Tornado Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
300 PM CST FRI APR 25 1986

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. THE AREA IS WEST OF A LINE
FROM PONCA CITY TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO WAURIKA, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT OVER
ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.

LITTLE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS
OKLAHOMA SINCE YESTERDAY. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER MOST OF
THE STATE, TO THE EAST OF A NEARLY STATIONARY DRY LINE NEAR THE WESTERN
BORDER OF OKLAHOMA. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID 60S
OVER MOST OF THE STATE. THIS MOISTURE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO FURTHER
DESTABILIZATION, RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER
CLOUD COVER HAS HELD DOWN AFTERNOON HEATING, AND SO FAR HAS PREVENTED
THE AIR FROM BECOMING UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. AT UPPER LEVELS, A WEAK SYSTEM LIES OVER EASTERN COLORADO.
THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL PASS NORTH OF OKLAHOMA
TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON NEAR THE DRY LINE IN FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR INITIAL SEVERE DEVELOPMENT IS IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA, DUE TO
THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER SYSTEM IN COLORADO AND A SLIGHTLY STRONGER
UPPER WIND FIELD. THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND HIGHER DEW POINT
TEMPERATURES INDICATE A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE
IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK.

THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COULD
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BECOME SEVERE.

INTERESTS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR LATER
WEATHER INFORMATION. SPOTTER NETORKS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

A STRONGER UPPER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE CLOSER TO
OKLAHOMA ON SUNDAY, BRINGING WITH IT AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER IN OKLAHOMA. THOSE WITH PLANS FOR SUNDAY AR(E ADVISED TO
KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS.

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK ...CORRECTION TO DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
300 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. THE AREA IS WEST OF A LINE
FROM PONCA CITY TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO WAURIKA, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT OVER
ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE S,TATE.

...REST UNCHANGED...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
510 PM CST SAT APR 26

RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW BEING DETECTED WEST FO THE
WICHITA FALLS AREA FROM SNYDER TEXAS TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF THE
WICHITA FALLS AREA. THIS AREA EXTENDS INTO OKLAHOMA TO NEAR BUTLER.

SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN
COUNTY, ALSO IN CENTRAL WILBARGER COUNTY AND NORTHEAST OF CROWELL IN
FOARD COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ANY UPDATED INFORMATION

RAMIREZ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
640 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. COUNTIES INCLUDE ARCHER BAYLOR CLAY FOARD HARDEMAN KNOX WICHITA
WILBARGER YOUNG AND JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES OF TEXAS.
COUNTY COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS AREA.

AT 615PM NO SEVERE WEATHER IS INDICATED ON RADAR FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE
COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN STONEWALL COTLE
AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 646 PM QUANNAH EOC CALLED AND REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DIME TO
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING ABOUT 2/3 OF THE GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

RAMIREZ