http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.It's not a Tulsa urban legend, myth or a running joke: It really does rain every year (since 2008) at downtown's Mayfest. And thanks to recent rainfall, you can add 2013 to our annual tradition. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Not_your_imagination_Rain_at_Mayfest_each_year_since/20396?subj=48Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:13 CDTThere is a lot to digest on the drought front, so I'll try to cover as much ground as I can. Before showing this week's map, here are the breakdowns of U.S. Drought Monitor classifications:...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_May_the_odds_be_in_our_summers/20377?subj=48Thu, 16 May 2013 09:17:59 CDTWe’re used to high winds down here in the southern Great Plains. Yeah, it can be annoying when it gets above 30 mph and blows your hair everywhere and dangerous if fire is involved. The northern ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/VIDEO_Wall_of_ice_destroys_homes/20327?subj=48Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:13 CDTFive years ago today, insult was added to the grave injuries already inflicted upon Picher, Okla. An EF-4 tornado slammed into the town on May 10, 2008, killing seven people and damaging more ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_Picher_tornado_five_years_later/20299?subj=48Fri, 10 May 2013 15:02:42 CDTBad news this week, Oklahoma: Your drought situation was either unchanged or got worse. If this comes as a surprise, it's probably because you also are living in a part of the state that has ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_Where_theyve_been_getting_NO/20264?subj=48Thu, 09 May 2013 10:29:00 CDTWhile Tulsa enters May with snow, rain chances and overnight lows in the 30s ( more forecast info here ), California faces an entirely different ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Photos_video_and_info_California_wild_fires/20175?subj=48Fri, 03 May 2013 14:10:29 CDTThe U.S. Drought Monitor just released its weekly report. Here's how to view it (information from Oklahoma Climatological Survey's Gary McManus): Nothing (white): Eastern Oklahoma's ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_Slight_changes_ahead_of_slight/20148?subj=48Thu, 02 May 2013 08:26:47 CDTIt’s apparently Tornado Week at the Weather Channel. The only reason I know that is because there are a handful of Weather Channel interns being blasted by a big fan that increases speed as people mention ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_Weather_Channel_is_blowing_their_interns_away_for/20090?subj=48Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:18:00 CDTThe U.S. Drought Monitor released their weekly drought update, as per Thursday tradition. If you are just tuning in, here's some general guidelines: *Created in 1999 as ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_The_east_improves_the_west/20024?subj=48Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:02:00 CDTHow cold is Tulsa? That can be answered in many ways (including this blog's title). Let us count the ways... 1. April's average temperature, as of April 23, is 55.1 degrees. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tulsa_Three_straight_months_of_below_normal_temperatures/20004?subj=48Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:04:24 CDTWhile our attention last week was focused rightly on Boston, it was a big weather week across the country. The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries to the northeast are still experiencing ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Heavy_rain_snow_melt_will_likely_make_record_flooding/20002?subj=48Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:39:30 CDTThe National Weather Service’s tornado reports for last ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Reports_Eight_tornadoes_struck_during_last_weeks_storms/19977?subj=48Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:41:00 CDTAccording to the Oklahoma Mesonet, depending on where you lived in Tulsa County, you received somewhere between 1-3 (or perhaps more) inches of rain. Alas, this is your weekly reminder that ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_Less_is_more/19923?subj=48Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:42:54 CDTIt is hard to define what 'moderate' risk of severe weather actually entails, but fortunately, our weather experts have provided probability maps. In a nutshell: 45 percent ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_chances_for_tornadoes_hail_severe_winds_and/19908?subj=48Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:22:00 CDTThough many questions remain, forecasters are confident that the area will experience thunderstorms Wednesday. How severe, the timing and location could all change depending on what happens ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Severe_weather_possible_Wednesday/19888?subj=48Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:38:37 CDTI will get to the 'almost' in the blog title in a moment. The U.S. Drought Monitor released its weekly drought update, which includes most of last week's statewide rainfall, as well as a bit ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_Good_news_almost_everyone/19827?subj=48Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:47:00 CDTDid everyone make it through all that severe weather everyone was screaming about yesterday? Yes? Good. Talk about a dud. All day, forecasters were expecting storms to fire up and hail to rain ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Cold_air_and_steady_rain_but_no_severe_weather/19821?subj=48Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:40:00 CDT Update 4:26 p.m. : The NWS Tulsa office's latest forecast discussion continues the thinking from the last update. The front came in too fast for the development of severe weather ahead of the front. