ACR ENCOUNTERS SEVERE WX; WIND SHEAR. AFTER 2 MISSED APCHS; DIVERTS.

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TSTMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WX CONDITIONS WREAKED HAVOC ON THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA OVER THE WKEND OF MAY/XX/93. IT WAS MY UNFORTUNATE 'LUCK' TO HAVE BEEN FLYING FREQUENT TRIPS IN THAT AREA THAT WKEND. ON MAY/XX/93; OKLAHOMA CITY RECEIVED 7.06 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH STRANDED PEOPLE AND VEHICLES; CAUSED INJURIES AND DEATH -- MAINLY THE RESULT OF 1 WX SYS CONTAINING TSTMS AND TORNADOES. THIS RPT IS ONE IN WHICH I'D LIKE TO COMPLEMENT ALL THE PEOPLE CONCERNED -- EVERYONE FROM THE TWR; APCH AND FLYING PERSONNEL WHO DID THEIR JOBS AND UTILIZED THEIR TRAINING POSSIBLY AVERTING DISASTER. IN OTHER WORDS; THE SYS WORKED. AS WE APCHED THE ARPT FROM THE E; THE WX SYS WAS APCHING FROM THE W. IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE AIRPLANE WOULD WIN THE RACE AS WE RECEIVED 2 SPECIAL ATIS RPTS: 'XX00Z SPECIAL: M 9 V BROKEN 14 OVCST 7 TSTM 64-61 350/11 2965 ILS 35R.' 'XX35Z SPECIAL: M 7 V OVCST 10 TSTM 60-58 030/10 2967 ILS 35R.' ALTHOUGH THE TSTM WAS RPTED ON THE ATIS; BOTH AIRBORNE RADAR AND ATC SHOWED THE STORM W OF THE ARPT. ATC CONTINUOUSLY ADVISED US AS TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM AND WE DISCUSSED POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR AMONGST THE PLTS. ALL CONDITIONS FOR A SAFE APCH; HOWEVER; APPEARED TO EXIST. WE MISSED THE FIRST APCH DUE TO A VERY TIGHT TURN ONTO THE ILS EXAGGERATED BY VARIABLE WINDS AT 1500 FT AGL. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT; THE WX WAS CLOSE TO THE ARPT AND; AS WE INTERCEPTED THE GS AT 160 KTS; 2700 FT MSL; OUR AIRSPD INCREASED TO 230 KTS. WE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A MISSED APCH; APCH CTL PROVIDED US VECTORS CLR OF WX; AND CTR PROVIDED HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR US THAT KEPT US VMC. EVERYONE DID THEIR JOBS WELL AND PROVIDED A VERY GOOD SAFETY MARGIN. WE EVENTUALLY DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT AND RETURNED TO OKLAHOMA CITY SOME 4 HRS LATER WHEN THE STORM FINALLY MOVED ON. THE FAA'S EMPHASIS ON WIND SHEAR DETECTION; AVOIDANCE; AND INADVERTENT PENETRATION MANEUVERS SERVED US WELL IN THIS INSTANCE. IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THE TRAINING DOES PAY IT DIVIDENDS IN LIFE AND EQUIP SAVINGS.