Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Jackson, MS

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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IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. <<

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1055 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

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

AT 1045 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSISSIPPI
FROM LOUISVILLE TO CARTHAGE TO JACKSON TO VICKSBURG.  HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS LINE.

A WIND GUST LINE HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORM LINE.  IT
EXTENDS FROM MACON TO BRANDON TO SOUTH OF VICKSBURG.  WIND GUSTS NEAR
50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE ALONG THIS GUST LINE.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AT THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR NORTHEAST OF JACKSON.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND THE GUST LINE IS PROBABLY MOVING AROUND THE SAME SPEED.  THE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

A PARTIAL LIST OF STORM REPORTS RECEIVED BY NWS JACKSON.  MORE WILL
PROBABLY FOLLOW LATER.

845 AM...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WEST OF LEXINGTON.  (MP&L)

850 AM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.  (SPOTTER)

900 AM...VERY HEAVY RAIN AT WEST.  (SPOTTER)

1045 AM...WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR NORTHEAST
          OF JACKSON.

1050 AM...WIND GUFSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT HAWKINS FIELD IN JACKSON.

1055 AM...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT THOMPSON FIELD IN JACKSON.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

A PARTIAL LIST OF STORM REPORTS RECEIVED BY NWS JACKSON.  MORE WILL
PROBABLY FOLLOW LATER.

845 AM...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WEST OF LEXINGTON.  (MP&L)

850 AM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.  (SPOTTER)

900 AM...VERY HEAVY RAIN AT WEST.  (SPOTTER)

1045 AM...WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR NORTHEAST
          OF JACKSON.

1050 AM...WINLD GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT HAWKINS FIELD IN JACKSON.

1055 AM...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT THOMPSON FIELD IN JACKSON.
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1045 AM...TREES DOWN NEAR CARTHAGE.

1115 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL IN JACKSON.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1135 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

1134 AM CDT...NESHOBA COUNTY C. D. REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
              2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA IN NESHOBA
              COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 PM CDT MON MAY 21 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 500 PM...

AT NOON...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM SOUTH OF DEKALB TO FORREST TO FLORENCE AND TO THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHWEST OF PORT GIBSON.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG
THIS LINE WERE LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PORT GIBSON...AND
WILL BE MOVING INTO PORT GIBSON BEFORE 1230 PM.  THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

A WIND GUST LINE CONTINUES ROUGHLY 10 TO 15 MILES AHEAD OF THE
THUNDERSTORM LINE.  WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
ALMOST ANYWHERE AHEAD OF THIS LINE.

BOTH THE THUNDERSTORM LINE AND THE WIND GUST LINE ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.