PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
928 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013

...NEAR-RECORD JANUARY RAINFALL IN ARKANSAS...

SEVERAL SYSTEMS PASSING THROUGH ARKANSAS IN JANUARY PRODUCED HEAVY
RAINFALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. MANY LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS SAW THE WETTEST JANUARY
SINCE 1999...WHILE AT SOME LOCATIONS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ARKANSAS...IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 1950. AT 22 STATIONS...
THE RAINFALL PUSHED JANUARY 2013 TO RANK AS ONE OF THE TEN WETTEST
ON RECORD. AT ONE STATION...IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD.

COLUMNS NOTED

1 - STATION
2 - JANUARY 2013 RAINFALL /INCHES/
3 - RANK IN TERMS OF WETTEST JANUARIES ON RECORD
4 - WETTEST JANUARY SINCE
5 - WETTEST JANUARY OR PREVIOUSLY WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD
6 - RAINFALL RECORDS SINCE

            1                    2      3     4           5         6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
KELSO 4NW                    | 10.16 | 1ST | 1999 |  9.48 IN 1999 | 1985
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELBOURNE 5W                 | 13.65 | 2ND | 1949 | 13.65 IN 1949 | 1948
DANVILLE                     |  9.80 | 2ND | 1950 | 10.72 IN 1950 | 1916
DAMASCUS 2NNE                |  7.85 | 2ND | 2007 |  8.33 IN 2007 | 1940
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STAR CITY                    |  9.14 | 3RD | 1999 | 11.36 IN 1999 | 1943
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK         |  8.13 | 3RD | 1950 |  9.91 IN 1950 | 1941
NIMROD DAM                   |  8.02 | 3RD | 1950 | 12.90 IN 1949 | 1939
SALEM                        |  6.59 | 3RD | 1982 |  9.38 IN 1982 | 1955
WASHITA                      |  6.45 | 3RD | 1990 | 10.20 IN 1990 | 1951
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DARDANELLE                   |  9.00 | 4TH | 1950 | 11.35 IN 1950 | 1886
MOUNTAIN VIEW                |  7.32 | 4TH | 1982 | 13.25 IN 1949 | 1924
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROHWER 2NNE                  |  8.75 | 5TH | 1999 | 11.79 IN 1994 | 1959
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERRY                        |  7.78 | 6TH | 1950 | 11.76 IN 1949 | 1902
RUSSELLVILLE                 |  7.20 | 6TH | 1998 | 12.81 IN 1949 | 1882
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MONTICELLO                   |  9.47 | 8TH | 1999 | 15.21 IN 1999 | 1876
GREERS FERRY DAM             |  7.12 | 8TH | 2007 | 11.46 IN 1937 | 1903
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALICO ROCK 2WSW             |  6.49 | 9TH | 1998 | 13.72 IN 1949 | 1904
BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM            |  4.94 | 9TH | 2007 | 11.23 IN 1949 | 1939
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAVELLY 1ESE                |  5.93 |10TH | 2007 | 11.56 IN 1950 | 1940
BLAKELY MOUNTAIN DAM         |  5.78 |10TH | 2007 | 10.79 IN 1969 | 1950
GILBERT                      |  5.77 |10TH | 2005 | 11.18 IN 1949 | 1924
JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB |  5.50 |10TH | 1999 | 11.45 IN 1969 | 1956
------------------------------------------------------------------------

ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.

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