Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO NEW ALBANY THEN SOUTHWEST TO GREENVILLE,
MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGER STORMS IN THIS BAND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MILES AND HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR WEST OF CORINTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 BETWEEN
WATER VALLEY AND GREENVILLE.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INIDCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAW.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE INTENSE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
MISSISSIPPI MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH A LINE FROM HOLLANDALE TO GREENWOOD
TO NETTLETON.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH TO TUPELO AND COAHOMA
THEN WEST INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MILES AND HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INIDCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENBWOOD
AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE INTENSE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 100 PM CDT. THIS WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290.

AT 755 AM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST
PART OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN BOLILVAR
COUNTY...EAST HUMPHREYS COUNTY...NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN
LEFLORE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEFLORE
COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM.

MANY OF THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 45 MILES AND HOUR...TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUDx TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
851 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

AT 845 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEXINGTON.
THIS STORM IS SEVERE AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. IT IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR;.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI.  THE
LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM CALHOUN CITY TO GREENWOOD TO
HOLLENDALE.  THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY
OCCUR NEAR THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
924 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 915 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS TO ACKERMAN TO ROLLING FORK.  THE INTENSITY OF
THE STORMS HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES AND THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR HOLMES COUNTY.

AT 850 AM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST HOLMES COUNTY
ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS OF UNDETERMINED SPEED.

ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY...THEY MAY REINTENSIFY
LATER.  AT 915 AM...THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WAS INDICATED BETWEEN
AND SILVER CITY AND LEXINGTON.  THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR...BUT THE ENTIRE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1005 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR WINSTON AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 293 IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT.

AT 10 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA WESTWARD TO MACON
TO YAZOO CITY MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST
AS THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST AT 35 MPH. COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY CHANGED LITTLE DURING T.HE PAST HOUR.
SEVERAL REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. AS THE LINE IS MOVING VERY SLOW...
IF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ALONG THE LINE FLASH FLOODING
COULD OCCUR. <<