Ticker for May 17, 1999

                
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Last Night's Mesonet-Observed Severe Winds

Severe wind gusts were observed across the state last night, from
Erick in the evening to Westville in the wee hours of the morning.
Here is the list of wind gusts which exceeded severe limits, as
observed by the Oklahoma Mesonet:

Westville   70 mph    May 17   3:05 am
Vinita      62 mph    May 17   1:55 am
Watonga     60 mph    May 16   9:50 pm
Fairview    67 mph    May 16   9:45 pm
Watonga     60 mph    May 16   9:35 pm
Seiling     64 mph    May 16   9:20 pm
Freedom     62 mph    May 16   9:10 pm
Seiling     61 mph    May 16   9:05 pm
Cheyenne    60 mph    May 16   8:15 pm
Cheyenne    63 mph    May 16   8:10 pm
Cheyenne    70 mph    May 16   8:05 pm
Cheyenne    59 mph    May 16   8:00 pm
Erick       68 mph    May 16   7:55 pm
Erick       64 mph    May 16   7:50 pm


Heavy Rainfall

Thirty-one of the 115 Mesonet station recorded at least one inch of
rainfall since yesterday afternoon.  Here is a subset of that list:
those stations which observed more than 1.50 inches since 3:00 pm
yesterday.

Medford    2.84 in.
Nowata     2.02 in.
Vinita     2.33 in.
Alva       2.51 in.
Cookson    1.98 in.
Catoosa    1.76 in.
Claremore  1.71 in.
Cherokee   1.64 in.
Miami      1.63 in.
May Ranch  1.61 in.
Pryor      1.58 in.
Copan      1.51 in.