Tornado Warning 50, 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.

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.