PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   145 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013   
      
   ...HISTORIC COLD AND SNOWFALL IN ARKANSAS IN MAY...   
      
   FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WRITTEN WEATHER HISTORY BEGAN IN ARKANSAS    
   /1819/...SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS SNOW HAS SET    
   RECORDS FOR THE LATEST SNOWFALL AND LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN    
   THE STATE.    
      
   THE PREVIOUS LATEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED WAS ON APRIL 30TH 1903...AT   
   HARRISON...GRAVETTE...AND FAYETTEVILLE. THIS WAS NOT MEASURABLE.    
      
   THE PREVIOUS LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS 0.2 INCHES AT CORNING ON    
   APRIL 24 1910.    
      
   BELOW IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER    
   SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS. THESE STATIONS ARE IN BOTH    
   THE NWS LITTLE ROCK AND TULSA AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.   
      
   STATION                          COUNTY     AS OF /TIME/     AMOUNT   
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   FAYETTEVILLE EXPERIMENT STATION  WASHINGTON    0700 AM     1.5 INCH    
   COMPTON                          NEWTON        1000 AM     1.0 INCH    
   HINDSVILLE 10NE                  MADISON       0640 AM     1.0 INCH   
   WINSLOW 7NE                      WASHINGTON    0700 AM     1.0 INCH    
   KINGSTON 2S                      MADISON       0700 AM     0.2 INCH    
   HARRISON                         BOONE         1000 PM        TRACE    
   JASPER                           NEWTON        1000 AM        TRACE    
   OMAHA                            BOONE         0700 AM        TRACE    
   PARTHENON                        NEWTON        1000 AM        TRACE    
   RATCLIFF                         LOGAN         0700 AM        TRACE    
      
   RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SEEN AT A NUMBER OF    
   STATIONS. AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...THE CALENDAR DAY HIGH    
   TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 3RD WAS THE COLDEST EVER RECORDED FOR THE MONTH    
   OF MAY.    
               HIGH TEMP.                                  TEMP. RECORDS   
   STATION       MAY 3RD  PREVIOUS RECORD                         SINCE   
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   HARRISON           38  45 05/02/2011                           1891    
   FLIPPIN            39  51 05/04/1961                           1951    
   BATESVILLE AIRPORT 45  45 05/02/2011                           1937    
   JACKSONVILLE       48  51 05/02/2011                           1956    
   NORTH LITTLE ROCK  48  50 05/02/2011...05/02/1994              1975    
   LITTLE ROCK        52  52 05/02/1994                           1879    
   PINE BLUFF         52  56 05/02/2011...05/04/1978...05/04/1907 1883    
   RUSSELLVILLE       52  53 05/02/2011                           1882    
   STUTTGART AIRPORT  52  52 05/02/1994                           1942    
      
   RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SEEN AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AS    
   WELL. SOME OF THESE TEMPERATURES ALSO ENDED UP BEING THE COLDEST    
   TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY.    
      
   DAILY RECORD LOW 5/3   
      
   STATION         NEW RECORD  PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD   
   -------------------------------------------------   
   JACKSONVILLE        38        41 IN 2004   
   LITTLE ROCK         38        41 IN 1929   
   HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39        41 IN 2005   
   NORTH LITTLE ROCK   39        43 IN 2005...2004   
   MONTICELLO          40        41 IN 1960   
   PINE BLUFF          40        41 IN 1918   
   STUTTGART AIRPORT   41        43 IN 2005   
      
   ALL-TIME RECORD LOWS FOR MAY*   
      
   STATION        NEW RECORD  PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD   RECORDS SINCE   
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   JACKSONVILLE        38     39 ON 05/07/1992               1956    
   LITTLE ROCK         38     39 ON 05/01/1903               1879    
   NORTH LITTLE ROCK   39     40 ON 05/02/1994...05/02/1978  1975    
   HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 39     39 ON 05/13/1997               1948   
      
   *THESE RECORDS MAY BE BROKEN THIS MORNING.    
      
   PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED    
   BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.    
      
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