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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
155 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...RECORD RAINFALL IN ARKANSAS IN MAY AND FOR THE SPRING OF 2015...
MAY 2015 WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED IN ARKANSAS FOR RECORD RAINFALL AND
WIDESPREAD FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER.
RAINFALL IN MAY ALONE WAS OVER 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL IN A LARGE PART
OF THE STATE...WHILE IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS...
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE.
SIMILAR TO MAY...SPRING RAINFALL ENDED UP BEING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
IN ALL AREAS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORTIONS OF THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST. THE SPRING SEASON IS DEFINED AS MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY
31ST.
BELOW IS A LIST OF RAINFALL AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
ARKANSAS. AT THE SITES LISTED BELOW...MAY 2015 WAS IN THE TOP FIVE
WETTEST MAYS OR SPRINGS ON RECORD. IN AT LEAST NINE LOCATIONS...
MAY 2015 WAS THE WETTEST MONTH OF ALL TIME.
.WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME...
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RECORDED THE WETTEST MONTH OF ALL TIME IN
MAY OF 2015. AT MENA...IT WAS THE WETTEST MONTH SINCE AUGUST OF
1915. BIG FORK...PINE RIDGE...AND RATCLIFF SAW THEIR WETTEST MONTHS
SINCE 1945.
MAY 2015 PREVIOUS PRECIPITATION
LOCATION RAINFALL WETTEST MONTH RECORDS SINCE
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BIG FORK 1 SSE 24.46 21.07 INCHES MARCH 1945 1944
MENA 21.46 18.81 INCHES AUGUST 1915 1887
COVE 20.03 18.19 INCHES MAY 1990 1946
RATCLIFF 19.32 16.22 INCHES JUNE 1945 1944
ABBOTT 18.65 15.37 INCHES OCTOBER 1984 1941
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 18.42 13.78 INCHES MARCH 2008 1961
BOGG SPRINGS 18.32 17.59 INCHES DECEMBER 1971 1964
PINE RIDGE 18.14 17.74 INCHES MARCH 1945 1925
ODEN 1 SE 17.21 17.07 INCHES OCTOBER 1984 1927
IT APPEARS THAT THE 24.46 INCHES OF RAIN AT BIG FORK 1 SSE MAY HAVE
BROKEN A STATE RECORD. THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD FOR ARKANSAS FOR
MAY WAS 23.50 INCHES AT CENTER POINT IN HOWARD COUNTY.
.WETTEST MAY ON RECORD...
AT THE STATIONS LISTED BELOW...MAY 2015 RANKS AS ONE OF THE WETTEST
EVER RECORDED. AT 18 LOCATIONS...IT WAS THE WETTEST MAY EVER
RECORDED.
1 - LOCATION
2 - MAY 2015 RAINFALL
3 - WETTEST MAY SINCE
4 - RANK - WETTEST MAYS ON RECORD
5 - CURRENT OR PREVIOUS WETTEST MAY
6 - PRECIPITATION RECORDS SINCE
1 2 3 4 5 6
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BIG FORK 1 SSE 24.46 1946 1ST 15.90 IN 1946 1944
