Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
626 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME PEA TO OCCASIONAL MARBLE SIZE
HAIL MOVING THROUGH THE CITY.

AT 625 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
CITY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF HEAQVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME ADDITIONAL
STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS
THE CITY.

OTHER STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GRAHAM TO HENRIETTA AND IN SOUTHERN
JACK COUNTY. HENRIETTA REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT 605 PM. MORE INTENSE
STORMS WERE NORTH OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF
THE LOCAL AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO STRIKE WITH LITTLE
ADVANCE NOTICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF S9EVERE WEATHER IS
REPORTED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
806 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR YOUNG COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.
AT 8PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A 10 TO 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH FROM BETWEEN WICHITA
FALLS AND HENRIETTA TO YOUNG COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLIGHTLY EAST OF
NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE GRAHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2.21 INCHES OF
RAIN TODAY BUT 1.10 INCHES HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME
AAROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. WATER WAS BEGINNING TO BACK-UP ON SOME CITY
STREETS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH WILL AFFECT THE
COUNTY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. VARIOUS SIZES OF HAIL WERE REPORTED
IN AND NEAR THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
804 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THE 24TH AND WEDNESDAY
   MORNING THE 25TH...

TIME(CDT)   COUNTY           EVENT
1145 PM     WOODWARD         GOLFBALL HAIL 8SE OF WOODWARD
1202-1217AM WOODWARD         DIME SIZE HAIL FELL FOR 15 MINUTES 7N AND
                             2W OF MOORELAND...ESTIMATED 80 MPH WIND.
100AM       WOODS            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5NW OF LOOKOUT
100AM       HARPER           DIME SIZE HAIL 13N AND 2E OF SELMAN

...ADDITIOANL DETAILS ON THE TORNADO DAMAGE IN SHATTUCK...
1023-1100(APPROXIMATE) ELLIS COUNTY

   CONTINUOUS DAMAGE FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHATTUCK ALONG ROUTH 283
NORTHWEST TO 3/4 MILE NORTH OF SHATTUCK. PATH WAS 2 BLOCKS WIDE IN
TOWN. 4 MINOR INJURIES, 1 MAJOR INJURY (PERSON SEEKING SHELTER WAS
HIT BY A CAR).

DAMAGE IN SHATTUCK WAS ESTIMATED BY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR TO BE
F-2 WITH EMBEDDED F-3. DAMAGE INCLUDED:

10 BUILDINGS DESTROYED(MAINLY BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET)
17 BUILDINGS WITH MAJOR DAMAGE(MAINLY BUSINESSES)
41 BUILDINGS WITH MINOR DAMAGE(MOSTLY HOMES)
24 BUILDINGS WITH SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE
6  OUT-BUILDINGS DESTROYED
3  T&RAILER HOMES DESTROYED

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1044 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

TIME(CDT)   COUNTY           EVENT
710PM       COTTON           NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT WALTERS
840PM       OKLAHOMA         DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF HARRAH