Ticker for May 29, 2001

                
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Stormy Weekend

Hello to those of you with power.

Powerful storms rumbled through the state this weekend, delivering
damaging winds and heavy rains.  In all, 120 wind observations
exceeding the NWS severe wind threshold (~57.5 mph) were collected
at 48 different Mesonet stations (that's almost half the network!).

Here are the strongest of the strong wind gusts.  An accompanying
map showing the peak gust at sites which observed severe gusts is
provided at: 


Ardmore        93 mph  May 27  11:40 pm
Washington     85 mph  May 27  10:50 pm
Camargo        85 mph  May 27   8:45 pm
Putnam         83 mph  May 27   9:05 pm
Kingfisher     81 mph  May 27   9:45 pm
Bessie         80 mph  May 27   9:35 pm
Beaver         80 mph  May 27   7:15 pm
Washington     78 mph  May 27  10:45 pm
Lahoma         78 mph  May 27   8:20 pm
Breckinridge   77 mph  May 27   8:45 pm
Tishomingo     75 mph  May 28  12:10 am
Weatherford    75 mph  May 27   9:35 pm
Sulphur        74 mph  May 27  11:50 pm
Medicine Park  73 mph  May 27  10:35 pm
Walters        72 mph  May 27  11:05 pm
Pauls Valley   71 mph  May 27  11:25 pm
Tishomingo     70 mph  May 28  12:15 am
Walters        70 mph  May 27  11:00 pm
Breckinridge   70 mph  May 27   8:50 pm
Woodward       70 mph  May 27   8:15 pm
Wynona         70 mph  May 27   4:10 pm
Pauls Valley   69 mph  May 27  11:20 pm
Seiling        69 mph  May 27   8:50 pm
Washington     68 mph  May 27  10:55 pm
Hinton         68 mph  May 27   9:40 pm
Seiling        68 mph  May 27   8:30 pm
Woodward       68 mph  May 27   8:10 pm
Buffalo        68 mph  May 27   7:30 pm
Byars          67 mph  May 27  11:25 pm
Byars          67 mph  May 27  11:20 pm
Seiling        67 mph  May 27   8:40 pm
Freedom        67 mph  May 27   7:50 pm
Ringling       66 mph  May 27  11:20 pm
Apache         66 mph  May 27  10:25 pm
Weatherford    66 mph  May 27   9:40 pm
Putnam         66 mph  May 27   9:10 pm
May Ranch      66 mph  May 27   7:40 pm
Centrahoma     65 mph  May 28  12:05 am
Vanoss         65 mph  May 27  11:45 pm
Byars          65 mph  May 27  11:35 pm
Bessie         65 mph  May 27   9:40 pm
Kingfisher     65 mph  May 27   9:35 pm
Camargo        65 mph  May 27   8:50 pm
Seiling        65 mph  May 27   8:35 pm
Woodward       65 mph  May 27   8:20 pm
Freedom        65 mph  May 27   7:55 pm