MENA 21.46 1990 1ST 18.08 IN 1990 1887
COVE 20.03 1990 1ST 18.19 IN 1990 1946
DEVILS KNOB 19.43 1943 1ST 12.62 IN 1943 1937
RATCLIFF 19.32 1981 1ST 13.31 IN 1981 1944
ABBOTT 18.65 1990 1ST 14.38 IN 1990 1941
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 18.42 1990 1ST 13.66 IN 1990 1961
BOGG SPRINGS 18.32 2009 1ST 10.75 IN 2009 1964
PINE RIDGE 18.14 1946 1ST 15.24 IN 1946 1925
OZONE 18.03 1892 1ST 14.00 IN 1892 1890
WALDRON 17.75 1990 1ST 15.56 IN 1990 1919
ODEN 1 SE 17.21 1990 1ST 15.13 IN 1990 1927
GRAVELLY 16.88 1990 1ST 15.52 IN 1990 1940
DANVILLE 16.23 2009 1ST 13.21 IN 2009 1916
NIMROD DAM 16.15 2009 1ST 14.90 IN 2009 1939
BOONEVILLE 3 SSE 15.93 1990 1ST 15.16 IN 1990 1906
SUBIACO 14.19 1979 1ST 13.73 IN 1979 1897
CLINTON 14.14 1983 1ST 12.07 IN 1983 1921
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PARKS 17.04 1990 2ND 18.82 IN 1990 1956
MURFREESBORO 1 W 13.81 2009 2ND 18.49 IN 2009 1916
SPARKMAN 12.67 2009 2ND 19.41 IN 2009 1940
MAMMOTH SPRING 12.10 2011 2ND 12.51 IN 2011 1904
LITTLE ROCK AFB/
JACKSONVILLE 11.83 1968 2ND 13.49 IN 1968 1956
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 11.27 2009 2ND 12.93 IN 2009 1975
CALICO ROCK 2 WSW 11.03 1935 2ND 11.15 IN 1935 1904
HARDY 10.20 2011 2ND 11.91 IN 2011 1897
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HOPPER 16.13 2009 3RD 21.55 IN 1968 1948
BISMARCK 2 SE 13.85 2009 3RD 16.39 IN 1968 1965
DARDANELLE 12.69 1990 3RD 13.15 IN 1990 1886
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 12.13 2011 3RD 19.44 IN 1990 1986
ANTOINE 1 SW 11.46 2009 3RD 16.73 IN 1968 1940
MELBOURNE 5 W 11.26 2011 3RD 13.29 IN 2000 1948
SALEM 10.57 2011 3RD 14.85 IN 1961 1955
WASHITA 10.12 2009 3RD 12.80 IN 1990 1951
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MORRILTON 11.54 2009 4TH 13.21 IN 1990 1919
CONWAY 11.48 2011 4TH 16.10 IN 1935 1884
BATESVILLE
LIVESTOCK 10.72 2011 4TH 14.54 IN 2011 1941
GILBERT 10.05 2011 4TH 11.97 IN 1990 1924
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MOUNT IDA 13.96 1990 5TH 18.81 IN 1968 1872
DAMASCUS 2 NNE 12.66 2009 5TH 14.10 IN 1961 1940
ALUM FORK 11.68 2011 5TH 15.54 IN 1968 1937
MOUNTAIN VIEW 11.25 2011 5TH 13.36 IN 1946 1924
SEARCY 11.18 2003 5TH 13.63 IN 2003 1882
HARRISON 10.71 1990 5TH 16.87 IN 1961 1891
GREERS FERRY DAM 10.66 2011 5TH 13.39 IN 1961 1903
EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 10.14 2011 5TH 14.17 IN 2000 1923
KELSO 7.21 2009 5TH 11.20 IN 1997 1985
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.WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD...
AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...SPRING 2015 WAS ONE OF THE FIVE
WETTEST EVER RECORDED.
