Ticker for November 18, 2024

                
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Tally Ho




The graphic says it all.

Bye.

NO, WAIT! I have more to say, and I have to say more.

We have never seen a November like this in state history. Even pre-state history,
going back to 1895 at least. So we started out the day with 16 tornadoes according
to the preliminary count from the NWS...then this morning happened. We had at
LEAST another 5-6 twisters noted by the NWS folks this morning in SW OK, and maybe
a few more after that in northern OK.

That'll put us over 20 tornadoes. In November.

Heck, the previous record was 12 in 1958, for crying out loud! We didn't just
break the record, we absolutely shattered it! And I'll keep using exclamation points
wherever I want! Well okay then!

Speaking of shattered, that rainfall record also fell by the wayside with 12 days
to go, and heck, it's raining right now for crying out loud (you know things are
serious when you get two "for crying out louds")!

How about three? Some folks are over 1000% of their November precipitation
totals, for crying out loud! Heck fire!





What's next? Good question. I shan't try and answer that!

For crying out loud.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu