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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
238 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2008

...PRELIMINARY COMPARISONS...

...HISTORIC FLOOD CREST...

HERE ARE SOME COMPARISONS OF PREVIOUS FLOOD EVENTS TO THE CURRENT
FLOODING THAT HAS HIT THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.  THESE DATA ARE
PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO REVISION.

WHEN THESE ELEVATIONS ARE DETERMINED...CREST DATA COULD BE AMENDED.

LOCATION        PRELIMINARY CREST/DATE      FLOOD OF RECORD
....................................................................

BUFFALO RIVER...
HIGHWAY 65(NR ST. JOE)  49.4 FEET/19 MARCH  53.75 FEET/DEC. 3, 1982
THIS IS THE 3RD HIGHEST CREST OF RECORD.
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WHITE RIVER...
CALICO ROCK        ESTIMATED 39.7/MARCH 20  52.90 FEET/JAN 31, 1916
THIS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST CREST SINCE THE RESERVOIRS WERE COMPLETED.
DECEMBER 4, 1982 CREST WAS 41.14 FEET.

BATESVILLE              27.0 FEET/MARCH 20  31.90 FEET/FEB 01, 1916
THIS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST CREST SINCE THE RESERVOIRS WERE COMPLETED.
DECEMBER 3, 1982 CREST WAS 29.3 FEET AT THIS GAGE LOCATION. THESE
DATA ARE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE DATA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
COLLECTED AT THE LOCK STAFF GAGE WHICH WAS LOCATED 1/4 MILE
DOWNSTREAM.

NEWPORT                 34.0 FEET/MARCH 21  35.90 FEET/APR 17, 1945
THIS CREST APPEARS TO HAVE TIED THE DECEMBER 5, 1982 CREST.  THESE
EVENTS WOULD BE THE HIGHEST LEVELS REACHED AT NEWPORT SINCE THE
UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS WERE COMPLETED.

AUGUSTA                 38.4 FEET/MARCH 23  41.04 FEET/APR 20, 1945
HIGHEST CREST SINCE BULL SHOALS AND NORFORKS RESERVOIRS WERE
COMPLETED.

GEORGETOWN              30.2 FEET/MARCH 24  32.80 FEET/FEB 01, 1949
HIGHEST CREST SINCE BULL SHOALS AND NORFORKS RESERVOIRS WERE
COMPLETED. DECEMBER 8, 1982 CRESTED AT 29.10 FEET AND APRIL 27TH
1973 CRESTED AT 30.10 FEET.
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BLACK RIVER...
CORNING                 15.9 FEET/MARCH 22  16.92 FEET/JUN 13, 1945
HIGHEST CREST SINCE CLEARWATER DAM IN MISSOURI WAS COMPLETED.
DECEMBER 7, 1982 CREST WAS 14.82 FEET.

POCAHONTAS              26.5 FEET/MARCH 22  27.90 FEET/AUG 04, 1915
ONLY GALVESTON HURRICANE FLOOD EVENT OF 1915 HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AS
A HIGHER EVENT.

BLACK ROCK              29.7 FEET/MARCH 20  31.90 FEET/AUG 21, 1915
FOURTH HIGHEST EVENT WITH THE DECEMBER 04, 1982 CREST AT 31.51 FEET.
....................................................................

SPRING RIVER...
HARDY                   22.3 FEET/MARCH 19  PREVIOUS RECORD WAS THE
SEPTEMBER 23RD 2006 CREST OF 16.75 FEET.  THE PERIOD OF RECORD IS
SHORT FOR THIS LOCATION. NO GAGE WAS IN PLACE DURING THE DECEMBER
1982 FLOOD EVENT.

IMBODEN                 29.15 FEET/MARCH 19  38.12 FEET/DEC 03, 1982
THIRD HIGHEST CREST OF RECORD.  SECOND HIGHEST WAS ALSO THE
HURRICANE EVENT WITH A CREST OF 31.2 FEET ON AUGUST 15, 1915
....................................................................

SEVERAL LOCATIONS WILL BE DOCUMENTED LATER AS THE FLOOD EVENT
RECEEDS.

POINT OF CONTACT...

STEVE BAYS, SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
STEVE.BAYS@NOAA.GOV
501-834-0308