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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
838 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
..SOME RAINFALL STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
AND YEAR TO DATE
AS OF JUNE 30TH....
FOR JUNE 2008
RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS ARKANSAS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE VARIED
CONSIDERABLY. STORMS TENDED TO TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF
ARKANSAS...AND AS SUCH...RAINFALL TOTALS WERE GREATEST IN THOSE AREAS.
BY CONTRAST...MUCH OF THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE SAW RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 40-60 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IN FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS...EVEN
LESS RAINFALL WAS NOTED.
BELOW IS A LIST OF STATIONS...OBSERVED RAINFALL FOR JUNE...DEPARTURE
FROM NORMAL...AND PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. NOTE THAT THESE
DATA ARE PRELIMINARY.
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JUNE JUNE DEPARTURE PERCENT OF
STATION RAINFALL RAINFALL FROM NORMAL
/OBSERVED/ /NORMAL/ NORMAL
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BONNERDALE 4 SW 9.28 INCHES 5.10 +4.18 182%
GLENWOOD 9.04 INCHES 4.75 +4.29 190%
HARRISON 8.73 INCHES 4.34 +4.39 201%
PARKS 8.21 INCHES 4.91 +3.30 167%
BIG FORK 1 SSE 8.19 INCHES 5.59 +2.60 147%
HOPPER 1 E 7.50 INCHES 4.91 +2.59 153%
ODEN 1 SE 7.39 INCHES 4.86 +2.53 152%
SUBIACO 7.08 INCHES 4.26 +2.82 166%
PERRY 7.01 INCHES 4.46 +2.55 157%
OZONE 7.00 INCHES 5.22 +1.78 134%
LEAD HILL 6.81 INCHES 4.37 +2.44 156%
PINE RIDGE 6.74 INCHES 4.98 +1.76 135%
MONTICELLO 6.48 INCHES 4.55 +1.93 142%
GRAVELLY 1 ESE 6.25 INCHES 4.93 +1.32 127%
MORRILTON 6.18 INCHES 4.51 +1.67 137%
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 5.94 INCHES 4.38 +1.56 136%
DARDANELLE 5.79 INCHES 4.26 +1.53 136%
DAMASCUS 5.79 INCHES 4.48 +1.31 129%
CONWAY 5.36 INCHES 4.48 +0.88 120%
DANVILLE 5.36 INCHES 4.34 +1.02 124%
DEER 5.15 INCHES 4.94 +0.21 104%
COVE 5.11 INCHES 4.74 +0.37 108%
MENA 4.86 INCHES 5.17 -0.31 94%
MOUNTAIN HOME 4.61 INCHES 3.99 +0.62 116%
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK 4.52 INCHES 5.02 -0.50 90%
RATCLIFF 4.51 INCHES 3.90 +0.61 116%
JASPER 4.32 INCHES 4.07 +0.25 106%
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD 4.21 INCHES 3.95 +0.26 107%
MAMMOTH SPRING 3.87 INCHES 3.67 +0.10 105%
ANTOINE 3.79 INCHES 4.53 -0.74 84%
GILBERT 3.65 INCHES 4.16 -0.51 88%
MARSHALL 3.59 INCHES 3.48 +0.11 103%
MELBOURNE 5 W 3.46 INCHES 3.55 -0.09 98%
CLINTON 3.32 INCHES 3.93 -0.61 85%
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 3.31 INCHES 3.37 -0.06 98%
GREERS FERRY 3.11 INCHES 3.87 -0.76 80%
WARREN 2.81 INCHES 4.31 -1.50 65%
PINE BLUFF WATER PLANT 2.69 INCHES 3.78 -1.09 71%
CAMDEN 2.24 INCHES 4.74 -2.50 47%
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 2.08 INCHES 3.51 -1.43 59%
NEWPORT 2.06 INCHES 3.78 -1.72 55%
STUTTGART 1.78 INCHES 3.99 -2.21 45%
SAINT CHARLES 0.45 INCHES 4.08 -3.63 11%
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FOR SEVERAL STATIONS...JUNE 2008 WAS ONE OF THE TOP TEN WETTEST
JUNES ON RECORD...
STATION JUNE RANK RECORDS BEGAN IN
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HARRISON 6TH WETTEST JUNE 1891
GLENWOOD 6TH WETTEST JUNE 1935
HOPPER 1 E 10TH WETTEST JUNE 1948
PARKS 6TH WETTEST JUNE 1956
BONNERDALE 4 SW 6TH WETTEST JUNE 1965
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BY CONTRAST...JUNE 2008 RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN DRIEST JUNES
ON RECORD AT ONE STATION...
