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Glub Glub

At 8:30 am, the Mesonet site at Vinita had no precipitation since midnight. Less
than five hours later, they have 7.04 inches, and it's still raining. Heavy
storms have continuously formed and trained over the extreme northeastern corner
of the state, meaning Vinita is getting the proverbial gully-washer (do they have
gullies in Vinita)?

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110523/rainrfc.06hr.png

The Vinita meteogram give a good view of how the molehill has become a mountain.

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110523/VINI.met.gif

For what it's worth, The 500-year 6-hour rainfall event for the Vinita area
is approximately 7 inches, so that has been surpassed with an hour to spare.

Meanwhile, Boise City has now gone 241 days without at least a quarter of inch
during at least one of those days.

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110523/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png

The have-too-much folks vs. the have-nots scenario continues. Fasten your
seatbelts ... it's going to be a bumpy night.

Gary McManus
Associate State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org

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