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Flood Advisory
Statement as of 21:35:CDT den 22. mai 2013

The Flood Advisory continues for the Mississippi River near Arkansas City.
* Until Saturday afternoon.
* At 9:00 PM Wednesday the stage was 36.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 37.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue slowly falling over the next
several days.
* Impact... at 37.0 feet... the low Silt plain in front of Arkansas City
inside the levee system begins to flood along with widespread
bottomland flooding at Huntington Point Mississippi.


              Flood observed forecast 6am crest
location stg stg day time Thu Fri Sat crest time date

Lower Mississippi River
Arkansas City 37 36.6 Wed 09 PM 36.3 35.8 35.2 falling




Record Report
Statement as of 4:12 am CDT on May 22, 2013

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at North Little Rock...

A record rainfall of 2.51 inches was set at North Little Rock
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.35 set in 1980.

This was also the highest calendar day rainfall at North Little Rock
since March 21st 2012.

Records for North Little Rock began December 31st 1975.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Stuttgart Airport...

A record rainfall of 1.65 inches was set at Stuttgart Airport
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 0.95 set in 2001.

Records for the Stuttgart Airport began November 1st 1942.


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