One notable instance in which such a situation occurred was on June 8, 1974, when a gas line rupture caused by an F3 tornado that touched down just southwest of the former Will Rogers Airport office – the first of 22 that hit Oklahoma and of five that affected the Oklahoma City area on that date, taking an 8 miles northeastward track across the city – forced NWS officials to evacuate the building until the line was repaired; this resulted in NWS officials requesting to that station's chief meteorologist at the time, Jim Williams, that NBC affiliate WKY-TV [channel 4, now KFOR-TV] temporarily assume responsibility for issuing warnings on the unfolding outbreak until the office could resume operations.)