need help finding storm information 1

[sshankle]

I am having a hard time finding the information that I need. I need to find data on rainfall amounts for 1/30/2002 to 12/30/2004 for Fayetteville, Arkansas (located in Washington County). Can anyone help?
Thanks

 

[RWF7437]

Try contacting your state climatologist. Search on the net for the American Association of State Climatologists for his/her name and contact information.

good luck

 

[waterworker]

http://www.nass.usda.gov/ar/cw102300.pdf

Looks like these Farmers are keeeping a record; the have posted data from one time period in Fayetteville-top of the chart. My guess is they have more data, their contact info is at the bottom.

 

[LHA]

Not only does the NOAA have this data, but it is free, readily available AND goes up to the 1,000-year event! This is news to me.

According to page 9-535 of the Pennsylvania Stormwater
Best Management Practices
Manual
DRAFT - JANUARY 2005

9.5 Precipitation Data for Stormwater Calculations
In 2004 the National Weather Service’s Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center published updated
precipitation estimates for much of the United States, including Pennsylvania. NOAA Atlas 14
supercedes previous precipitation estimates such as Technical Memorandum NWS Hydro 35 and
Technical Papers 40 and 49 (TP-40 and TP-49) because the updates are based on more recent and
expanded data, current statistical techniques, and enhanced spatial interpolation and mapping
procedures. (Bonnin et al., 2003 and NWS, 2004) The “Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United
States,” NOAA Atlas 14, provides estimates of 2-year through 1000-year storm events for durations
ranging from 5 minutes to 60 days as shown for Harrisburg in Table 9-2 (available online at http://
hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/). Users can select precipitation estimates for Pennsylvania from over
300 observation sites, by entering latitude/longitude coordinates, or by clicking on an interactive map
on the Precipitation Frequency Data Server. These new rainfall estimates should be utilized for all
applicable stormwater calculations.

Remember: The Chinese ideogram for “crisis” is comprised of the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.”
-Steve

 

[DMcGrath]

It's a little tedious to do it month by month, but you can get the "F6" form from the National Weather Service

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tulsa/f6current.html

Just select the closest weather station (usually an airport) and you can get the data a month at a time. This is free.

 

[mrwhiteOH]

Hourly precipitation data is available from NOAA with about a month or two of lag. Keep in mind that their data is for the location of their gages.

regards,

KEW

 

[bltseattle]

The above info is good but sometimes the national database does not have recent data. In that case you could try contacting the nearest airport, public works/surface water department, university, or TV station/weatherman with a "weathernet".