Regional precipitation totals for October

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS-MEMPHIS TN / MEMPHISWEATHER.NET
0835 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2009

...OCTOBER 2009 RAINFALL SET RECORDS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH...

THE MEMPHIS AIRPORT RECORDED 10.56 INCHES. THE NORMAL IS
3.31 INCHES. A RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. THE OLD RECORD
WAS 10.13 INCHES SET IN 1919.

WXLIVE IN BARTLETT TENNESSEE RECORDED 9.79 INCHES. THIS IS
THE HIGHEST OCTOBER TOTAL EVER RECORDED FOR WXLIVE.

JACKSON TENNESSEE RECORDED 7.35 INCHES. THE NORMAL IS 3.32
INCHES. THE RECORD IS 8.72 INCHES SET IN 2007.

JONESBORO ARKANSAS RECORDED 11.71 INCHES. THE NORMAL WAS
3.89 INCHES. THE RECORD IS 15.66 INCHES SET IN 1984.

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI RECORDED 10.98 INCHES. THE NORMAL IS
3.38 INCHES. A RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. THE OLD RECORD
WAS 9.75 INCHES SET IN 1932.

HERE A FEW TOTALS FROM AROUND THE REGION:

IN ARKANSAS:
POCAHONTAS RECORDED 12.29 INCHES. 3.63 IS NORMAL.
WYNNE RECORDED 11.94 INCHES. 3.71 IS NORMAL.

IN TENNESSEE:
PARIS RECORDED 7.79 INCHES. 3.35 IS NORMAL.
MILAN RECORDED 8.18 INCHES. 3.33 IS NORMAL.

IN MISSISSIPPI:
OXFORD RECORDED 9.74 INCHES. 3.80 IS NORMAL.
BATESVILLE RECORDED 8.57 INCHES. 3.48 IS NORMAL.


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