The rain was heaviest in southern Oklahoma, where a Mesonet site near the Red River had recorded 11.73 inches of rain during a 12-hour period. More than 6 inches fell at Madill and more than 4 inches fell at Altus, Tipton, Grandfield, Waurika and Ringling.
The wind hit hardest in south-central Oklahoma, including a 65 mph gust at the Ada airport that damaged a hangar, three or four barns and a home. A window was blown out at a Healdton school, causing minor injuries to students.
The weather contributed to at least one death. A Lawton woman died when her car hydroplaned on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike near Walters.
No tornadoes were reported.
Rainfall "Our yard has quite a bit of standing water in it, and it has to rain quite a bit for us to get standing water because we’re up on a hill,” said Mary Becan, who lives at Falconhead Resort, which borders Burneyville in Love County.
Her husband, John, works at a Dallas airport. He stopped in Marietta on the way home and was told the town of Leon was about under water.
"They were telling me a whole bunch of farms are under water in Leon, and cars are being washed off roads,” John Becan said.
Since a Mesonet site was installed two miles southeast of Burneyville 15 years ago, the most rain it has recorded in a month was 12.01 inches in June 2004.
On Wednesday, that site had measured 11.73 inches by 11 p.m. The previous high for one day was 6.62 inches on April 28, 2006.
Leon resident Sierra Lee said it’s the most rain she’s seen in her 16 years there.
"We have a little bridge down here. It’s probably never been over 3 or 4 inches and the water is knee deep, and it snapped a bridge in half,” she said.
Becan said the main line that feeds the Falconhead water tower was washed out.
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