Ticker for May 20, 2003

                
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Heavy Rain Falls on Southeast Half of State

More of spring's bounty has fallen on very thirsty parts of the state.
The following map shows 24-hour rainfall totals:



Even with today's rainfall, the last 90 days are still in the
driest ten percent in modern climate history for much of southern
Oklahoma.  Going into today, rainfall totals since March 1st were
the third-driest on record (dating to 1921) for south-central and
southeast Oklahoma.