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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1113 AM CDT TUE APR 01 2008

...RECORD RAINFALL IN MARCH IN MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...

RAINFALL AT MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ARKANSAS HAS REACHED RECORD LEVELS
FOR MARCH. BELOW IS A LIST OF SELECTED STATIONS IN ARKANSAS...THE RAINFALL
TOTALS FOR THE MONTH...AND WHERE THE TOTAL RANKS IN TERMS OF RECORD MARCH
RAINFALL.

ALSO LISTED IS THE WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR A PARTICULAR SITE...AND
THE AMOUNT FOR THAT MONTH.

THIS DATA IS PRELIMINARY. NOTE THAT SOME STATIONS MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETE
RECORDS.

FOR THE FIRST FIVE STATIONS LISTED...MARCH 2008 WAS THE WETTEST MONTH ON
RECORD.

STATION   MARCH 2008 AMOUNT RANK  WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD/AMT  RECORDS SINCE
-------   ----------------- ----  ---------------------------  -------------
CALICO ROCK          14.73   1ST  MARCH 2008       14.73           1904
GILBERT              16.30   1ST  MARCH 2008       16.30           1924
MARSHALL             16.55   1ST  MARCH 2008       16.55           1948
SALEM                14.86   1ST  MARCH 2008       14.86           1955
SUBIACO              13.98   1ST  MARCH 2008       13.98           1910
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 12.88   1ST  OCTOBER 1984     15.30           1941
BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM    13.20   1ST  OCTOBER 1984     17.57           1939
BOONEVILLE           11.58   1ST  MAY 1990         15.16           1948
DAMASCUS             12.35   1ST  AUGUST 1957      17.52           1940
DANVILLE             16.99   1ST  MARCH 1945       18.09           1916
DEER                 17.66   1ST  NOVEMBER 1994    23.46           1975
HARRISON             11.82   1ST  MAY 1961         16.87           1892
LEAD HILL            12.55   1ST  NOVEMBER 1968    13.58           1948
MAMMOTH SPRING       13.56   1ST  DECEMBER 1982    21.38           1904
MOUNTAIN HOME        15.32   1ST  APRIL 1927       16.87           1902
OZONE                14.69   1ST  APRIL 1957       17.29           1890
RATCLIFF             16.74   1ST  FEBRUARY 1945    17.27           1944
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CLARKSVILLE 6NE      10.14   2ND  NOVEMBER 1994    14.79           1989
JASPER               13.09   2ND  MAY 1990         14.27           1948
MENA                 12.01   2ND  AUGUST 1915      18.81           1892
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GRAVELLY             11.85   3RD  OCTOBER 1984     20.51           1940
NEWPORT              10.87   3RD  JANUARY 1913     17.30           1892
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OTHER OUTSTANDING RAINFALL TOTALS FOR MARCH 2008 INCLUDE...

MENA AIRPORT              16.79    NEWPORT AIRPORT            9.69
RUSSELLVILLE              13.05    FLIPPIN                    9.14
MOUNTAIN HOME AIRPORT     10.96    MOUNT IDA                  8.95
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT       11.14    BATESVILLE AIRPORT        11.48

THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL STATIONS THAT OBSERVED SOME RECORD 24-HOUR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS DURING MARCH.

STATION        GREATEST 24-HOUR TOTAL            RECORD                 RANK
-------        ----------------------   ------------------------------  ----
GILBERT         6.35 MARCH 18TH-19TH    6.35 ON MARCH 18TH-19TH 2008     1ST
MOUNTAIN HOME   6.20 MARCH 18TH-19TH    8.95 ON SEPTEMBER 3RD-4TH 1985   2ND
CALICO ROCK     7.00 MARCH 18TH-19TH    8.00 ON AUGUST 11TH 1913         3RD
BOONEVILLE      5.57 MARCH 18TH-19TH    7.93 ON DECEMBER 1ST-2ND 1982    3RD

ON THE 18TH...HARRISON EXPERIENCED THE WETTEST CALENDAR DAY EVER RECORDED IN
MARCH...WHEN 4.77 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MANY OF THE WETTEST MONTHS ON RECORD WERE DURING
OTHER SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EPISODES.

FOR EXAMPLE...MOUNTAIN HOMES RECORD WETTEST MONTH OCCURRED DURING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODING EPISODE OF APRIL 1927. BOONEVILLE AND JASPER
RECORDED THE WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME DURING THE FLOODING AND HEAVY
RAIN OF MAY 1990.

DURING THE DECEMBER 1982 EVENT...MAMMOTH SPRING SET AN ALL TIME MONTHLY
RAINFALL RECORD.

THERE WERE SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING EPISODES DURING EARLY 1945...WHICH
PRODUCED RECORD RAINFALL AT DANVILLE AND RATCLIFF.

IN MAY OF 1961...HEAVY RAINS OVER THE CROOKED CREEK WATERSHED PRODUCED FLASH
FLOODING AT HARRISON...WHERE FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING A TWO HOUR PERIOD
ON THE 7TH. THIS OCCURRED AFTER OVER FIVE AN HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
DURING THE PREVIOUS SIX DAYS. RECORD RAINS ALSO OCCURRED AT SALEM.

OCTOBER 1984 AND NOVEMBER 1994 SAW FLOODING IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS...
AND DURING THESE MONTHS...RECORD RAINS FELL AT BATESVILLE...BLUE MOUNTAIN
DAM...DEER...GRAVELLY...AND CLARKSVILLE.

HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCURRED IN JANUARY 1913 IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND
RECORD RAINS WERE NOTED AT NEWPORT.

TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE REMNANTS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED RECORD RAINS AND
FLOODING...AND THIS OCCURRED AT MENA IN AUGUST OF 1915 WHEN THE REMNANTS OF
THE 1915 GALVESTON HURRICANE PASSED OVER THE AREA...AND AT DAMASCUS IN
AUGUST 1957...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA PRODUCED 11.00 INCHES
OF RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ALSO...THE REMNANTS OF THE 1915 HURRICANE PRODUCED
THE RECORD ONE DAY RAINFALL FOR HARRISON...WHICH WAS 5.70 INCHES.

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