000 NOUS44 KLZK 162110 PNSLZK ARZ044-170500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 410 PM CDT THU OCT 16 2008 ...LITTLE ROCK WILL FINISH 2008 WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL... AS OF 4 PM TODAY...51.69 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD. THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR IS 50.93 INCHES. THIS MEANS THAT LITTLE ROCK WILL FINISH 2008 WITH ABOVE NORMAL YEARLY RAINFALL. 2008 WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL SINCE 2004. SINCE 1980...ONLY SEVEN OTHER YEARS HAVE HAD ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL BESIDES THIS ONE...2004...1994...1991...1990...1987...1984...AND 1982. DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK IS COLLECTED AT LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD...AND BEGAN ON JULY 1ST 1879. $$ 57