Tornado Warning 40, NWS Norman, OK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
450 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
   OKLAHOMA...

AT 450 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER FROM SOUTH OF
DURANT TO SOUTH OF THACKERVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS
AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE LAKE TEXOMA AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
730 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ARE MOVING TOWARD
OKLAHOMA...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 356 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PARTS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...

AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE FIRST STORM...WHICH HAS HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES...WAS OVER WESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING
EASTWARD AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS STORM HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY AROUND 930 PM CDT.

ANOTHER AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN DONLEY AND
WESTERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTIES OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND
LIKELY WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BECKHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM
CDT.

OTHER STORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY SOUTH
OF CACHE.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER OKLAHOMA IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE THIS EVENING...AND
THE WIND PROFILE REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. OVER MOST OF
THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
800 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER HARMNON AND BECKHAM COUNTIES...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 356 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

AT 800 PM RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY INTESIFYING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN BECKHAM AND HARMON COUNTIES.  THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERICK SOUTHWARD TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINSON. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
820 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR FOARD AND HARDEMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHERN BAYLOR COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM
OVER YOUNG COUNTY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WILL PROBABLY
BE IN THE GRAHAM AREA BY 830 PM. THE STORM OVER BAYLOR COUNTY WAS MOVING
TOWARD SEYMOUR AND SHOULD SOON BE IN THE SEYMOUR AREA. SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND IN  THE
EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EXTENDED INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE STORMS
IN THE PANHANDLE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
913 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...TORNADO WARNING FOR GREER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BECKHAM COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARMON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM...

AT 913 RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO IN WESTERN GREER COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF REED. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE BECKHAM-GREER COUNTY LINE
SOUTHEAST OF ERICK. MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS WAS ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER WEST OF HOLLIS MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
915 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 1 AM AND NOW INCLUDES WILBARGER.

AT 915 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS YOUNG COUNTY AND
NORTH OF SEYMOUR. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY NORTH.

OTHER MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH OF ALTUS TO JUST WEST
OT TRUSCOTT. THE STORM ENTERING NORTHWEST FOARD COUNTY IS VERY STRONG
AND LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO DEVELOP QUICKLY. STAY ALERT...BUT BE PREPARE$D TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY.