Ticker for July 8, 1998

                
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Severe Weather Wrapup

Some Mesonet observations from the past 24 hours:

RAINFALL (inches)      WIND GUSTS (mph)
Butler     4.58        Pawnee       86  2:40 am
Pawnee     3.56        Minco        83  8:50 pm
Blackwell  3.13        Hooker       59  7:50 pm
Cheyenne   3.04        Bessie       58  6:30 pm
Cherokee   2.78        Minco        58  8:45 pm
Fairview   2.63        Minco        58  9:00 pm
Foraker    2.33        Weatherford  57  5:10 pm
Wynona     2.28        Minco        55  8:55 pm
Newkirk    2.13        Chandler     54  3:50 am
Kenton     1.92        Red Rock     54  3:25 am
Medford    1.91        Weatherford  52  5:25 pm
Freedom    1.85        Breckenridge 52  3:50 am
Tahlequah  1.84        Kingfisher   51  2:15 am
May Ranch  1.78        Marena       51  3:20 am
Nowata     1.73

Several Mesonet stations in the Woodward area have been temporarily
knocked off-line by last night's electrical storms.  They are receiving
Mesonet-style CPR now.


More Heat Stuff

Several stations in southeastern Oklahoma have eclipsed 100 F.  This
is the 23rd consecutive day that at least one Mesonet station has reached
the century mark.