Douglas Thunderstorm of 1983

The Douglas Thunderstorm of 1983 was a highly electrical severe thunderstorm that hit Douglas, Oklahoma on the night of April 17, 1983
== History ==
=== Storm development and track ===
At around 6:50 PM, the weather broadcast for the night was presumed to be mostly clear, however, at 8:10 PM, a prominent mid-to-upper level trough and closed mid-level low-pressure area began to form over Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas and moved eastbound with a lead upper low pivoting over eastern Tennessee before abruptly changing directions and moving toward southern Arkansas.
A quasi-linear complex of rainstorms began developing near the Highway 81 corridor west of Oklahoma City between 8:42 and 9:05 PM and rapidly reached severe intensity. At 10:58 PM, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Dufferin County, prompted by increasingly strong electric thunder strikes exhibited in the southernmost supercell of this complex.
The storm, initially believed to achieve it's peak intensity in Norman, it abruptly changed course and headed northwest towards the small town of Douglas at around 11:18 PM.
The thunderstorm was strong enough for gusts of wind to yank tree branches onto the ground.