Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Norman, OK

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

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF MONTAGUE
COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF JACK COUNTY OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AT 2PM CDT AREA RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND
RAINSHOWERS...MANY VERY STRONG..WERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
EXTENDING INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A
20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR BOWIE SOUTH TO MINERAL WELLS AND ON
SOUTHWARD TO COMANCHE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF MONTAGUE
COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF JACK COUNTY OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF JACK AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM CDT AREA RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINSHOWERS IN A NARROW BAND FROM DECATUR IN WISE COUNTY TO
STEPHENVILLE IN ERATH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ020-019-252200-

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR JACK AND MONTAGUE
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE LINE OF POTENTUALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF JACK AND MONTAGUE
COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR GAINSVILLE TO
DECAUTER TO WEATHERFORD TEXAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO
THIS OFFICE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE.

HOWEVER...LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED AT BOWIE. NINE
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BUT NO FLOODING PROBLEMS@
RESULTED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP LATTER TONIGHT
ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THIS SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

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

...THUNDERSTORM FORM SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS...

THE WIICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF YOUNG...ARCHER AND CLAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING MOSTLY OVER YOUNG COUNTY.
NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BUT LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTERS WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL NEAR THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS.

IF PRESENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THIS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL BE IN THE
WICHITA FALLS VICINITY BY 6PM CDT.

ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINSVILLE...DECAUTER...
MINERAL WELLS LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST.

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

...THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFY SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS...

THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSIFING THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN ARCHER...CLAY AND ACROSS MUCH OF YOUNG COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WINDTHORST...NORTH AND EAST OF
OLNEY AND APPROACHING YOUNG COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH.

PRESONS IN AND NEAR THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE HAIL UP TO
MARBLE SIZE...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WIND TO 50 MPH AND OF
COURSE FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF PRESENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THIS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL BE IN THE
WICHITA FALLS VICINITY BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM CDT.

EARLIER...PEA SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN NORTHEAST YOUNG COUNTY
NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF MARKLEY.

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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.