1 - LOCATION
2 - SPRING 2015 RAINFALL
3 - WETTEST SPRING SINCE
4 - RANK - WETTEST SPRINGS ON RECORD
5 - CURRENT OR PREVIOUS WETTEST SPRING
6 - PRECIPITATION RECORDS SINCE
1 2 3 4 5 6
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BIG FORK 1 SSE 40.40 1968 1ST 36.69 IN 1968 1944
MENA 36.35 1968 1ST 31.70 IN 1968 1887
COVE 34.38 1957 1ST 35.56 IN 1957 1946
BOGG SPRINGS 34.02 1968 1ST 33.35 IN 1968 1964
SPARKMAN 33.55 2009 1ST 29.08 IN 2009 1940
NIMROD DAM 31.12 1957 1ST 30.06 IN 1957 1939
CRYSTAL VALLEY 28.71 1968 1ST 28.28 IN 1968 1941
BEEDEVILLE 4 NE 25.65 2013 1ST 25.30 IN 2013 1940
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HOT SPRINGS 1 NNE 35.51 1990 2ND 38.41 IN 1990 1875
HOPPER 33.21 1968 2ND 33.93 IN 1968 1948
BISMARCK 2 SE 31.25 1990 2ND 31.62 IN 1990 1965
MALVERN 30.42 1927 2ND 31.97 IN 1927 1882
DEVILS KNOB 30.34 1957 2ND 32.22 IN 1957 1937
GRAVELLY 30.33 2008 2ND 30.95 IN 2008 1940
PARKS 30.18 1990 2ND 31.96 IN 1990 1956
ODEN 1 SE 31.13 1968 2ND 31.48 IN 1968 1927
ABBOTT 31.01 1990 2ND 31.71 IN 1990 1941
CLARKSVILLE 6 NE 29.86 1990 2ND 31.67 IN 1990 1961
WALDRON 29.70 1935 2ND 32.35 IN 1935 1919
BOONEVILLE 3 SEE 29.39 1990 2ND 32.23 IN 1990 1906
SHERIDAN 29.01 1957 2ND 29.58 IN 1957 1913
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 28.13 1990 2ND 38.24 IN 1990 1986
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MOUNT IDA 30.20 1957 3RD 33.07 IN 1946 1872
MURFREESBORO 1 W 28.63 2009 3RD 30.06 IN 1990 1916
ALUM FORK 28.56 1979 3RD 29.21 IN 1979 1937
GREERS FERRY DAM 27.75 1973 3RD 28.62 IN 1961 1903
SEARCY 24.65 1975 3RD 27.81 IN 1957 1882
BATESVILLE
LOCK AND DAM 24.56 2011 3RD 33.60 IN 1973 1904
NEWPORT 24.43 2011 3RD 27.58 IN 1957 1884
AUGUSTA 23.47 1973 3RD 26.71 IN 1957 1943
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OZONE 30.32 2008 4TH 34.34 IN 1957 1890
PINE RIDGE 30.02 1968 4TH 35.34 IN 1968 1925
RATCLIFF 27.00 2008 4TH 29.19 IN 1945 1944
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 24.88 2011 4TH 25.67 IN 1990 1975
EVENING SHADE 1 NNE 23.78 2011 4TH 28.94 IN 1973 1923
ROHWER 2 NNE 23.22 1991 4TH 32.86 IN 1991 1959
STAR CITY 23.05 1973 4TH 29.44 IN 1958 1943
MELBOURNE 5 W 22.70 2011 4TH 30.37 IN 2011 1948
KELSO 21.37 2002 4TH 28.72 IN 1991 1985
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DANVILLE 28.11 2008 5TH 32.48 IN 1935 1916
ANTOINE 1 SW 27.26 2009 5TH 29.71 IN 1968 1940
MAMMOTH SPRING 26.66 2011 5TH 32.90 IN 2011 1904
MOUNTAIN VIEW 25.07 2011 5TH 28.20 IN 2011 1924
HARDY 21.89 2011 5TH 29.49 IN 2011 1897
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.MISCELLANEOUS RAINFALL DATA...
RAINFALL FROM A FEW OTHER SITES AROUND ARKANSAS DURING MAY...
DENNARD 10 WSW 17.71 INCHES
LONG POOL 17.47 INCHES
MARCHE 17.02 INCHES
COAL HILL 16.47 INCHES
MOUNT IDA 1 SSE 15.18 INCHES
HATTIEVILLE 3 NE 12.58 INCHES
PONCA 5 SW 12.52 INCHES
DEGRAY LAKE 12.50 INCHES
VANDERVOORT 1 ENE 12.46 INCHES
MARSHALL 11.17 INCHES
SEARCY AIRPORT 10.52 INCHES
HEBER SPRINGS 2 NE 10.21 INCHES
CLINTON AIRPORT 10.12 INCHES
OMAHA 2 S 8.67 INCHES
ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
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