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