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Severe_weather_possible_in_Tulsa_tonight_large_hail/19794?subj=48Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:25:00 CDTWelcome to April, one of the rainiest months of the year in Tulsa. It isn't *the* rainiest month, that distinction goes to May. It's not even second (June) or third (September), but our fourth ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Rain_overview_and_Oklahoma_drought_update/19738?subj=48Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:33:00 CDTWhile temperatures in March were all over the spectrum, the surplus rain February didn’t carry over. Weather tried to catch up there at the end of the month, but it just wasn’t enough in Tulsa. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/March_weather_recap_Cold_and_dry/19711?subj=48Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:02:00 CDTTulsa's normal highs in July and August don't get above 94 degrees. The lowest normals in Tulsa don't get below 27 degrees in January. Normal rainfall in the month of April is 3.79 ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/No_April_Fools_joke_Tulsa_weather_events_that_actually/19687?subj=48Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:55:38 CDTBack at the beginning of winter, I asked people to guess how ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_Weather_World_snow_contest_ends_today_The_winner/19670?subj=48Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 CDTThis week's U.S. Drought Monitor differences are so subtle I need to bring our my auto-GIF image generator again. But first, let's talk dirt. Soil moisture is one component of determining the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahoma_drought_update_Our_adequate_and_very_short/19646?subj=48Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:38:00 CDTTulsa got trace amounts of snow, but others in northeast Oklahoma got more. While ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Snowfall_update_in_the_Tulsa_area/19599?subj=48Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:17:08 CDTIn honor of our (up to) 0.5 of an inch of snow forecast for late Saturday/early Sunday, I present to you: 10 Tulsa snow facts. Information is from the National Weather Service: 1. Tulsa ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/10_facts_about_Tulsa_snow/19568?subj=48Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:24:09 CDTIt’s hard to tell if you go outside right now, but it is officially spring today. And by this weekend, you’ll probably think we’ve time-warped back a few months. The Earth reached ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Spring_has_arrived_but_the_forecast_says_otherwise/19533?subj=48Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:49:34 CDTI can just imagine the meteorologists at the National Weather Service office in Tulsa and at the television stations sitting around a screen and watching the high temperature creep up today. It ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Record_highs_across_the_area_today_but_80s_will_be/19489?subj=48Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:08:15 CDTLike folks said a couple weeks ago when I wrote about a good news drought update , ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Wet_February_still_helping_as_drought_retreats_further/19463?subj=48Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:11:00 CDTThe latest addition to the suite of American Red Cross mobile phone apps may be its best yet, or at least the most relevant to us in tornado alley. The free Tornado App has a range of features ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Red_Cross_tornado_app_helpful_before_during_and_after/19448?subj=48Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:35:00 CDTSevere drought retreated further this week thanks to heavy snowpack that continued to melt in western Oklahoma. The most severe category, D4, covered 9.5 percent of the state in the latest update ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Drought_improvement_continues_but_just_barely/19382?subj=48Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:16:32 CDTWashington D.C. braced for the impending winter disaster today, but like our eastern Oklahoma snowstorms this year, it was a dud. Well, it was a dud in DC proper. Further west in the mountains ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Snowquester_underwhelms_in_DC_but_hammers_Mid_Atlantic/19367?subj=48Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:34:00 CDTTulsa received 3.3 inches before yesterday, then another 0.4 of an inch Tuesday. My fellow weather blogger Jerry Wofford said that means that Richard Hart is winning the snow contest with his ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Local_snowfall_totals_for_this_and_last_week_plus_snowfall/19250?subj=48Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:08:53 CDTThe Associated Press just moved a list of snowfall totals (in inches) for the Central Plains area. Here's the list, along with some snow photos from the area: TEXAS Follett: ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Snow_in_Texas_Oklahoma_Kansas_Missouri_Iowa_and_Illinois/19227?subj=48Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:09:00 CDT Update 8:30 p.m.: Well, it's now snowing here in Midtown. Nothing too crazy here, but it's definitely snow. I haven't seen any accumulations yet, but some