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| HERE ARE THE CHASE & STORM REPORTS FOR THE 2002 SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. NOTE: THIS PAGE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS THE 2002 CHASE SEASON PROGRESES THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE EITHER FROM SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS OR FROM ACTUAL CHASES FROM SEVERE WEATHER THAT HIT TEXHOMA DURING THE 2002 SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. THIS WILL INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OR GRAPHICS. THESE REPORTS ARE ONLY FOR THE TEXHOMA AREA OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE T.A.S.C. CHASE TEAM CHASE AREA. SOME REPORTS MAY ALSO INCLUDE AREAS JUST OUT OF TEXHOMA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE....IN TEXAS.....CHILDRESS COTTLE KING FOARD HARDEMAN KNOX HASKELL WILBARGER BAYLOR THROCKMORTON WICHITA ARCHER YOUNG CLAY JACK WISE MONTAGUE & PALO PINTO. IN OKLAHOMA....BECKHAM HARMON GREER WASHITA KIOWA TILLMAN JACKSON COMANCHE COTTON GRADY CADDO STEPHENS & JEFFERSON. |
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| APRIL 17TH DRYLINE STORMS II ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 17TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FORECAST FOR ALL OF TEXHOMA. A DRYLINE WAS FORECAST TO SET UP OVER OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES AND BE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS IN PLACE AS WELL AS HIGH INSTABILITY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. AS THE DRYLINE RETREATED TO THE WEST STORMS BEGAN TO FIRE ALONG IT. A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 5PM TILL 11PM FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF TEXHOMA. THIS INCLUDED THE LAWTON & WICHITA FALLS AREAS AND POINTS TO THE WEST. SEVERE STORMS SOON BEGAN TO FORM. SEEVRE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WOULD BE ISSUED AS SUPERCELL STORMS BEAGN TO FORM IN THE WESTERN PART OF TEXHOMA. WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR BECKHAM WASHITA CHILDRESS HARMON HARDEMAN FOARD COTTLE & KING COUNTIES. BECKAHM COUNTY HAD NUMEROUS HAIL REPORTS THAT RANGED FROM HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF ERICK TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES OF SAYRE AND ALSO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELK CITY. TWO SUPERCELL STORMS WOULD MOVE INTO THIS AREA AND BOTH PRODUCED TORNADO WARNINGS FOR BECKHAM AND WASHITA COUNTIES. ONLY ONE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN TEXHOMA HOWEVER AND THAT WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELK CITY. NO DAMAMGE WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME. OTHER STORMS WOULD PRODUCE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WES TOF PADUCAH IN COTTLE COUNTY AND ALSO 66 MPH WINDS AT THE CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN CHILDRESS COUNTY. THE STORMS WOULD THEN MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 11PM TILL 3AM FOR BECKHAM WASHITA AND CADDO COUNTIES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAD ENDED IN TEXHOMA BY THIS TIME. |
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APRIL 29TH HAIL STORMS ON MONDAY APRIL 29TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TEXAS TO SEYMOUR TEXAS TO BURKBURNETT TEXAS TO RANDLETT OKLAHOMA TO PAULS VALLEY OKLAHOMA. STRONG TO SEVERE STOTRMS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A VERY STRONG WARM SEMI-STATIONARY WARM FRONT WAS DRAPPED ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND THIS FRONT INTERSECTED A DRYLINE NEAR THE ABILIENE AREA. THIS ALONG WITH ADEQUATE DAY TIME HEATING AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BREAK A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION THAT WAS IN PLACE. AT 5PM STORMS BEGAN TO FIRE JUST SOUTHEAST OF ABILIENE TEXAS. THESE STORMS WOULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 5PM TILL 10 PM FOR THROCKMORTON YOUNG JACK WISE MONTAGUE & PALO PINTO COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALSO SOON DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN PALO PINTO COUNTY. THIS STORM TOOK ON CLASSIC SUPERCELLULAR STRUCTURE AND PRODUCED 60 MPH WINDS AT MINERAL WELLS TEXAS. THIS STORM WOULD MOVE INTO WISE COUNTY AND PRODUCE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT AND SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AT DECATUR. ANOTHER SUPERCELL BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR YOUNG JACK & MONTAGUE COUNTIES FOR A STORM THAT WOULD PRODUCE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT JERMYN AND 60MPH WINDS AT GRAHAM ALONG WITH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF GRAHAM. THIS STORM WOULD DIE NEAR THE BOWIE AREA IN MONTAGUE COUNTY RAPIDLY. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR CLAY ARCHER AND THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES UNTIL MOIDNIGHT BUT YET ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 5AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXHOMA. NEW STORMS BEAGN TO FORM IN NORTHER YOUNG & THROCKMORTON COUNTIES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING S HAD TO BE ISSUED FOR ARCHER CLAY YOUNG HASKELL & BAYLOR COUNTIES. THESE STORMS PRODUCED HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT NEWPORT IN CLAY COUNTY AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERT IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY. HASKELL COUNTY WOULD ALSO REPORT QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT STIGLER. THESE STORMS WOULD WEAKEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 1AM. PHOTO LEFT OF SUPERCELL STORM NEAR DECATUR TEXAS ON 4/29/02 PHOTO BY JASON BROCK |
