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Published: August 20, 2007
‘Extraordinary event' hits state
From Staff Reports
The radar screen confirmed what the torrential rain was suggesting Sunday morning: Tropical Storm Erin had confused Oklahoma for the Gulf Coast.

In what the National Weather Service termed "an extraordinary event,” the storm re-intensified just south of the Red River and developed sustained winds greater than tropical storm magnitude.

The result: Numerous towns and cities received 5 inches or more of rain,...

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