Oklahoma Weather Discussion - July 2013

[Snowman]

I was up until after midnight awaiting Hurricane Force Wind and Hail Armageddon (as pronosticated by Mike Morgan). In reality, it rained quite a bit for a little while here in The Village.

I tend to expect everything to be a couple notches below what Mike Morgan says any time he seems excited. Then check what other channels say.

[ctchandler]

My gauge/weather station says 1.02 inches after midnight, none before.
C. T.

[Bunty]

Storms weakened just before reaching the metro last night. Whenever the gust front gets out ahead of the storm, that is a good indication of weakening. Which is exactly what happened last night.


Another inch for the metro added last night. Places in northern OK got anywhere from 2-3 inches. Winner being west of Stillwater with almost 4 inches.

The Stillwater Airport got 3.05" for one of the biggest amounts within Stillwater. The residential neighborhood south of there got slammed by a microburst, or whatever, from the storm last night. Branches were down and tree removal services were out. Most of the rest of Stillwater was apparently spared.

Map below shows how much it rained. Stillwater area didn't get bypassed for a change from the most generous offerings. I wouldn't be surprised if much of the northeast quadrant of Oklahoma turns white from the next drought monitor update.

[bchris02]

So was this the wettest July on record? We had 9.84 inches of rain in OKC this month.

[s00nr1]

2nd wettest on record behind the 11.90" of Jully 1996.

So was this the wettest July on record? We had 9.84 inches of rain in OKC this month.

[Anonymous.]

Regionally, central OK is 9 inches away from the wettest on record. If we never got another drop of moisture for the rest of the year, we would still have had the 4th wettest year ever.

[bchris02]

Regionally, central OK is 9 inches away from the wettest on record. If we never got another drop of moisture for the rest of the year, we would still have had the 4th wettest year ever.

The way the Great Plains can be with extremes this makes me wonder what's in store for 2014.

[bandnerd]

The way the Great Plains can be with extremes this makes me wonder what's in store for 2014.

Don't get ahead of yourself, and enjoy the reasonable weather.