| MAY 5TH MODERATE RISK DAY ON SUNDAY MAY 5TH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR ALL OF TEXHOMA. THE MODERATE RISK AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GAGE OKLAHOM TO OKLAHOMA CITY YO LAKE TEXHOMA. EAST OF THIS LINE THERE WAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ALONG A DRYLINE THAT STRETCHED FROM BOISE CITY OKLAHOME TO ROSWELL NEW MEXICO. A WEAK WARM FRONT WAS ALSO DRAPPED JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER AND A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS ALSO DRAPPED ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. A WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS ALSO DRAPPED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA DUE TO SUPERCELL STORMS THAT FORMED THE NIGHT BEFORE JUST SOUTH OF TEXHOMA ALONG THE WARM FRONT. ALL OF THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH A WEAK CAP IN PLACE WOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A PRETTY GOOD ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG TORNADOES WERE POSSIBLE AND STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE WEAK WARM FRONT NEAR THE RED RIVER BUT NO STORMS FORMED AS THE FRONT DIED OUT. AT 5PM A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AS WELL AS FOR CHILDRESS COUNTY IN TEXHOMA. VERY STRONG STORMS BEGAN TO FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE FROM THE NORTHERN MOST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO WESTOF AMARILLO TO NEAR LUBBOCK TEXAS TO MIDLAND TEXAS. TORNADO WATCHES REACHED FROM THE RIO GRNADE RIVER ALL THE WAY TO ALMOST THE CANADIAN BORDER. NUMEROUS TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH MOST OF THE REPORTS COMING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A LARGE TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TOWN OF HAPPY TEXAS KILLING AS MANY AS FOUR. THIS SAME STORM WOULD MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF TEXHOMA. NEAR MEMPHIS THIS STORM PRODUCED ANOTHER TORNADO AFTER DARK AND TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR THE STORM IN CHILDRESS HARMON & GREER COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OVER 100 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR MEMPHIS. THIS STORM WOULD ALSO DROP GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 20 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS. A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR OUR WESTERN OKLHAOM COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM AND WOULD BE EXTENDED UNTIL 3AM FOR COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA A BIT FURTHER WEST. THIS WATCH WOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE HOWEVER AT MIDNIGHT AS THE STORMS WEAKENED. THE STORMS WOULD BE SEVERE HOWEVER IN BECKHAM KIOWA WASHITA GRADY CADDO & JACKSON COUNTIES. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT GRANITE IN GREER COUNTY AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOBART. 6O MPH WINDS ALSO OCCURRED EAST OF COWDEN IN WASHITA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WOULD PUSH TOWARDS THE OKC METRO AREA PRODUCING MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER. |
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MAY 7TH PALO PINTO STORM ON TUESDAY MAY 8TH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR A SMALL PART OF TEXHOMA. THE MODERATE RISK AREA WAS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM HOBART OKLAHOMA TO OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS POSSIBLE WEST OF A LINE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO THROCKMORTON TEXAS. STORMS WERE FORECAST TO FORM ALONG A DRYLINE ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS PANAHANDLE AND THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS ALSO DRAPPED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN KANSAS IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. A TORANDO WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AT 4PM BUT THIS DID NOT INCLUDE ANY COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA. STORMS FORMED IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL OKLHAHOMA AND MOVED INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING HIGH WINDS LARGE HAIL AND NUMEROUS TORNADOES. STORMS ALSO FORMED WEST OF THE ABILIENE AND SAN ANGELO AREAS AND THESE STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXHOMA AND TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN AND AROUNDTHE ABILIENE AREA. ONE SUPERCELL STORM MOVED INTO PALO PINTO COUNTY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS SUPERCELL COLLAPSED HOWEVER JUST SOUTH OF THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE AREA. AS A RESULT STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TRAVELED NORTH OUT OF THE STORM ACROSS JACK CLAY YOUNG & ARCHER COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA. THESE WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES A FAR NORTH AS ARCHER CITY AND LAKE ARROWHEAD. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN BOTH AREAS. ALL THE STORMS TO THE SOUTH WEAKEND ABOUT 11PM AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHIFTED BACK TO NORTH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. |