folks on Twitter are saying it's starting ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/UPDATE_Snow_now_falling_in_parts_of_Tulsa/19209?subj=48Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:25:00 CDTThe snow/sleet/hail/freezing rain/thunderstorms have left the area, so let's recap. First, this was one of the strangest weather mornings I’ve seen in a while. I woke up to loud claps of thunder ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Winter_weather_leaves_the_area_but_its_benefits_could/19166?subj=48Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:40:47 CDT UPDATE 11:45 a.m. : It looks like snow is starting to taper off for now from west to east. This is only the first round, thought. More winter precipitation ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Its_snowing_in_Tulsa/19133?subj=48Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:24:00 CDTThat severe thunderstorm warning earlier today wasn't for Tulsa County, but further east. Much of the southeastern part of the state near the Arkansas border remains under a severe weather watch ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Rain_misses_Tulsa_today_but_hits_eastern_Oklahoma/19106?subj=48Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:47:22 CDTBear with me as I attempt to create a GIF image of last week's and this week's U.S. Drought Monitor map for Oklahoma: ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Drought_report_shows_some_changes_in_eastern_Oklahoma/19057?subj=48Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:44:00 CDTWell, winter sure took its sweet time getting to Tulsa. And it didn’t even stick around long enough for us to see it. Tulsa has officially (preliminarily) recorded snow in the 2012-2013 winter ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Its_no_longer_a_snowless_winter_barely/19041?subj=48Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:38:57 CDTWeather is apparently a very key factor in professional fishing. This strikes me as odd, because when I was little, my dad would take us kids fishing whether it was raining or if the pond was iced over ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bassmaster_2013_Practice_weekend_weather_forecast/19019?subj=48Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:52:10 CDTThe Northeast will for days be digging out from the massive snowstorm that dropped at least 3 feet of snow across a wide area and killed at least 15 in the U.S. and Canada. It was just the right ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Northeast_digs_out_snow_heads_to_Oklahoma/19001?subj=48Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:59:00 CDTImagine what 40 inches would be. That's a meter. One meter of snow has fallen with the massive snowstorm that is still impacting New England. You know it's bad when you're measuring a snowstorm ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Snowstorm_does_not_adequately_describe_what_Nemo_is/18975?subj=48Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:24:00 CDTThe snow has started across New England in what will likely be the biggest snowstorm to hit the Northeast this season so far. Areas from Maine to Massachusetts could see up to 3 feet of snow ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Winter_Storm_Nemo_slams_Northeast/18960?subj=48Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:12:00 CDTHere's where I attempt to create a GIF, bear with me: The images from the U.S. Drought Monitor this week ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Drought_situation_still_mostly_extreme_in_Oklahoma/18919?subj=48Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:38:45 CDTOn a fun sidenote, here's a link to the National Weather Service's Mardi Gras climate page , which I didn't know existed until ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Super_Bowl_weather_forecast/18831?subj=48Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:00:00 CDTTwo years after the most snowfall in a 24-hour period, on a calendar date and (eventually) in a single month in Tulsa history, we don't have much more snow to show for it since. For past articles, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Two_years_later_Record_Tulsa_snow_on_Feb_1_2011/18829?subj=48Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:00 CDTOn Thursday's broadcast of gameshow 'Let's Ask America,' Tulsa meteorologist George Flickinger of KJRH, Channel 2, earned $1,000 for the Humane Society of Tulsa. Flickenger, along with two other ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Lets_Ask_America_Meteorologist_edition_Tulsa_included/18825?subj=48Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:33:00 CDTWe said earlier that it was an active and violent week for early spring-like storms ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Here_are_preliminary_reports_on_this_weeks_tornadoes/18813?subj=48Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:17:11 CDTHere is the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map. No, you’re not crazy. It looks very familiar to last week. That’s because it’s nearly ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Drought_update_stagnant_but_it_doesnt_reflect_Tuesday/18797?subj=48Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:17:00 CDTSunday morning, I woke up to snow falling on the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Twelve hours later, I was back in Tulsa, where it was in the 60s and humid. Then it got to 75 degrees Monday. It ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/All_the_seasons_in_one_week_plus_incredible_tornado/18785?subj=48Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:17:00 CDT