Ticker for June 22, 2000

                
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The Recap

With yesterday's heavy rains causing so many problems, some impressive
wind gusts that were captured by Mesonet sensors had to wait until
today.  So, here are some strong wind gusts from June 21st:

Station     Gust     Time     Station     Gust     Time
Hooker    79 mph  1:20 am     Hooker    55 mph  1:30 am
Hooker    72 mph  1:15 am     Goodwell  55 mph 12:50 am
Hooker    71 mph  1:25 am     Beaver    53 mph  2:40 am
Goodwell  68 mph 12:55 am     Hooker    53 mph  1:10 am
Woodward  63 mph  3:40 am     Stuart    52 mph 10:10 am
Woodward  58 mph  3:45 am     Woodward  52 mph  3:35 am
Stuart    57 mph 10:05 am     Stuart    51 mph 10:00 am
Goodwell  56 mph  1:00 am     Beaver    51 mph  2:50 am
Hooker    55 mph  1:35 am     Hooker    51 mph  1:45 am


On this Day in Oklahoma Weather History

Now that summer is officially here, it is probably a good time to
acknowledge the 20th anniversary of the drought and heatwave of 1980.
More than one thousand people lost their lives during the event, which
caused more than 20 billion (1980) dollars of damages throughout the
central and eastern U.S.

In Oklahoma, Will Rogers World Airport observed fifty days of 100+
temperatures.  Anybody who lived here in 1980 probably remembers the
swarms of grasshoppers, as Oklahoma and Texas literally suffered
through a plague of the little beasts.