| MAY 8TH PALO PINTO STORM II ON WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF TEXHOMA. THE MODERATE RISK AREA WAS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO ARDMORE OKLHOMA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF TEXHOMA EXCEPT FOR OUR FAR WESTERN TEXAS COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA. A DRYLINE WAS FORECAST TO SPARK THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AT THE SAME TIME A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS POISED TO HELP MOVE THE DRYLINE EASTWARD. THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN TEXAS PANAHNDLE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND INTO KANSAS. A STRONG CAP WAS IN PLACE HOWEVER AND WOULD PROVE TO BE STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. THIS WOULD HELP TO SUPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER AT 3PM A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR ALL TEXHOMA COUNTIES NORTH OF THE RED RIVER EXCEPT JEFFERSON COUNTY. AN HOUR LATER AT 4PM AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES IN TEXHOMA WHICH INCLUDED JACK YOUNG WISE MONTAGUE & PALO PINTO. STORMS DID FIRE ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS THE NIGHT BEFORE ACROSS SOUTHER TEXHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR PALO PINTO COUNTY. HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT GORDON AND ALSO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL WELLS. THESE STORMS WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE FORT WORTH AREA AND PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL BEFORE WEAKENING. TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ALSO ISSUED SOUTH OF THE ABILIENE AREA. ON A SIDE NOTE SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOAM FORMED ALONG THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS SENT OUT OUTFLOW WINDS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH REPORTED NEAR LAWTON OKLAHOMA. A HIGH WIND WARNING WAS ISSUED ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THERE WAS NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE. |
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MAY 11TH THROCKMORTON AM STORM & COTTLE PM SUPERCELL ON SATURDAY MAY 11TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF TEXHOMA THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO WICHITA FALLS TO MINERAL WELLS TEXAS. A WARM FRONT WAS FORECAST TO PUSH TO THE NORTH INTO THE AREA AS WELL AS A DRYLINE SET UP TO THE WEST OF TEXHOMA IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE WARM FRONT AS WELL AS THE DRYLINE LATER IN THE DAY. AT 10PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 2AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR OUR FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. STORMS BEGAN TO FIRE ALONG THE WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF TEXHOMA INTO THE DFW AREA. AT 2AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THROCKMORTON COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL TO GOLFBALLS AND WINDS TO 60MPH. THE STORM DID NOT STAY SEVERE LONG AND SOON DROPPED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LATER THAT DAY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE STORMS THAT MORNING PUSHED WEST ACROSS TEXHOMA AND THE WARM FRONT LIFTED TO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE DRYLINE ALSO FIRMED UP IN THE PANHANDLE PROMPTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CHILDRESS COTTLE & KING COUNTIES FROM 7PM TILL 1AM. A SUPERCELL STORM FORMED JUST NEAR PLAINVIEW TEXAS AND THIS STORM MOVED EAST INTO EXTREME WESTERN TEXHOMA PROMPTING TORNADO WARNINGS ALONG ITS WAY ALONG WITH WINDS TO 70 MPH AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WOULD MOVE INTO COTTLE COUNTY AND A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR COTTLE COUNTY. THIS ONE STORM WOULD ALSO CAUSE A TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED UNTIL 3AM FOR COTTLE KING CHILDRESS FOARD HARDEMAN KNOX WILBARGER BAYLOR WICHITA ARCHER JACKSON TILLMAN & COTTON COUNTIES. THE STORM COLLAPSED IN COTTLE COUNTY HOWEVER AND PRODUCED ZSTRONG OUTFLOW WINDS BUT THAT WA ABOUT IT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1AM AND THE TORNADO WATCH WAS CANCELLED AT 12AM. |
