Ticker for June 16, 1999

                
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Rainall in Eastern Oklahoma

Heavy thundershowers have produced large local rainfall amounts in
northeastern Oklahoma today.  According to Oklahoma Mesonet amounts,
the heaviest rains have fallen in a triangle from just south of the
Tulsa metropolitan area to near the Missouri border to near Ponca City.

Some selected 24-hour rainfall amounts from the Mesonet (updated every
15 minutes at 
 )

Blackwell    3.09"
Medford      2.20"
Hectorville  2.18"
Vinita       1.73"
Nowata       1.54"
Bixby        1.42"
Preston      1.35"
McAlester    1.24"
Jay          1.09"
Burbank      1.05"
Okmulgee      .98"
Okemah        .97"
Skiatook      .89"
Foraker       .89"
Haskell       .86"

The amounts at Blackwell and Medford are supported by Weather Service
WSR-88D storm total amounts, which show a finger of larger precip events
at or very near the Mesonet stations (white dots) in Grant and Kay
Counties: