Tornado Warning 10, NWS Norman, OK

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
300 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. OTHERWISE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM BARTLESVILLE
TO ARDMORE.. BUT EXCLUDES THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE
REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON, WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE STATE. THE GREATEST NEAR-TERM CONCERN IS WITH THE LINE OF
STORMS NEAR THE WESTERN BORDER. SPOTTER NETWORKS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA
SHOULD BE ACTIVATED OR ON STANDBY AT THIS TIME.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DRY LINE MOVING SLOWLY
EASTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, THE
AIR REMAINS VERY MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE OVER OKLAHOMA. ALOFT, A LARGE
UPPER LOW CENTER LIES OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. WINDS ALOFT MOVING
AROUND THIS LOW HAVE BACKED TO A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER WESTERN
OKLAHOMA, WHILE REMAINING SOUTHWESTERLY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE.
THIS PATTERN OF DIVERGING WINDS ALOFT IS FAVORABLE FOR ENHANCING THE
LIFTING OF THE AIR NEEDED TO TRIGGER AND MAINTAIN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER FLOW IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM NEW
MEXICO, AND WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE LIFTING PROCESS OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS DISTURBANCE WL ALSO ASSIST
IN PUSHING THE DRY LINE SLOWLY EASTWARD, WITH SEVERE WEATHER MOVING
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER COULD
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA, BUT THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL WILL DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING.

SPOTTER NETWORKS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY EARLY
EVENING, WHILE THOSE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT.
ALL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
315PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY JACK..MONTAGUE..
WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

SHORTLY AFTER 3PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SEYMOUR TO JUST WEST OF ELECTRA.

ELSEWHERE..THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WERE BUILDING
ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO THE QUANAH VICINITY OF HARDEMAN COUNTY.
MOVEMENT OF ALL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
500 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 10 PM INCLUDING WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

AT 450 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN EXTREME SOUTH
WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWCASTLE. VERY HEAVY RAINS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF YOUNG COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS THUNDERSTORM.

ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER THE
RED RIVER IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN JACKSBORO AND
SEYMOUR.
IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME
SEVERE STRETCHED FROM CAMARGO SOUTH TO THE RED RIVER NEAR ELDORADO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ALTUS.
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS THUNDER
STORM.

ALL PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
400 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 10 PM INCLUDING WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN EXTREME SOUTH
WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWCASTLE. VERY HEAVY RAINS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF YOUNG COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS THUNDERSTORM.

ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER THE
RED RIVER IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN JACKSBORO AND
SEYMOUR.
IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME
SEVERE STRETCHED FROM CAMARGO SOUTH TO THE RED RIVER NEAR ELDORADO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ALTUS.
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS THUNDER
STORM.

ALL PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
600 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OCCURRING OVER
THIS PORTION OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS FALLING OVER
NORTHERN WICHITA AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN JACK AND SOUTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTIES.

HOWEVER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
TO THE NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS. THE STRONGEST WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HOLLISTER
AND DEVOL. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO TO THE WEST OF GRANDFIELD
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THIS
AREA WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVOL.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
610 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

TIME            EVENT
350 PM CDT      PEA SIZE HAIL SOUTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY.
422 PM CDT      MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ARCHER CITY.
453 PM CDT      DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND 6 SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS.
522 PM CDT      70 MPH WIND GUST AT BURKBURNETT.