Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

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.

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

...HOW MUCH HAS IT RAINED THIS WEEK IN OKLAHOMA...
             WOULD YOU BELIEVE NEARLY 25 INCHES SINCE SUNDAY MORNING...

BASED UPON DAILY RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF
COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
RECORDED TWO BANDS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS OKLAHOMA THIS WEEK.
THESE REPORTS COVER A PERIOD FROM SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNRISE
THIS THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FIRST BAND OF RAINS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE
AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN CANADIAN COUNTY SOUTH OF OKARCHE NORTHEAST
ACROSS GUTHRIE TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE KEYSTONE RESERVOIR.

A SECOND BAND OF RAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE
AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN NOBLE COUNTY INTO CENTRAL KAY COUNTY.
THE CITIES OF TONKAWA..BLACKWELL AND NEWKIRK LAY IN THE MIDST OF THIS
SECOND BAND.

AS IF THIS RAIN WERE NOT ENOUGH TO SET RECORDS AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODS...TODAY BROUGHT ADDITIONAL RAINS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ACROSS THE
SAME TWO AREAS.  BASED UPON RADAR ESTIMATES FROM OKLAHOMA CITY...RAINS OF
5 TO 8 INCHES FELL IN AN AREA 15 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR EL RENO TO BETWEEN
CRESENT AND GUTHRIE TO JUST WEST OF LAKE CARL BLACKWELL. A SECOND AREA
OF 5 INCH RAINS IS NOW ON THE GROUND IN A BAND ACROSS CENTRAL KAY COUNTY
FROM BLACKWELL NORTHEAST TO THE KANSAS BORDER.

THUS..UP TO 5PM THIS AFTERNOON..THE WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF LOGAN COUNTY
BETWEEN CASHION..GUTHRIE..AND CRESENT AND THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF
KAY COUNTY FROM BLACKWELL TO NEWKIRK...HAVE BOTH RECORDED RAINFALLS THAT
APPROACH 25 INCHES IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS.

WITH NEARLY A YEARS WORTH OF RAIN ON THE GROUND THIS WEEK AND MORE TO
COME TONIGHT...RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD PREPARE FOR
HISTORIC FLOODS TONIGHT.

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WICHITA AND THE COUNTIES TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST UNTIL 11 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...

AT 545 PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM
TULSA TO SOUTH OF LUBBOCK.

IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS...ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER
PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY. HOWEVER A VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CHILDRESS. THIS STORM
COULD POSSIBLY MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN C8OUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

MOVMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WICHITA AND THE COUNTIES TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST UNTIL 11 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...

AT 645 PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BLANKETING MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA...THE SOUTH
EASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ASa WELL AS MUCH OF TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.
MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
750 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986

TIME(CDT)  COUNTY       REPORT

1010-1020  OKLAHOMA     TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE AND NORTHERN
                        OKLAHOMA CITY
1020       OKLAHOMA     60 TO 65 MPH WINDS IN EDMOND
1114       LOGAN        TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 9 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE
1629       LOGAN        TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE
1800       CLEVELAND    NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AN:D FUNNEL CLOUD OVER
                        SOUTHEAST NORMAN
1828       POTTAWATOMIE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MCLOUD
1846       LINCOLN      FUNNEL 2 MILES WEST OF MEEKER

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WICHITA AND THE COUNTIES TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST UNTIL 11 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...

AT 755 NO PRECIPTATION WAS OCCURRING IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS.
HOWEVER...THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR WAS SHOWING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA TO WELLINGTON IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND ON SOUTHWEST TO MIDLAND. MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.