HIGH WATER MARK

When it rains, it pours.

Kingfisher County got a clearer understanding of the old motto on a Morton salt box Tuesday night when from 2.5 to five inches of additional rain fell on already sodden Kingfisher County soil.

The new moisture pushed Uncle John Creek to a point it almost reached the bottom of the State Highway 33 bridge at the east edge of Kingfisher. The heavy rainfall also caused some local flooding in the west bottom of Kingfisher.

However, there was no serious damage reported from the heavy rains.

Kingfisher Police Chief Dennis Baker took some precautionary measures, shutting down the Kingfisher City Park and its swinging bridge when Uncle John neared flood stage, as well as closing 13th Street from Robberts Avenue to Airport Road when Kingfisher Creek peaked.

City-county Emergency Manager Steve Loftis likewise reported no serious damage in the county.

Rainfall amounts recorded in the county included:

Cashion – 3.5 inches at Cashion Grain and Feed.

Dover – 3.7 inches at the Rick and Robin Johnston residence, northwest of Dover.

Hennessey – 3.25 inches at the Harold Ebers residence.

Loyal – 2.6 inches at the Jon Cochran residence.

Kingfisher – 3.25 inches reported by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis at the National Weather Service Station in Kingfisher, 2.9 inches at the state weather station at the Mueggenborg Farm west of Kingfisher, four inches at an unofficial gauge along Shafenberg Road east of Kingfisher, 3.5 inches at the Twila Adams residence five miles east of Kingfisher and five inches at the Mike and Donna Reid residence southwest of Kingfisher.

Okarche – 2.5 to four inches reported to the CHS Elevator, 2.97 inches at the Dan and Brenda Slater residence, northeast of Okarche, and 3.5 inches at the Okarche Grain and Feed Elevator.

Mesonet reports for the total Tuesday through Thursday included: Kingfisher, 3.27 inches; Watonga, 3.57 inches; El Reno, 4.26 inches; Erick, 6.5 inches; Seiling, 3.95 inches; Marshall, 2.99 inches; Guthrie, 3.1 inches; Weatherford, 4.12 inches; Bessie, 5.12 inches, and Elk City, 4.57 inches.