Tornado Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WELL EAST OF THE LOCAL AREA...

JUST AFTER 1PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FORM A LINE FROM
EAST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA...CROSSING THE RED RIVER NEAR GAINSVILLE TEXAS
...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DECATUR AND MINERAL WELLS TEXAS.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE RED RIVER NORTH
OF GAINSVILLE TEXAS.

IN THE WICHITA FALLS AREA...SURFACE WINDS HAVE NOW SHIFTED INTO A
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION INDICATING THE DRY LINE WAS JUST EAST OF THE
LOCAL AREA.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH 100 DEGRESS LATTER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE HEAT STRESS TEMPERATURE WAS ALREADY OVER 100 DEGREES. PERSONS
ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE CAUTION LATTER
THIS AFTERNOON.

BY 115 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE WAS ALREADY 96 DEGREES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...CLAY...JACK AND MONTAGUE...THIS
WATCH INCLUDES COTTON COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA...

AT 300PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ALONG THE
JACK/WISE COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF LAKE BRIDGPORT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...A SCATTERING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
PROGRESS FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO EAST OF ABILINE.

SOUTH SOUTHWEST SURFACE WIND IS EXPECTED TO KEEP THE LOCAL AREA
THUNDERSTORM FREE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.

HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR TO 100 PLUS DEGREES WITH MUCH
HIGHER HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES. THE LOCAL AREA IS EXPERIENCING SOME
OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS YEAR. USE CAUTION THIS
AFTERNOON IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

BY 300 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE WAS 99 DEGREES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
515 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 515 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
FROM NEAR CASHION TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENID. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.

STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
540 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...CLAY...JACK AND MONTAGUE...THIS
WATCH INCLUDES COTTON COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA...

AT 535PM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH TEXAS IN
EASTERN DENTON COUNTY AND EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR STEPHENVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMSF WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

HAIL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED EARLIER AT STEPHENVILLE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
606 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990

TIME(CDT)      COUNTY          EVENT
540 PM         MAJOR           NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHEAST
                               OF AMES.
555 PM         GARFIELD        DIME SIZE HAIL AT DRUMMOND