Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Norman, OK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
150 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

A THUNDERSTORM HAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES OVER
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CANADIAN COUNTY. AT 145 PM CDT THE STORM WAS
CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEARY AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH SOME
VERY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE DOVER AND HENNESSEY AREA ARE
NEAR THE PROJECTED PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS.

WITH THE NEARLY SATURATED ENVIRONMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM...THERE
WILL BE MANY LOW-HANGING CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME FUNNEL CLOUDS
WITH THIS STORM. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF STRONG TORNADOES...ALTHOUGH A WEAK TORNADO COULD
OCCUR. THESE WEAK TORNADOES DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE INDICATION
ON RADAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES.

DELAYED STORM REPORT FROM OCTOBER 1 1986
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
350 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

TIME(CDT)  COUNTY      REPORT

2020       HARMON      3/4 INCH HAIL 15 MILES NORTH OF 'HOLLIS
2020       BECKHAM     3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR ERICK
2210       WOODWARD    GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
                       WOODWARD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
350 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT...BAYLOR...FOARD...HARDEMAN...
KNOX...WICHITA...AND WILBARGER...

AT 345 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING 40 MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA TO LUBBOCK TEXAS.

THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS
WAS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HARDEMAN COUNTY. THIS
PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY LIGHT IN INTENSITY..

HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS THIS PORTION
OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER OR COMMERICAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
450 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT...BAYLOR...FOARD...HARDEMAN...
KNOX...WICHITA...AND WILBARGER...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTAGUE TO ABILENE.

AT 445 PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
FROM LUBBOCK TEXAS TO TULSA OKLAHOMA.

NO PRECIPTITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS...HOWEVER
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CHrILDRESS.
THIS ACTIVITY COULD POSSIBLY MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS
OF HARDEMAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.