STATION JUNE RANK RECORDS BEGAN IN
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SAINT CHARLES 7TH DRIEST JUNE 1930
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2008 YEAR TO DATE
2008 HAS BEEN A WET YEAR FOR MANY STATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED FROM 130 TO NEARLY 200 PERCENT OF
NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR THROUGH JUNE 30TH. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST
OF THESE STATIONS...YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL AS OF JUNE 30TH...DEPARTURE
FROM AND PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE YEAR THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
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YTD YTD DEPARTURE PERCENT OF
STATION RAINFALL RAINFALL FROM NORMAL NORMAL
/OBSERVED/ /NORMAL/
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OZONE 47.77 INCHES 27.24 +20.53 175%
GILBERT 45.58 INCHES 23.17 +22.41 197%
BIG FORK 1 SSE 43.66 INCHES 31.92 +11.74 137%
MENA 43.35 INCHES 29.15 +14.20 149%
DEER 46.32 INCHES 28.08 +18.24 165%
MARSHALL 43.63 INCHES 22.66 +20.97 193%
MOUNTAIN HOME 43.26 INCHES 23.19 +20.07 187%
GRAVELLY 1 ESE 42.72 INCHES 26.58 +16.14 161%
MAMMOTH SPRING 41.84 INCHES 21.54 +20.30 194%
LEAD HILL 41.75 INCHES 22.99 +18.76 182%
HOPPER 1 E 40.58 INCHES 29.81 +10.77 136%
DANVILLE 40.14 INCHES 25.25 +14.89 159%
GLENWOOD 39.97 INCHES 29.59 +10.38 135%
BONNERDALE 4 SW 39.39 INCHES 28.28 +11.11 139%
ODEN 1 SE 39.34 INCHES 27.46 +11.88 143%
PINE RIDGE 38.86 INCHES 28.25 +10.61 138%
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK 38.17 INCHES 29.68 + 8.49 129%
CLINTON 38.05 INCHES 26.46 +11.59 144%
DAMASCUS 37.98 INCHES 26.20 +11.78 145%
PARKS 36.76 INCHES 26.01 +10.75 141%
PERRY 36.22 INCHES 26.41 + 9.81 137%
DARDANELLE 36.06 INCHES 25.11 +10.95 144%
MELBOURNE 5 W 35.81 INCHES 23.13 +12.68 155%
HARRISON 35.78 INCHES 22.95 +12.83 156%
SUBIACO 35.75 INCHES 23.29 +12.46 154%
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 35.73 INCHES 25.65 +10.08 139%
JASPER 34.95 INCHES 24.24 +10.71 144%
RATCLIFF 34.88 INCHES 22.56 +12.32 155%
ANTOINE 34.38 INCHES 27.17 + 7.21 127%
GREERS FERRY 33.78 INCHES 25.83 + 7.95 131%
MORRILTON 33.40 INCHES 25.26 + 8.14 132%
COVE 32.63 INCHES 28.47 + 4.16 129%
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 32.10 INCHES 23.45 + 8.65 137%
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD 31.51 INCHES 26.29 + 5.22 120%
CONWAY 30.72 INCHES 25.30 + 5.42 121%
NEWPORT 30.46 INCHES 25.16 + 5.30 121%
MONTICELLO 27.55 INCHES 28.60 - 1.05 96%
PINE BLUFF WATER PLANT 27.39 INCHES 27.17 + 0.22 101%
WARREN 27.00 INCHES 29.59 - 2.59 91%
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 26.28 INCHES 25.46 + 0.82 103%
STUTTGART 26.27 INCHES 26.71 - 0.44 98%
SAINT CHARLES 24.67 INCHES 28.21 - 3.54 88%
CAMDEN 20.51 INCHES 27.90 - 7.39 74%
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IT MUST BE NOTED THAT SEVERAL STATIONS ARE CLOSE TO EXCEEDING THEIR NORMAL
YEARLY RAINFALL...AND ONE HAS EXCEEDED THAT TOTAL.
NORMAL RAINFALL THROUGH
STATION YEARLY RAINFALL JUNE 30TH 2008 NOTES
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GILBERT 44.78 INCHES 45.58 INCHES EXCEEDED NORMAL YEARLY
RAINFALL ON JUNE 28TH
MOUNTAIN HOME 45.23 INCHES 43.26 INCHES 1.97 INCHES FROM EXCEEDING NORMAL
YEARLY RAINFALL
MARSHALL 43.68 INCHES 43.63 INCHES 0.05 INCHES FROM EXCEEDING NORMAL
YEARLY RAINFALL
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