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04-24-2026 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Friday, and Enid, Oklahoma, was hit by a very destructive tornado last night. Check YouTube for “Close Tornado Intercept Enid Oklahoma - 23 April, 2026” for a fantastic video. I think I got a little closer, by accident, to the 1979 tornado here in Wichita Falls because our vehicle was rocking and in a swirling debris field. Again, it was by accident (wrong turn). Luckily, only the headlights were knocked out. Other than giving my generator an "exercise" run today, I have nothing on the schedule. I’m going to try to keep it that way! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 6:05 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. North northeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.
--- 6:10 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:15 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:30 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 84.8% Kemp: 96.2% Kickapoo: 88.3%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 90.3% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (86.55%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:35 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 13,733 Megawatts.
--- 8:25 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 9:00 AM - I've been sitting on CB Radio Channel 19 this morning, listening to the sparse (so far) trucking radio traffic. The area electrical noise is a little high this morning, but nothing good local signals can't override. On the scanner radio, I heard the tail end of an Air Traffic Control conversation on 121.500 MHz, one of the emergency frequencies. I don't know what it was about, but it didn't sound important. The BNSF Railroad frequency of 160.920 MHz has been busy. Get a scanner radio!
--- 1:30 PM - The 20-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band is still weak, so I'm back on CB Radio Channel 19 to hear what the local truckers have to say. The electrical noise has stopped, by the way. The scanner radio is busy with various local comms, but that's always the case.
--- 6:55 PM - As I get ready to watch the Texas Rangers on KJBO, I noticed that the Local Group "rag chew" is in session on CB Radio Channel 23. I’d join them, but I’m not really a conversationalist. I don’t even talk on the phone unless it’s business. I like short exchanges of information. That’s why I like the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program, contests, and similar activities, usually in CW (Morse code). For CB Radio, I like giving out local information, directions, recommendations, and the like.
--- 7:00 PM - The North Central Texas Simplex Net happens at 8:00 PM tonight at 146.580 MHz FM simplex. The Net Control Station is usually based in Weatherford, Texas, but it could be anywhere in the surrounding area. You'll need a good outside antenna to monitor them.
7:45 PM - I remember hearing about a guy who was barred from both Sikes Senter Mall and Walmart years ago. I thought to myself that, in Wichita Falls, this might be grounds to commit seppuku!
--- 8:30 PM - Here are a few civilian plane crashes from the files. In February of 1961, a Cessna 150 crashed into a residential garage near Kickapoo Airport, injuring two men. In September of 1967, a small plane crashed on 13th Street near Travis, killing the two occupants. Several witnesses reported seeing the plane in a spin with the engine producing power. In July of 1982, a plane crashed onto a residential lawn near Kickapoo Airport, killing the two occupants. In the early 1980s, a small Cessna ran out of fuel on approach to Kickapoo Airport. On the turn from the downwind leg to final (no time for a base leg!), the pilot unintentionally ran out of airspeed and altitude at the same time, landing on the parking lot across Hatton Road. The airplane was bent, but no one was injured. I saw that one. Running out of fuel can get you a spanking from the FAA.