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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
615 AM CST THU NOV 30 2017

...DRIEST NOVEMBER AND DRIEST FALL ON RECORD IN PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS...

DRY CONDITIONS HAVE PERSISTED OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS DURING THE LAST
THREE MONTHS. MUCH OF THE STATE IS RUNNING LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF
NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH, AND FOR THE FALL SEASON (SEPTEMBER 1-
NOVEMBER 30). WITH NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY, NOVEMBER
2017, AND FALL OF 2017 ARE THE DRIEST ON RECORD IN SEVERAL
LOCALITIES.

.DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD...

AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW, NOVEMBER 2017 IS NOW THE DRIEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD.

                              RAINFALL     PREVIOUS DRIEST         RAINFALL
SITE                        NOVEMBER 2017     NOVEMBER           RECORDS SINCE

NORTH LITTLE ROCK             0.41 INCHES   0.50 INCHES IN 1999     1975
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE  0.61 INCHES   0.92 INCHES IN 2009     1956
MONTICELLO                    0.90 INCHES   1.24 INCHES IN 1942     1876

.DRIEST FALL ON RECORD...

AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW, FALL OF 2017 IS NOW THE DRIEST FALL
SEASON ON RECORD. SEVERAL LONG-STANDING RECORDS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. AT
RUSSELLVILLE, THIS HAS BEEN THE DRIEST FALL SINCE 1897, AND AT MOUNT
IDA, THIS HAS BEEN THE DRIEST FALL SINCE 1879!

                                RAINFALL                           RAINFALL
SITE                           FALL 2017   PREVIOUS DRIEST FALL  RECORDS SINCE

PINE BLUFF                    2.01 INCHES   3.81 INCHES IN 1995     1883
NORTH LITTLE ROCK             2.06 INCHES   5.11 INCHES IN 2016     1975
RUSSELLVILLE                  2.12 INCHES   3.89 INCHES IN 1897     1882
LITTLE ROCK AFB/JACKSONVILLE  2.26 INCHES   6.02 INCHES IN 2016     1956
CALICO ROCK 2 WSW             2.56 INCHES   4.01 INCHES IN 1904     1904
MOUNT IDA                     2.91 INCHES   4.95 INCHES IN 1879     1872
MONTICELLO                    3.00 INCHES   4.12 INCHES IN 1942     1876


ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL
CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN ASHEVEILLE, NC (NCEI).

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