| MAY 17TH NORTHERN TEXHOMA WIND STORMS ON THURSDAY MAY 17TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR A LARGE POTION OF TEXHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TEXAS TO CHILDRESS TEXAS. LATER IN THE EVENING A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE FORECAST FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHERN TEXHOMA MAINLY FOR BECKHAM AND WASHITA COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO TEXHOMA DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. A DRYLINE WAS ALSO SET UP IN WESTERN PARTS OF TEXHOMA MAINLY FROM LINE FROM ELK CITY TO ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO MUNDAY TEXAS. THE FRONT WOULD BE A FOCUS FOR SEVERE STORMS TO FORM IN THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AND THESE STORMS WOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO TEXHOMA. WHAT WAS NOT FORECAST HOWEVER WAS A WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS TEXHOMA THAT STRETCHED FROM ADA OKLAHOMA TO WICHITA FALLS TO THROCKMORTON TEXAS. THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAD A HARD TIME BREAKING A STRONG CAP THAT HAD WEAKEND DURING THE DAY BUT STRONG STORMS FIRED FROM GRAHAM TEXAS TO ADA OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WOULD DROP DIME SIZE HAIL AS WELL AS 55 MPH WINDS BUT ONE STORM DID GO SEVERE OVER WISE COUNTY. THIS STORM WOULD PRODUCE 60 MPH WINDS 7 MILES WEST OF DECATUR AS WELL AS 80 MPH WINDS IN DECATUR ITSELF. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED BEFORE THESE STORMS DIED OUT AND MOVED EAST. STORMS THAT HAD FIRED AS FORECAST IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WERE ALSO SEVERE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT IN THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANAHANDLES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ROLLED INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR BECKHAM WASHITA CADDO GRADY KIOWA & GREER COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR BECKHAM COUNTY AS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORMS BEGAN TO FORM A BOW ECHO AND WINDS TO 100 MPH OR HIGHER WERE REPORTED NORTH OF CADDO COUNTY. CADDO COUNTY WOULD HAVE NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COGAR AND 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF MINCO AND WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED IN CHICKASHA IN GRADY COUNTY. JEFFERSON COUNTY WOULD HAVE WINDS TO 60 MPH NEAR PARK. WASHITA AND STEPEHENS COUNTIES WOULD ALSO HAVE WARNINGS FOR WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE. THE STORMS WOULD WEAKEN AS THE FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA BUT THE FRONT WOULD HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH. THE STORMS ENDED ABOUT 4AM WHEN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 7AM FOR STEPHENS JEFFERSON COMANCHE COTTON TILMAN WICHITA MONTAGUE JACK WISE PALO PINTO & CLAY COUNTIES BUT SEVERE WEATHER HAD PRETTY MUCH ENDED. |
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MAY 23RD CHILDRESS COUNTY STORM ON THURSDAY MAY 23RD A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF TEXHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM OKLHOMA CITY TO LAWTON OKLAHOMA TO KNOX CITY TEXAS. STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE TEXAS PANAHANDLE LATE IN THE DAY AND MOVE EAST INTO PARTS OF TEXHOMA. A DRYLINE WAS FORECAST TO SET UP OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND A COLD FRONT WAS DRAPPED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. ALSO AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED STRETCHING ALONG THE RED RIVER. A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WOULD INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE TEXHOMA AREA BUT EARLY IN THE DAY ONE STORM DID FORM OVER CHILDRESS COUNTY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. OTHER STORMS ALSO MOVED FROM SEYMOUR TO ALTUS TO CHICKASHA BUT DID NOT BECOME SEVERE. LATER IN THE DAY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF CHILDRESS COTTLE & BECKHAM. STORMS FIRED IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BUT MAINLY STAYED JUST TO THE NORTH OF TEXHOMA PRODUCING SOME TORNADOES AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS WOULD DIE OUT AND YET ANOTHER WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR A FEW MORE COUNTIES IN NORTHERN TEXHOMA BUT NO STORMS MOVED INTO THE AREA. |
| MAY 24TH MODERATE RISK DAY ON FRIDAY MAY 24TH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR ALL OF TEXHOMA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SURROUNDED THE MODERATE RISK AREA. STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO FIRE AT A TRIPLE POINT INTERSECTION OF A DRYLINE STRETCHED ACROSS FAR WESTERN TEXHOMA AS WELL AS A COLD FRONT ACCROSS NORTHERN TEXHOMA AND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG THE RED RIVER.. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS ALSO LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF CHILDRESS. THE TRIPLE POINT WOULD SLOWLYMOVE NORTH TOWARDS THE HOBART AREA. AT 3PM A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 9PM FOR MOST OF TEXHOMA EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTHEAST. THE T.A.S.C. CHASE TEAM WAS READY FOR DEPLOYMENT AND WE LEFT THE WICHITA FALLS AREA AT 3PM. AS WE HEADED TOWARDS CHILDRESS TEXAS THE FIRST STORM FORMED JUST WEST OF CHILDRESS AND QUICKLY BECAME SEVERE PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60MPH. OTHERE STORMS BEGAN TO FIRE TO THE SOUTH OF THIS STORM INTO COTTLE & KING COUNTIES. THE STORM MOVED TOWARDS THE HOLLIS OKLAHOMA AREA AND WE TURNED NORTH OUT OF QUANAH TO INTERCEPT THE STORM. AS WE DID THE OTHER STORMS TO THE SOUTH BECAME SEVERE AS WELL BUT THE STORM TOWARDS HOLLIS SHOWED THE BEST ROTATION SO WE MET UP WITH THIS STORM JUST SOUTH OF GOULD. WE FOLLOWED THE STORM EAST TOWARDS DUKE AND THEN WENT NORTH TOWARDS MANGUM. WE WITNESSED SEVERAL WALL CLOUDS AND A FEW FUNNELS ALONG THE WAY BUT THE STORM SEEMED TO GET STRONGER NEAR REED OKLAHOMA THEN TURNED A BIT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BACKBUILT A BIT. AS WE WATCHED THE STORM JUST NORTH OF DUKE LIGHTNING BEGAN TO INTENSIFY AND A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS NOTED JUST NEAR REED. THIS BECAME RAIN WRAPPED AND THEN A SECOND WALL CLOUD TO THE SOUTH SHOWED SIGHNS OF ROTATION. LIGHTNING WAS VERY CLOSE AT THIS POINT AND ONE BOLT STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLL JUST BEHIND THE CHASE VEHICLE AS WE TOOK VIDEO. THIS STORM WOULD ALSO BEGAN TO DROP HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS TO 60 MPH ON US SO WE WENT BACK TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS DUKE THEN EAST TOWARDS ALTUS FOLLOWING THE STORM ALONG THE WAY. THE STORM CONTINUED TO SHOW SIGHNS OF ROTATION UNTIL IT GOT JUST NORTH OF ALTUS AND BEGAN TO WEAKEN. IN THE MEANTIME OTHER STORMS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH BECAME SEVERE. ONE STORM IN HASKELL COUNTY TEXAS HAD A TORNADO WARNING BUT NO TORNADO WAS SITED. ANOTHER STORM MOVED OVER THE LAKE KEMP TEXAS AREA AND NEAR SEYMOUR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. STORM AFTER STORM FIRED UP BEHIND THESE STORMS AND WE HEADED SOUTH BACK TOWARDS VERNON TO NTERCEPT A STORM COMING OUT OF FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES THAT WAS SHOWING ROOD ROTATION ON RADAR. WE CAUGHT UP WITHTHSIS TORM IN VERNON AND SAT JUST EAST OF TOWN WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PUSH IN. THE STORM TURNED TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AS WE WATCHED IN AMAZEMENT A LARGE MULTIPLE VORTICES TORNADO FORMED JUST SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. WE TOOK VIDEO AND WATCHED AS THE TWISTER STARTED TO FROM A LARGE WEDGE BUT THEN SUDDENLY GUSTED OUT AND BECAME RAIN WRAPPED. MOST OF THE STORMS ON THIS DAY WERE HIGH PRECIPITATION SUPERCELLS. SO THE STORMS WOULD WRAP UP IN RAIN THEN RECYCLE THEMSELVES. THE VERNON STORM WOULD GUST OUT PRODUCING WINDS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH AND ALMOST BLEW KSWO TV-7 DOORS OFF OF THEIR CHASE VEHICLE. NEAR ALTUS WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH 70 MPH WINDS BUT WE KEPT THE DOORS SHUT. THE VERNON STORM WOULD DIE OUT BUT NEW STORMS WOULD FORM TO THE WEST IN FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES YET AGAIN. THESE STORMS WOULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GIVE RISE TO NEW STORMS LATER IN THE EVENING NEAR THROCKMORTON AND HASKELL THAT PRODUCED TORNADO WARNINGS AROUND 2AM AND ASLO FLASH FLOODING WITH AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES REPORTED. THE TORNADO WARNING HAD BEEN EXTENDED AT THIS POINT UNTIL MIDNIGHHT FOR PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AREAS BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD NOT END UNTIL ABOUT 4AM. SOME SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS THAT CAME IN INCLUDED IN CHILDRESS COUNTY QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT CHILDRESS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS. IN HARMON COUNTY NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLIS AND 9 MILES EAST OF HOLLIS AS WELL AS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT GOULD AND HOLLIS. GREER COUNTY REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 11 MILES WEST OF WILLOW AND 3 MILES WEST OF REED.HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANGUM. IN COTTLE COUNTY QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 17 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH AND 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALSO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH. BECKHAM COUNTY HAD NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT SAYRE AND QUARTER SIZE AHIL 4 MILES WEST OF ELK CITY. KING COUNTY HAD GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE AND NICKEL SIZE HAILIN GUTHRIE. HARDEMAN COUNTY WOULD HAVE MANY REPORTS INCLUDING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT QUANAH AND 4 MILES WEST OF CHILICOTHE. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES NORTH OF QUANAH AND AT GOODLETT. NICKELS WAS ALSO REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOCKETT ALONG WITH 60 MPH WINDS 4 MILES WEST CHILICOTHE. WASHITA COUNTY HAD NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANUTE AND AT BURNS FLAT AND 3 MILES SOUTH OF FOSS. 62 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED AT BURNS FLAT. KNOX COUNTY HAD BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF BENJAMIN AND QUARTER SIZE AHIL AT GILLILAND. FOARD COUNTY HAD NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT THALIA AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROWELL. JACKSON COUNTY HAD NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT MARTHA AND 7 MILES WEST OF ELDORADO. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AT OLUSTEE. HASKELL COUNTY WOULD HAVE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT HASKELL AND FINALLY STEPHENS COUNTY WOULD HAVE 58 MPH WINDS AT THE DUNCAN HOLLIBURTON AIR FIELD FROM STORMS THAT WERE DECAYING LATER IN THE EVENING. OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAD WARNINGS INCLUDED WILBARGER BAYLOR & THROCKMORTON. PHOTO RIGHT OF TORNADO NEAR VERNON TEXAS ON 5/24/02. VIDCAP BY JASON BROCK |
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MAY 27TH WILBARGER COUNTY STORM ON MONDAY MAY 27TH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF TEXHOMA MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ARDMORE TO ALTUS OKLAHOMA. AN AREA OF STORMS DURING THE MORNING WAS FORECAST TO PRODUCE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WOULD BEACCROSS FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH A WARM FRON ACROSS CENTRAL TEXHOMA WOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR STORMS INTERACTING WTH A DRYLINBE ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STORMS DURING THE MORNING MOVING ACROSS TEXHOAM WERE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE BUT AT 4AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR WILBARGER COUNTY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BUT NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WOULD DIE OUT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. OTHER STORMS WOULD FORM LATER THAT AFTERNOON ALOGN THE DRYLINE IN WEST TEXAS AND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE ISSUED FOR JACK WISE & PALO PINTO COUNTIES AS WELL AS THROCKMORTON & HASKELL COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCHES WERE ISSUED FOR CHILDRESS COTTLE KING FOARD HARDEMAN KNOX WILBARGER BAYLOR JACKSON & HARMON COUNTIES BUT NO WARNINGS WERE EVER ISSUED. THE STORMS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH WOULD PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE GUSTNADOES AND A FEW TORNADOES NEAR LUBBOCK & ABILIENE. |
| JUNE 4TH COLD FRONT STORMS ON TUESDAY JUNE 4TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR A LARGE PART OF TEXHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TO HENRIETTA TEXAS TO MINERAL WELLS TEXAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO TEXHOMA FROM THE NORTHEAST. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S AND TEMPS IN THE 90S AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FORECAST TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AS TEMPS WOULD FALL INTO THE 60S BEHIND THE FRONT. THERE WOULD HOWEVER BE A LACK OF WINDS AT THE SURFACE TO HELP STORMS BUT THIS WOULD NOT MATTER MUCH AND WINDS AT THE SURFACE WERE FORECAST TO INCREASE A BIT DURING THE EVENING. STORMS FORMED JUST TO THE WEST OF TEXHOMA AND MOVED INTO CHILDRESS COTTLE KING & GREER COUNTIES EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON PROMPTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. NO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA BUT A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED UNTIL 8PM FOR THE LUBBOCK AREA. THE SEVERE STORMS IN WESTERN TEXHOMA WOULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL REPORTS SUCH AS QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BECKHAM COUNTY 1 MILE NORTH OF ERICK. IN CHILDRESS COUNTY NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. GREER COUNTY HAD NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT WILLOW AS WELL. THESE STORMS WOULD WEAKEN BUT STORMS TO THE WEST AROUND THE LUBBOCK AREA WOULD MOVE IN LATER IN THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WOULD REPLACE THE TORNADO WATCH OUT WEST AND IT WOULD INCLUDE CHILDRESS COTTLE KING & HASKELL COUNTIES OF TEXHOMA AND WOULD BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM. ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA UNTIL 3:30 AM. A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WOULD TRAIN OVER THE AREA OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD TO BE ISSUED FOR COMACHE COUNTY AS UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED. AS THE STORMS OUT TO THE WEST MOVED IN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR COTTLE BAYLOR & KNOX COUNTIES. THE STORM NEAR COTTLE COUNTY HAD 80 MPH WINDS AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL BEFORE IT MOVED INTO COTTLE COUNTY. THE STORMS DOWN IN BAYLOR AND KNOX DROPPED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST OF RED SPRINGS AND 5 MILES EAST OF VERA. ALSO 60 MPH WINDS SNAPPED 3-4 INCH TREES NEAR WESTOVER. ANOTHER STORM IN HASKELL COUNTY WOULD FORM A SMALL SUPERCELL STORM JUST AHEAD OF A MAIN LINE. THIS STORM WOULD PRODUCE A TORNADO NEAER STAMFORD AND THE