Weekend storms beginning last Friday dumped up to 5.2 inches of timely rain across Kingfisher County.

“We went from drought to flood,” said Harold Ebers of Hennessey, who recorded 5.2 inches at his residence.

The situation had gotten serious as grass pastures and summer crops were withering under a double blow of dry weather and hot winds.

Pastures, crops, lawns and gardens had already begun to show signs of revival by Saturday and more rain early Sunday and early Monday improved the picture even more.

The rains pushed July over the average rainfall for the month and filled county ponds.

Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis recorded an official 4.05 inches of rain in Kingfisher from the weekend downpours, putting Kingfisher’s total for July at 4.55 inches – ahead of the .89 inch of rain that fell in July last year and the annual average of 2.64 inches for the month.

The rains put the total for the year at 14.96 inches.

Sunday and Monday mornings’ rain came with loud thunder and brilliant lightning displays, causing some temporary electrical outages.

District 2 County Commissioner Ray Shimanek remarked in jest that he got two inches of rain and seven inches of lightning and thunder Monday morning at his rural Hennessey residence.

Other rainfall reports across the county included:

Cashion – 2.4 inches at the Johnson farm southwest of Cashion with reports of heavier amounts elsewhere in the area.

Dover – Greg Terrell west of Dover reported 1.8 inches for the weekend with the heaviest amount, 1.5 inches, falling early Monday.

Loyal – 4.5 inches at the Jon Cochran Sr. residence in Loyal.

Okarche – three inches at the CHS Elevator, over three inches at the Carol Willcutt residence, 3.9 inches at the Mike and Donna Reid residence southwest of Kingfisher near the Park Community Road and three inches at Okarche Grain and Feed eight miles west of Okarche.

The system that brought Monday’s rain affected mostly central and north central Oklahoma.

Mesonet 72-hour rainfall totals included: Kingfisher 3.33, El Reno 3.01, Guthrie 1.02, Yukon 1.9, Watonga .57, Fairview 2.97, Norman 1.41, Sulphur 1.57, Marshall 2.11, Breckenridge 1.66, Lahoma 1.31, Alva 1.44, Camargo .84, Elk City .02, Weatherford .01, Seminole 3.43, Shawnee 2.28, Blackwell 1.63, Bixby 4.02 and Tulsa 2.12.