Tornado Warning 41, NWS Norman, OK

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
440 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR OKLAHOMA...

THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE STATE HAVE ENDED OVER ALL BUT THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER MOST OF THE
STATE MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT OR NEAR FLOOD STAGE FROM THE
HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST FEW DAYS.

THIS RESPITE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY TURN OUT TO BE BRIEF. AN UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
THURSDAY AND THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE.
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENHANCED AS MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS
OF HURRICANE PAINE MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE STATE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
540 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FOARD...KNOX...HARDEMAN
BAYLOR AND WILBARGER COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 6PM TO
11 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN ANY OF THE ABOVE
COUNTIES. HOWEVER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN
THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS NEAR LUBBOCK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
620 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATES
IMPLY THAT TOTALS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN A 10 TO
15 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLBERT IN SOUTHWEST
BRYAN COUNTY TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATOKA IN SOUTHEAST ATOKA
COUNTY. DURANT REPORTED 4.7 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY...MOST OF WHICH FELL
BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE DIMINISHED IN
INTENSITY DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
IN THAT AREA DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AREAS. WATER MAY BE FLOWING OVER SOME SECONDARY ROADS...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER OF UN+KNOWN DEPTH.

STORM REPORT...ADDITONAL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
710 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

DELAYED REPORTS FROM MONDAY NIGHT SEPT 29TH

TIME(CDT)  COUNTY      REPORT
1900       CUSTER      60 MPH WIND 5 S. OF LEEDY
1905       WOODWARD    WIND DAMAGE TO ROOF, BARN, TREES 12 ENE OF VICI
1910       DEWEY       80 TO 90 MPH WIND DAMAGED A BARN 11 S OF VICI
1930       MAJOR       HAIL GREATER THAN NICKLE SIZE 8 E OF BOISE JCT
2200       GRAQNT       DIME SIZE HAIL 3 S. OF LAMONT
2200       KINGFISHER  60 MPH WIND 4 WEST OF LOYAL

STORM REPORT...ADDITONAL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
710 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

DELAYED REPORTS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT SEPT 30TH AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
OCTOBER 1ST.

TIME(CDT)  COUNTY      REPORT
2240(30TH) CADDO       NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT BINGER
0000(1ST)  OKLAHOMA    PALM SIZE HAIL 29TH AND EASTERN(OKC)
0006       OKLAHOMA    80 MPH WIND SE 89TH AND SUNNEYLANE(OKC)
0020       LINCOLN     60 MPH WIND AT PRAGUE
0023       OKLAHOMA    OUT BUILDINGS OVERTURNED 21ST AND MACARTHER(OKC)
0030       POTTAWATOMIE 60 TO 65 MPH WIND BLEW TREES DOWN, POWER OUTAGE
                       AT SHAWNEE.
0110       SEMINOLE    60-65 MPH WIND BLEW DOWN TREES, ROOF DAMAGE SW OF
              W         SEMINOLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
815 PM CDT WED OCT 1 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FOARD...KNOX...HARDEMAN
BAYLOR AND WILBARGER COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 6PM TO
11 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A VERY LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND SWENSON. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. AT THIS MOVEMENT...
THIS LARGE AND VERY DANGEROUS STORM COULD AFFECT KNOX COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

RESIDENTS IN KNOX COUNTY SHOULD MAKE PLANS FOR SHELTER AT THIS TIME
AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.