TWISTER MOVED TO THE EAST AND THE STORM MERGED WITH THE MAIN AREA OF STORMS. TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ALSO ISSUED FOR THIS SAME STORM IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY AS A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY AT ELBERT. THE STORMS WOULD FINALLY BEGAN TO BOW OUT AND MOVE TOWARDS THE ARCHER CITY AND WICHITA FALLS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR ARCHER AND WICHITA COUNTIES. WINDS TO 58 MPH WERE REPORTED IN WICHITA COUNTY ALONG WITH VERY INTENSE ALMOST CONTINOUS LIGHTNING. AS MANY AS 1500 STROKES PER HALF HOUR WERE REPORTED. THE STORMSWOULD FINALLY PUSH INTO CLAY & MONTAGUE COUNTIES PROMPTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL 2 MILES EAST OF BLUEGROVE AND 60 MPH WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN IN MONTAGUE COUNTY. THE T.A.S.C. CHASE TEAM FOLLOWED THESE STORMS TO ABOUT BOWIE TEXAS. QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HIT OUR VEHICLE ALONG WITH 60 MPH WINDS JUST EAST OF HENRIETTA BUT LUCKILY NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE VEHICLE. WE HAD BEEN TAKING LIGHTNING PICS ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF HENRIETTA AND HAD TO LET THE STORM PASS OVER US. ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR HASKELL COUNTY EARLIER AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS PUSHED A BIT FURTHER SOUTH AND EXTENDED UNTIL 5AM AND THEN UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY FOR CLAY JEFFERSON & STEPHENS COUNTIES. |
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JUNE 13TH WISE & HASKELL COUNTY STORMS ON THURSDAY MAY 13TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR A LARGE PART OF TEXHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO SEYMOUR TEXAS. A COOL FRONT WAS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE AREA BRINGING WITH IT A LINE OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY GUSTY WINDS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. DUNCAN NO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT DURINBG MIDDDAY WHEN THE LINE OF STORMS PUSHED THROUGH. DUNCAN DID REPORT WINDS TO 55 MPH AND SOME WIND DAMAMGE HOWEVER. LAWTON & WICHITA FALLS ALSO REPORTED WINDS FROM 50-55 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR WISE COUNTY FOR WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO NICKELS. THE TORNADO SIRENS WERE ALSO SOUNDED AT FORT SILL IN LAWTON FOR AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY A FALSE ALARM HOWEVER. LATER IN THE EVENING THE FRONT WOULD SLOW DOWN A BIT AND ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO FORM AROUND THE ABILIENE AREA. THESE STORMS WOULD PRODUCE TORNADO WARNINGS. A COUPLE OF STRONG STORMS OVER HASKELL COUNTY BECAME SEVERE WITH WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO GOLFBALLS BUTTHESESTORMS MOVED TO THE SOUTH . |
| JUNE 15TH TEXHOMA DERECHO WIND STORMS SATURDAY JUNE 15TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR MOST OF TEXHOMA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND MOVE RADIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. THIS WOULD SPARK A LARGE COMPLEX OF SEVERE STORMS TO ROLL DIRECTLY OVER TEXHOMA. AT 5PM A LARGE PART OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS UPGRADED TO A MODERATE RISK MAINY EAST OF A LINE FROM BUFFALOE OKLAHOMA TO SEYMOUR TEXAS. THE REST OF THE AREA WAS IN A SLIGHT RISK. AT 4PM A PDS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR BECKHAM & WASHITA COUNTIES UNTIL 10PM. HAIL TO GOLFBALLS AND WINDS TO 80 MPH WERE EXPECTED. AT ABOUT 7PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED TO THE SOUTH OF THIS WATCH TO INCLUDE MOST OF TEXHOMA UNTIL 1AM SUNDAY MORNING. THERE WERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY COUNTY IN TEXHOMA AT SOMEPOINT DURING THE EVENING. WHILE HAIL WAS NOT TOO BIG OF A PROBLEM A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS DID COME IN. COTTLE COUNTY REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT CEE VEE AND HAIL TO PENNY SIZE WAS WIDE SPREAD. WHAT PROVED TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS BESIDES HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT REACHED AS HIGH AS 100 MPH IN SOME AREAS. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ALL ACROSS TEXHOMA. ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE I HAVE SEEN. WHILE I HAVE SEEN WORSE WIND DAMAGE I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT THIS SPREAD OUT. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO HOUSTON TEXAS. IN THE LOCAL AREA 58 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON IN TILLMAN COUNTY.BECKHAM COUNTY HAD WINDS TO 60 MPH AT SWEETWATER. 6O MPH AT HYDRO IN CADDO COUNTY. BECKHAM COUNTY ALSO HAD 70 MPH WINDS SAYRE. WASHITA COUNTY HAD 60 MPH WINDS 6 MILES NORTH OF COLONY. CADDO COUNTY ALSO HAD 65 MPH WINDS 7 MILES WEST OF HINTON. 80 MPH WINDS CAME IN 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONE WOLF IN KIOWA COUNTY. WASHITA COUNTY ALSO HAD 69 MPH WINDS 2 MILES SOUTH OF RETROP. BECKHAM ALSO HAD 60 MPH WINDS AT RETROP. CADDO COUNTY HAD 64 MPH WINDS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF COBB. HARMON HAD 75 MPH WINDS 4 MILES WEST OF HOLLIS. GREER COUNTY HAD 69 MPH WINDS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANGUM. 