City of Oklahoma City Implements Voluntary Water Conservation efforts
City officials are asking all residents and businesses who useOklahoma Citywater to practice voluntary water conservation efforts. Some are feeling the effects of extremely high temperatures and heavy water use – lower water pressure.
Lower-water pressure can happen anywhere in the City but especially for those who live at the far edges of the city. As water is used along its way through the pipeline, the lower pressure will be for those at the far edges of the water system.
Reducing the amount of water used on the yards and landscapes will greatly help our neighbors maintain adequate pressure and conserve our treated water supply. Watering fewer days each week and for less time will allow the treatment plant to maintain a sufficient amount of treated water in storage tanks.
Residents, businesses, landscape maintenance companies and homeowner associations are encouraged to reduce outdoor water by:
Watering yards and landscaping no more than three times a week
Watering between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., times of low water demand. Most of the water evaporates when watering during the day.
Resetting sprinkler system frequencies to fewer days and less time.
Mowing grass at a higher level – at least 2 to 3 inches – to reduce evaporation and root stress.
Getting used to brown Bermuda grass. It’s dormant and will come back once temperatures drop and rainfall increases.
SOURCE: City of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Thunder helping others
Tuesday was Norman and Watonga’s 55th consecutive day with less than a tenth of an inch of rain, according to Oklahoma Mesonet
At 9:45 p.m., Cherokee and Copan, each 99 degrees, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet
Statewide forecast, from the National Weather Service
STATE FORECAST FOR OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
522 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
WEDNESDAY…HOT. SUNNY. HIGHS 101 TO 113.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS 100 TO 112.
FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 75 TO 85. HIGHS 95 TO 110.
SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS UPPER 60S TO LOWER 80S. HIGHS LOWER 90S TO NEAR
110.
SUNDAY…PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. HIGHS IN THE 90S TO
104.
Oklahoma City 14 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures as of today, according to the National Weather Service, Norman
Map of temperatures today at Oklahoma Mesonet weather network stations
Record High Temperature for this date set at Tulsa today, from the National Weather Service, Tulsa
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
424 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT TULSA OKLAHOMA…
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 111 DEGREES WAS SET AT TULSA OKLAHOMA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 108…SET IN 1980.
Record High Temperature set at Oklahoma City today, from the National Weather Service, Norman
…NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY…
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY AT WILL ROGERS
WORLD AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS BEEN 108 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS
THE RECORD OF 107 DEGREES SET IN 1980.
IF THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE INCREASES TODAY…AN UPDATED STATEMENT
WILL BE ISSUED.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR OKLAHOMA CITY DATE TO 1891.
Hazardous weather outlook, including the Oklahoma Panhandle, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
TUE JUL 31 2012
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
TUE JUL 31 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES AS HEAT INDEX VALUES DURING THE DAY WILL BE NEAR 106 WHILE
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY BE IN THE MID 70S.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THROUGH EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME…HOWEVER A FEW MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLES CONTINUES THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS TIME WILL BE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.
