THREE FORKS HISTORY: Oklahoma standard seen in 1942

THREE FORKS HISTORY: Oklahoma standard seen in 1942

It was a typical stormy April day in 1942. Oklahoma natives were storm savvy and knew to keep an eye on the sky since weather-predicting equipment back then was much less sophisticated and accurate than it is today. A robust…

Heavy rains recorded on the morning of April 26 caused severe flooding in southwestern Oklahoma, generating dangerous conditions on the roads The VIDEO entry Heavy rains cause flooding and road closures in southwestern Oklahoma #26Apr was first published in El Impulso.

See it: Torrential rains cause flash flooding in Oklahoma, Texas

LAWTON, Okla. – Torrential rainfall swept through southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas during the end of the workweek and start of the weekend, triggering flash flooding and even leading to water rescues around Lawton and Norman.The unsettled weather pattern, which began dumping heavy rainfall on the region early in the week, dumped more than half a foot of precipitation, leading to overwhelmed ditches and drainage systems.As of Saturday, the h…