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000 SXUS74 KLZK 301518 AAB RERLZK RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1020 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...NEW RAINFALL RECORDS SET AT LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD... 5.05 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THURSDAY. THIS SET A NEW RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE CALENDAR DAY OCTOBER 29TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4.08 INCHES...WHICH WAS SET IN 1991. THE 5.05 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO MARKS THE SECOND WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AS OF MIDNIGHT...15.92 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS MAKES OCTOBER 2009 THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD... BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 15.29 INCHES...SET IN 1984. OCTOBER 2009 IS THE WETTEST MONTH SINCE DECEMBER 1987...AND IS NOW THE 4TH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD AT LITTLE ROCK SO FAR. ...NEW RAINFALL RECORDS SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK... 5.23 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THURSDAY. THIS SET A NEW RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE CALENDAR DAY OCTOBER 29TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4.69 INCHES...WHICH WAS SET IN 1991. THE 5.23 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO MARKS THE WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4.69 INCHES...SET ON OCTOBER 29TH 1991. AS OF MIDNIGHT...15.03 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS MAKES OCTOBER 2009 THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD... BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 14.03 INCHES...SET IN 1984. OCTOBER 2009 IS NOW THE WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORD OF 14.82 INCHES...SET IN NOVEMBER OF 1988. AS OF MIDNIGHT...65.67 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FOR 2009. THIS MAKES 2009 THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK. $$ 57