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On a simple east/west basis, Western Oklahoma is popularly considered that part of the state west of I-35. [1] [2] I-35 creates a north/south line through the approximate center of the main body of the state (i.e., without regard for the Oklahoma Panhandle), passing through Oklahoma City, the state capital.
Hickory, pine, and oak forests dominate Northeastern Oklahoma, which receives far more rain than western areas of the state. Oklahoma sits at a frequent crossroads between three different air masses: warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico; warm to hot, dry air from Mexico and the Southwestern U.S.; and cold, dry air from Canada.
Located in western Oklahoma, approximately 87 mi (140 km) southwest of Oklahoma City, [8] [9] it is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma, metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 census, Lawton's population was 90,381, making it the sixth-largest city in the state, and the largest in Western Oklahoma. [10]
Parts of western Oklahoma and south-central Oklahoma are at marginal risk. On Tuesday, the tornado potential is very low with a maximum windspeed of 60 to 80 mph, and up to baseball-sized hail ...
Western Oklahoma: a wall of smoke along the leading edge of the cold front is moving southward across the eastern Texas panhandle, and it's likely also moving through western Oklahoma as well. Be ...
Western Oklahoma former president Phil Birdine defended the program, saying the school was "not a course mill." [ 1 ] The college ceased offering the courses in early 2013 after the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education recommended the courses be immediately discontinued. [ 2 ]
The U.S. state of Oklahoma has 77 counties. It is ranked 20th in size and 17th in the number of counties, between Mississippi with 82 counties and Arkansas with 75 counties. [1] Oklahoma originally had seven counties (Logan, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Canadian, Kingfisher, Payne, and Beaver) when it was first organized as the Oklahoma Territory ...
In 2017, Kremlin-based sculptor and painter Harold T. Holden became the first Oklahoma artist inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's storied Hall of Great Westerners.