WUUS1 KOKC 172045  
SVROKC  
OKC017-073-172145-  
  
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK  
343 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR  
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  
  
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA  
     CANADIAN AND KINGFISHER  
  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS  
     CALUMET...DOVER...EL RENO...HENNESSEY...KINGFISHER...LOYAL  
     ...OKARCHE...OMEGA...PIEDMONT...RICHLAND...UNION CITY AND  
     YUKON  
  
AT 343 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES  
SOUTHWEST OF KINGFISHER. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST  
OF DOVER.  
  
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND  
WIND FROM 70 TO 90 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM KINGFISHER TO OKARCHE TO EL  
RENO.  
  
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL  
WHICH MAY CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND SERIOUS INJURY TO  
PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK.  DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE  
ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  MOVE TO A STURDY STRUCTURE AND  
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE  
THROUGH THIS STORM.  
  
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PARTICULARLY DAMAGING  
WINDS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...QUICKLY SEEK  
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO  
NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS.  REMEMBER...MANY DEATHS IN SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR BECAUSE OF FLYING DEBRIS.  TRUCKS AND OTHER  
HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG  
WINDS AND MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD.  
  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 60 MPH OR HIGHER...  
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR  
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR  
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT  
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  
  
LAT...LON 3536  9775 3540  9811 3610  9816 3611  9777  
  
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