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From Jason Elliott with the NWS Huntsville......

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
933 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009

...HUNTSVILLE CRACKS THE TOP TEN WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD...

THE LATEST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH AFFECTED HUNTSVILLE
YESTERDAY...BROUGHT THE YEARLY TOTAL UP TO 66.54 INCHES...OVER
ELEVEN INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. BUT IT ALSO PUTS 2009 IN THE TEN WETTEST
YEARS EVER RECORDED AT HUNTSVILLE...WHICH A COUPLE WEEKS LEFT TO GO.

THE TOP TEN...
1ST...73.58 / 1989
2ND...72.97 / 1975
3RD...72.26 / 1990
4TH...70.26 / 1991
5TH...70.16 / 1923
6TH...69.01 / 1911
7TH...67.39 / 1983
8TH...67.21 / 1973
9TH...67.00 / 1929
10TH..66.54 / 2009 TO DATE

OVER AT MUSCLE SHOALS...THE RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE NOT BEEN QUITE AS
SIGNIFICANT...WITH 57.27 INCHES TOTAL YEAR-TO-DATE. THIS IS STILL
ABOVE NORMAL AND WOULD BE THE 23RD WETTEST RECORDED IF THE YEAR
ENDED TODAY.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT PARTS OF LAWRENCE AND CULLMAN COUNTIES HAVE
SEEN OVER 80 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND...
THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE...THAT ARE ACTUALLY BELOW NORMAL FOR
PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR. HOWEVER...EVEN THOSE SPOTS HAVE SEEN
NEARLY 50 INCHES OF RAIN.

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JE