Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
645 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWESTERN...CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

AT 635 PM...THE OKLAHOMA CITY RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM ELMER IN JACKSON COUNTY TO BUTLER IN
CUSTER COUNTY TO MANCHESTER IN GRANT COUNTY.  HEAVY RAIN COVERED A LARGE
AREA FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO THE FORT SILL AREA.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF TULSA.   IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED
...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAYT IN AREAS
SFUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR
WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
745 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWESTERN...CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

AT 735 PM...THE OKLAHOMA CITY RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST...NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY WITHIN
A 50 MILES RADIOUS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
COMPUTER READOUT DATA INDICATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OCCURRING PER HOUR.
HOWEVER...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA
DURING THE PAST 5 HOURS.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR
WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREA SHOULD TAKE EXT"REME CAUSION OF POSSIBLE FLOODING.
IF FLOODING IS OCCURING IN YOUR AREA...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SAID AREAS.  MOVE TO UPPER LEVELS IN ALL AREAS OF POSSIBLE FLOODING.
MOTORIST SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR FAST MOVING STREAMS OVER ROADWAYS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
755 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..WICHITA..WILBARGER..HARDEMAN..FOARD..KNOX AND
BAYLOR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..CLAY..MONTAGUE..ARCHER AND YOUNG.

JUST BEFORE 8PM CDT..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS OBSERVED IN
WILBAEGER COUNTY FROM THE VERNON AREA TO WEST OF LAKE KEMP. ELSEWHERE..
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WERE IN PROGRESS OVER PORTIONS OF WICHITA..ARCHER..CLAY AND BAYLOR COUNTIES.

SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED NEAR BANKFULL IN THE VERNON AREA WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN IN PROGRESS. HERE IN THE WICHITA FALLS AREA..ANOTHER IN A
SERIES OF THUNDERSOTRMS PRODUCING TORRENTUAL RAINS WAS RAKING THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AFTER THIS BAND OF ACTIVITY
CLEARS THE AREA..A BREAK OF SEVERAL HOURS MAY OCCUR..HOWEVER..RUNOFF MAY
BRIEFLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS..AREA MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
805 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS NOW BEING OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AT WICHITA FALLS.

DURING THE PAST 20 MINUTES .60 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND
ITS STILL RAINING VERY HARD.

RAMIREZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
845 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA UNTIL KMIDNIGHT CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWESTERN...CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

AT 835 PM...THE OKLAHOMA CITY RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR DEPEW IN WESTERN CREEK COUNTY TO TECUMSEH IN CENTRAL
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY
FROM THE NORMAN AREA TO NEAR RUSH SPRINGS.  ELSEWHERE...RAIN COVERED MOST
OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE OVERALL
AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREA SHOULD TAKE EXTREME CAUSION OF POSSIBLE FLOODING.
IF FLOODING IS OCCURING IN YOUR AREA...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SAID AREAS.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS.  MOTORIST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FAST MOVING
STREAMS OVER ROADWAYS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
900 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..WICHITA..WILBARGER..HARDEMAN..FOARD..KNOX AND
BAYLOR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..CLAY..MONTAGUE..ARCHER AND YOUNG.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO BATTER
PORTIONS OF WICHITA COUNTY DURING THE 8 TO 9PM CDT TIME FRAME. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS OF NOTE WERE IN PROGRESS IN THE HENRIETTA..ARCHER CITY
AND OLNEY VICINITIES. THESE THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
AND WILL BE MOSTLY CONFINED TO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY 10 CDT.
IN THE MEANTIME..ALMOST AN INCH AND ONE/HALF OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED AT
THE WICHITA FALLS AIRPORT TODAY..MOST OF WHICH AS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE
HOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS UNDERWAY IN THE WICHITA FALLS ARCEA.
ELSEWHERE..AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN PROGRESS IN STONEWALL
COUNTY..MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AND NORTHEAST..WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
PERSONS IN KNOX COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.