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Drought Relieved--for a Very Small Part of Oklahoma
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:41:12 CDT
Consider the drought relieved- for a swath of Oklahoma about 30 miles wide, says Associate State Climatologist Gary McManus. Yesterday's severe weather brought lots of tornado, hail and wind reports, but it also brought torrential rains. Where those storms formed along yesterday's warm front and trained to the northeast is rather obvious from the rainfall map.
Medicine Park takes the prize for actual gauge-measured rain, with 6.63 inches in a hurry. The bulk of that rain fell between 6pm and 8:45pm.
Rains of 2-7 inches up and down the I-44 corridor caused localized flooding in Medicine Park, Lawton, Chickasha, Newcastle, Norman, Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Bixby and Kansas, to name a few. Anywhere along that line of training storms probably had some flooding problems. River flooding is occurring along the Little River near Tecumseh, the North Canadian in Oklahoma City, a broad area in Wagoner, Tulsa, Okmulgee, Okfuskee, Muskogee and Creek counties, the Neosho River near Commerce, and finally another broad area of Wagoner, Rogers, Muskogee, Mayes, Delaware and Cherokee counties.
The drought map pictured at the bottom of this story takes into account rains up until Tuesday, so in reality it is a reflection of last week's rainfall, as well as a bit of momentum from earlier rains.
Nineteen percent of the state is now free of drought, and eight percent is without any dry designation.
Another strong storm is possible for next week, and more cold weather is possible as well. Current models show northern Oklahoma with the greatest chances for rain from that event.
Record cold is expected tomorrow, and if forecasters are correct, lots of records will be broken.
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