Ticker for January 22, 1999

                
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Last Night's Storms

Some wind gusts and rainfall totals from the storms last night:

Station____Rain_       Station_____Gust_____Time___
Talihina   0.65"       McAlester   50 mph   9:05 pm
Wister     0.55"       Lane        51 mph   7:55 pm
Clayton    0.54"       Tishomingo  52 mph   7:20 pm
Wilburton  0.20"       Ardmore     49 mph   6:50 pm
Hugo       0.19"       Tishomingo  49 mph   7:25 pm


Speaking of Wind ...

The Oklahoma Mesonet has observed 1800 (not a typo) wind gusts of
35 MPH or more since 5:00 pm last night, and 1750 since 2:00 am.

There have been 382 gusts of 40 MPH or more since 2:00 am.


Speaking of Rain ...

The top five rainfall totals since midnight, as of 2:00 pm:

Weatherford  0.55"
Putnam       0.41"
Hinton       0.35"
Bessie       0.35"
Slapout      0.34"