Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
530 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION APPROACHES...

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR FORT SMITH, AR WILL PRODUCE AN
OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST. A LINE OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXTENDED FROM
EAST OF TEXARKANA TO SHREVEPORT TO GALVESTON AND WAS ACCELERATING EAST
AT 40 TO 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS AND
LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED EASTWARD LATER
THIS EVENING.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE PUMPING VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO MISSISSIPPI. WINDS WERE
GUSTING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES AN HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH
LOUISIANA AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO INCREASING UPPER LEVEL
WINDS COMING IN FROM SOUTH TEXAS WILL PUSH THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO
WEST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 930PM AND 11PM AND REACH JACKSON PROBABLY
BETWEEN 11PM AND MIDNIGHT.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL COUNTIES WITH MORE SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED IN
THE SOUTH. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES RIVALS THAT OF MANY OF THE NOTABLE OUTBREAKS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO CROSS THIS REGION.

THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION WILL BEAR WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.  EVERYONE
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE NI4GHT BY KEEPING
TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION.
NOW IS ALSO THE TIME TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...BEFORE SEVERE WEATHER
STRIKES. PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION APPROACHES...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS...AND
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI...CONTINUES TO MOVE THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD OUR
DELTA COUNTIES.  THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK...LATER TONIGHT.  A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT
FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME...AND WILL LIKELY BE
EXTENDED EAST LATER THIS EVENING.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW
PRESSURE AREA IN NORTWEST ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND
EXTENDED SOUTH INTO EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE PUMPING VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF OVER MISSISSIPPI.  GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT
AT SOME LOCATIONS IN WEST LOUISIANA.
SOME DELTA COUNTIES COULD GET STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 930 AND 10
PM THIS EVENING.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE IN THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL COUNTIES...HOWEVER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WELL TO OUR
SOUTHWEST IN LOUISIANA MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN COUTIES LATER
TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
905 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER BETWEEN HARRISON, AR AND SPRINGFIELD, MO
CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL SPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE STATE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE STATE EXCEPT THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FROM 930PM UNTIL 3AM. AT 900PM...THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE FIRST BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM DUMAS, AR TO
MONROE AND ALEXANDRIA, LA AND FARTHER SOUTH. THIS LINE CONTAINED VERY
STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MONROE AS THE ENTIRE LINE
MOVED EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WERE GUSTING BETWEEN 40
AND 45 MILES AN HOUR OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF THE STORMS.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS
IT CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM BOLIVAR COUNTY SOUTHWARD BETWEEN
10 AND 1030PM. SOME WARNINGS WILL BE LIKELY AS THE STORMS CROSS THE
RIVER IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION AND PLEASE TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF WARNINGS &ARE
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THIS SITUATION IS POTENTIALLY VERY DEADLY
AS STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
935 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 87 REMAINS IN EFFECT OF MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

AT 930 PM CST A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THE WEST. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF
CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO JUST EAST OF MONROE LOUSIANA TO NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA
LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.

THIS LINE CONTAINS SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED
DAMAGE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISINA. WINDS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER
MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

PEOPLE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY THOSE
IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR
THE APPROACH OF SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA ANDO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION AND PLEASE TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THIS SITUATION IS POTENTIALLY VERY DEADLY
AS STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.