW - 1902 12.19 2ND 13.41 IN 1925
PINE RIDGE - 1925 11.95 2ND 16.38 IN 1984
AUGUSTA 2 NNW - 1943 11.90 2ND 14.92 IN 1949
ROHWER - 1959 11.51 2ND 13.05 IN 1984
CLARENDON - 1904 11.27 2ND 14.04 IN 1984
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE - 1989 10.72 2ND 11.07 IN 1991
DARDANELLE - 1909 10.15 2ND 18.53 IN 1984
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ARKANSAS CITY - 1885 11.96 3RD 12.81 IN 1984
ODEN 1 SE - 1927 10.96 3RD 17.07 IN 1984
DEER - 1975 10.90 3RD 13.24 IN 1984
CABOT 4 SW - 1918 10.87 3RD 13.95 IN 1984
PARKS - 1956 9.17 3RD 16.34 IN 1984
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BIG FORK 1 SSE - 1944 11.44 4TH 15.97 IN 2004
GLENWOOD - 1935 10.86 4TH 14.70 IN 1984
SUBIACO ABBEY - 1910 9.45 4TH 13.62 IN 1984
GILBERT - 1924 8.56 4TH 11.90 IN 1941
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MENA - 1892 12.78 6TH 16.69 IN 1984
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ADDTIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS FOR OCTOBER INCLUDE...
ARKADELPHIA AIRPORT 17.80 INCHES
MENA AIRPORT 14.90 INCHES
NEWPORT AIRPORT 14.10 INCHES
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE 12.73 INCHES
FLIPPIN AIRPORT 12.44 INCHES
MOUNT IDA 12.24 INCHES
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 11.23 INCHES
STUTTGART AIRPORT 10.49 INCHES
RUSSELLVILLE 9.55 INCHES
SEARCY AIRPORT 9.26 INCHES
YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL...
AT TWO STATIONS...2009 WILL GO DOWN AS THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD.
LISTED BELOW ARE OBSERVING STATIONS...2009 RAINFALL...AND WETTEST
YEARS ON RECORD. WITH TWO MONTHS TO GO IN THE YEAR...THERE WILL
LIKELY BE MORE STATIONS THAT WILL NOT ONLY REACH THE TOP 10...BUT
THE WETTEST YEAR AS WELL.
YTD WETTEST WETTEST YEAR ON
STATION - RECORDS BEGAN RAIN YR SINCE RECORD
**REMARKS
_____________________________________________________________________
LEOLA - 1948 87.07 1ST PREV 85.31 IN 1957
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1957
NORTH LITTLE ROCK - 1976 66.45 1ST PREV 63.65 IN 1990
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1990
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MURFREESBORO 1 W - 1916 79.51 2ND 85.01 IN 1973
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
BLAKELY MTN DAM - 1950 78.01 2ND 86.05 IN 1973
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
ANTOINE - 1940 76.99 2ND 80.98 IN 1973
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
CAMDEN - 1893 74.30 2ND 76.25 IN 1957
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1957
NEWPORT WATER PLANT - 1892 73.85 2ND 80.88 IN 1957
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1957
CRYSTAL VALLEY - 1941 71.25 2ND 81.37 IN 1973
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
DES ARC - 1903 69.95 2ND 88.72 IN 1957
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1957
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MORRILTON - 1919 67.74 3RD 73.58 IN 1957
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
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DAMASCUS 2 NNE - 1940 78.26 4TH 81.24 IN 1957
MALVERN - 1948 71.98 4TH 89.69 IN 1973
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HOPPER 1 E - 1948 78.39 5TH 85.56 IN 1956
PINE RIDGE - 1925 72.66 5TH 79.95 IN 1945
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1991
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD - 1878 68.26 5TH 75.54 IN 1882
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1973
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MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW - 1902 58.10 6TH 74.54 IN 1927
LEAD HILL - 1927 54.36 6TH 74.29 IN 2008
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NIMROD DAM - 1939 63.96 7TH 77.92 IN 1984
CLARENDON - 1904 65.00 7TH 72.40 IN 1927
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1990
HARRISON - 1891 58.18 7TH 68.42 IN 1927
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BIG FORK 1 SSE - 1944 70.52 8TH 88.31 IN 1973
GLENWOOD - 1935 68.22 8TH 92.92 IN 1990
PINE BLUFF - 1884 67.33 8TH 82.89 IN 1905
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1990
MAMMOTH SPRING - 1904 60.19 8TH 69.86 IN 1982
MELBOURNE 5 W - 1948 55.58 8TH 74.72 IN 1973
GILBERT - 1924 55.39 8TH 71.51 IN 1927
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CONWAY - 1890 60.44 10TH 73.58 IN 1973
**WETTEST YEAR SINCE 1990
WASHITA - 1951 53.36 10TH 79.62 IN 1990
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