Much Needed Soaker for Texoma.

Liquid gold fell out of the skies during the weekend of March 15-16th.

After a long winter of cold temperatures and several ice/snowstorms, we were thankful for the precipitation but most were sick of it. Unfortunately, precipitation during the month of February really came up short with Lawton picking up 0.09" (-1.25") and Wichita Falls receiving 0.35" (-1.40"). Well, March came through with a great soaking in parts of Texoma minus the ice and snow. Locations along and east of I-44 did quite well with some areas topping 2" but areas to the west missed out on the heaviest rain and by the looks of the drought monitor, those locations need the rain the most.

Here are the 48 hour rain totals across the region:

*Note: Wichita Falls received 1.84" on March 15th which was a daily record. The old record for the date was 1.55", set back in 1998!

Below is the drought monitor (updated last Thursday) which shows exceptional drought spreading in Texoma, especially western North Texas and far western Oklahoma. Although, there was some rain in these locations, it will not be enough to make big improvements. The next update to the drought monitor is scheduled for Thursday and we may see some improvement in eastern Texoma.

Our next chance of rain may arrive as soon as this Saturday, March 22nd or as late as around the 24th. So far this month, we are at 1.93" of rain in Wichita Falls which is around 0.30" below average compared to the average monthly total and we still have around 2 weeks to go before the month ends so that is some good news. Here in Lawton, we are at 0.62" which is about 1.70" below average for the whole month but again, we still have time to make up the deficit.

Have a fantastic week and remember, you can always head to www.kswo.com for your full SkyWARN 7 video forecast and the latest 7 day.