Ticker for April 15, 1999

                
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News Flash: It's Windy

Very stiff winds following a cold front have peppered the state over
the last 24 hours.  In fact, no less than NINETY wind gusts exceeding
NWS-established severe limits were observed by the Oklahoma Mesonet
between 3:30 pm yesterday and 3:30 am this morning.

All told, eighteen different stations recorded severe wind gusts.
Wind gusts exceeding 50 have been fairly commonplace today.

A table of the strongest gusts in the last 24 hours follows.

Camargo        74 mph     6:15 pm
May Ranch      66 mph    10:10 pm
Cheyenne       66 mph     7:05 pm
Freedom        65 mph    10:25 pm
Camargo        65 mph     8:45 pm
Cheyenne       65 mph     6:10 pm
Cheyenne       64 mph     1:35 am
Cheyenne       64 mph     9:00 pm
May Ranch      64 mph     6:30 pm
Camargo        64 mph     6:20 pm
Camargo        63 mph    10:25 pm
Retrop         63 mph    10:15 pm
Camargo        63 mph     9:30 pm
Cheyenne       63 mph     7:20 pm
Alva           63 mph     7:00 pm
Freedom        63 mph     6:35 pm
Cheyenne       63 mph     6:25 pm
Camargo        63 mph     6:10 pm
Minco          62 mph    11:00 pm
Weatherford    62 mph     9:55 pm
Retrop         62 mph     9:20 pm
Cheyenne       62 mph     9:10 pm
Bessie         62 mph     9:05 pm
Erick          62 mph     9:05 pm
Camargo        62 mph     7:40 pm
Camargo        62 mph     6:45 pm
Camargo        62 mph     6:40 pm
Camargo        62 mph     6:35 pm

Graphics of maximum wind gusts for each station: