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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
647 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008
...EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IKE ON ARKANSAS...
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS...A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVED OVER
ARKANSAS. IKE ENTERED ARKANSAS AS A TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY EVENING...AND
EXITED THE STATE AS A DEPRESSION ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE STORM PRODUCED SEVERAL
APPARENT TORNADOES...ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BELOW IS A
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF RAINFALL...HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AND LOWEST PRESSURES
PRODUCED BY IKE AND ITS REMNANTS. THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT
TO REVISION ONCE QUALITY CONTROLLED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.
.RAINFALL /24 HOUR TOTALS ENDING THIS MORNING/...
LOCATION RAINFALL /INCHES/ REMARKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIG FORK 4.60 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
PINE RIDGE 3.43 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
PONCA 3.33 AUTOMATED GAUGE
MENA 3.30 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
OZONE 3.24 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
MOUNT IDA 3.10 AUTOMATED GAUGE
HOPPER 1 E 3.03 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
DEER 3.02 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
BOXLEY 2.92 AUTOMATED GAUGE
BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM 2.64 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
HOT SPRINGS WHITTINGTON CREEK 2.55 AUTOMATED GAUGE
MURFREESBORO 2.51 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
HARRISON 2.26 AIRPORT
MARTINDALE 2.24 AUTOMATED GAUGE
GILBERT 2.12 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
BENTON 2.11 AUTOMATED GAUGE
JONES MILL 2.09 AUTOMATED GAUGE
BOGG SPRINGS 2.05 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
LEOLA 2.02 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD 1.58 AIRPORT
PINE BLUFF WATER PLANT 1.58 COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
JACKSONVILLE 1.39 LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 1.07 NWS OFFICE
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD 0.96 AIRPORT
PINE BLUFF GRIDER FIELD 0.92 AIRPORT
.HIGHEST WIND GUSTS...
STATION HIGHEST WIND GUST STATION TYPE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWPORT 61 MPH AIRPORT
CAMDEN HARRELL FIELD 56 MPH AIRPORT
DEVILS KNOB 55 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
FLIPPIN 53 MPH AIRPORT
HARRISON 51 MPH AIRPORT
HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD 49 MPH AIRPORT
STUTTGART 48 MPH AIRPORT
BATESVILLE 47 MPH AIRPORT
PINE BLUFF GRIDER FIELD 47 MPH AIRPORT
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD 46 MPH AIRPORT
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 45 MPH AIRPORT
SEARCY 45 MPH AIRPORT
ARKADELPHIA 44 MPH AIRPORT
JACKSONVILLE 41 MPH LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE
MOUNTAIN HOME 41 MPH AIRPORT
CLINTON 40 MPH AIRPORT
MONTICELLO 39 MPH AIRPORT
UNIVERSITY OF ARK. AT MONTICELLO 39 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
MENA 38 MPH AIRPORT
MOUNT IDA 38 MPH ASOS
JESSIEVILLE 36 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
RUSSELLVILLE 35 MPH AIRPORT
EVENING SHADE 34 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
SHERIDAN 34 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
SILVER HILL 31 MPH USFS RAWS SITE
.LOWEST PRESSURE...
STATION LOWEST PRESSURE NOTES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOUNTAIN HOME 29.10 INCHES
MENA 29.13 INCHES
FLIPPIN 29.14 INCHES
HARRISON 29.14 INCHES
RUSSELLVILLE 29.17 INCHES
CLINTON 29.24 INCHES
BATESVILLE 29.29 INCHES
HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD 29.29 INCHES
MOUNT IDA 29.36 INCHES 1
NEWPORT 29.37 INCHES
ARKADELPHIA 29.38 INCHES
SEARCY 29.39 INCHES
JACKSONVILLE 29.40 INCHES
LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD 29.41 INCHES
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 29.43 INCHES
CAMDEN HARRELL FIELD 29.45 INCHES
STUTTGART 29.49 INCHES
PINE BLUFF GRIDER FIELD 29.50 INCHES
MONTICELLO 29.58 INCHES
NOTES...
THE RECORD AT MOUNT IDA IS INCOMPLETE DUE TO A POWER FAILURE.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED...THE LAST TIME THE CENTER OF TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS
PASSED OVER THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IN ONE SEASON WAS BACK IN 1985. THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DANNY MOVED ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS ON AUGUST 16TH. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ELENA MOVED ACROSS
THE WESTERN PORTION OF ARKANSAS A FEW WEEKS LATER ON SEPTEMBER 4TH.
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