62 MPH WINDS OCCURRED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOBART IN KIOWA COUNTY. 60 MPH WINDS 4 MILES SOUTN OF ANADARKO OCCURRED IN CADDO AS WELL. THE HIGHEST ACTUAL MEASURED WIND GUST OCCURRED IN CHILDRESS COUNTY AT THE CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OF 97 MPH. 60 MPH WINDS OCCURRED AT MINCO IN GRADY COUNTY 60 MPH ALSO OCCURRED 2 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN PARK. LAWTON HAD 60 MPH WINDS IN COMANCHE COUNTY. ALTUS HAD 70 MPH WINDS IN JACKSON COUNTY. 72 MPH WINDS OCCURRED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSH SPRINGS IN GRADY COUNTY. 70 MPH OCCURRED AT ANADARKO IN CADDO. 58 MPH OCCURRED 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON IN TILLMAN COUNTY. COTTLE COUNTY HAD 60 MPH WINDS 10 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH. FOARD COUNTY HAD 75 MPH WINDS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROWELL HARDEMAN COUNTY HAD 60 MPH WINDS 3 MILES NORTH OF CHILICOTHE. COTTLE ALSO HAD 70 MPH WINDS AT PADUCAH.WILBARGER REPORTED WINDS TO 70 MPH AT OKLAUNION. 84 MPH WINDS HIT TILLMAN COUNTY 3 MILES WEST OF GRANDFIELD. BURKBURNETT HAD 92 MPH WINDS IN WICHITA COUNTY. COTON COUNTY HAD 68 MPH WINDS 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF WALTERS. COTTLE ALSO HAD 60 MPH WINDS AT CEE VEE . 60 MPH WINDS ALSO OCCURRED AT GRANDFIELD. COMANCHE HAD 60 MPH WINDS IN STEPHENS COUNTY. GUTHRIE HAD 60 MPH WINDS IN KING COUNTY. WICHITA FALLS HAD WINDS TO 83 MPH IN WICHITA COUNTY. STEPHENS COUNTY ASLO HAD 65 MPH WINDS AT WAURIKA. 90 MPH WINDS OCCURRED IN KNOX COUNTY AT MUNDAY. 75 MPH WINDS OCCURRED AT HOLLIDAY IN ARCHER COUNTY. 60 MPH WINDS ALSO OCCURRED 13 MILES SOUTH OF VERNON. 70 MPH 7 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL 60 MPH WAURIKA 90 MPH ARCHER CITY 70 MPH THROCKMORTON 60 MPH OLNEY 65 MPH HENRIETTA 60 MPH JACKSBORO 60 MPH NEWCASTLE 60 MPH ELBERT 60 MPH RINGOLD 70 MPH AT KNOX CITY 74 MPH MINERAL WELLS AND FINALLY 60 MPH AT GRAHAM. Strong storm blasts through area Winds of 70 mph rode in on thunderstorms Saturday night, blasting over power lines, telephone wires, trees and a mobile home in the Wichita Falls area, officials said. The mobile home in City View was not occupied, officials said. But power lines trapped at least one motorist about 10:20 p.m. in the 1700 block of Pearlie drive near Sheppard Air Force Base. At 10:40 p.m., people were reported trapped inside an automobile in a ditch with water rising around it on U.S. 287. In addition, an automobile was trapped under power lines under the overpass at Interstate 44 and Old Iowa Park Road. Police and firefighters scrambled to answer a barrage of calls that began about 10:15 p.m. Transformer fires and wires down were the most common calls. Sirens went off in the city at 10:15 p.m. to alert residents to sustained, straight-line winds of more than 55 mph. But severe weather spotters had not reported any rotation by 11 p.m. The worst of the severe weather had subsided by then. Besides Wichita Falls, power outages were reported in Iowa Park and the Cashion Community. Severe thunderstorms blustered through much of North Texas Saturday night, blasting straight winds of more than 90 mph in some areas and possibly dropping tennis ball-sized hail, officials said. At 9:30 p.m., the storms were most intense in the North Texas counties of Hardeman, Childress, Wilbarger and Knox, Ken Gallant, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said. Heavy rain and severe winds swept through Hardeman, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said. Big trees to the west of Quanah, Texas, were down, but no other reports of weather damage had been received by 9:30 p.m. The thunderstorms blew in from Lawton, Okla., puffing southeast at 45 mph to 50 mph. Thousands powerless, jets grounded Saturday night's wind storm has left more than tree limbs and broken glass in its wake. Thousands of families and businesses in the Wichita Falls area were without power Monday morning. There were no injuries reported in connection with the storm, even with sustained winds clocked at 70 mph or great. There were windgusts reported at 82 mph in Wichita Falls, 92 mph in Burkburnett, according to the National Weather Service. The storm's damage was not limited to north Texas, however, damage was scattered in a wide path from the Amarillo area in the Texas panhandle, throughout north- and southwest Oklahoma and down into north Texas to just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Officials at Oncor, a division of TXU, said Monday 13,500 customers were still in the dark, so to speak, for a second straight day. Crews from the metroplex, Oklahoma and west Texas have been called in to assist. There were also reports that Sheppard Air Force Base had suspended some training flights due to damage from the storm. PHOTO TO RIGHT OF GUSTFRONT MOVING INTO WICHITA FALLS ON 6/15/02 |
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