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Weekend Storm Packs Wallop

Northern Oklahoma, especially north-central Oklahoma, is digging out
from more than a foot of snow today.  Some locations reported as much
as 18 inches of snowfall over the weekend:



Putting an inch amount on a snow event is still one of meteorology's
toughest and least accurate tasks.  So, all large snow totals generally
come with an implied "approximately".  With that said, here are some
of history's largest snow events in Kay, Osage and Washington Counties:

Bartlesville   Mar 17, 1970    20.0
Newkirk        Jan  7, 1988    16.0
Foraker        Mar 17, 1970    16.0
Hulah Dam      Mar 17, 1970    16.0
Foraker        Jan  6, 1988    14.5
Newkirk        Dec 15, 1987    14.5
Blackwell      Feb 22, 1971    14.0
Newkirk        Jan  8, 1920    14.0
Foraker        Dec 15, 1987    13.0
Hulah Dam      Feb  8, 1980    13.0
Blackwell      Mar 16, 1970    13.0
Barnsdall      Dec 29, 1954    13.0
Bartlesville   Dec 29, 1954    12.8
Ponca City     Dec 10, 1932    12.8
Pawhuska       Mar 16, 1970    12.5
Bartlesville   Dec 14, 2000    12.0
Pawhuska       Dec 14, 2000    12.0
Foraker        Mar 18, 1988    12.0
Pawhuska       Feb  8, 1980    12.0
Pawhuska       Mar 27, 1931    12.0
Pawhuska       Mar 30, 1926    12.0
Pawhuska       Dec 23, 1918    12.0
Newkirk        Feb  3, 1913    12.0
Ponca City     Dec 28, 1943    11.5
Ponca City     Mar 16, 1970    11.2
Skiatook       Dec 13, 2000    11.0
Pawhuska       Jan  8, 1920    11.0
Blackwell      Dec 24, 1918    11.0
Newkirk        Feb 20, 1912    11.0
Skiatook       Dec 29, 1954    10.3
Foraker        Feb 18, 1993    10.0
Bartlesville   Jan  7, 1988    10.0
Pawhuska       Jan  7, 1988    10.0
Ponca City     Jan  7, 1988    10.0
Pawhuska       Dec 15, 1987    10.0
Ponca City     Feb 21, 1971    10.0
Herd           Feb 14, 1951    10.0
Blackwell      Jan  8, 1920    10.0
Pawhuska       Jan 10, 1918    10.0
Pawhuska       Feb 16, 1903    10.0