Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1135 AM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 WHICH INCLUDES LAUDERDALE...
NEWTON...KEMPER...NESHOBA AND WINSTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT.

AT 1135 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSON TO
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASED DURING THE
PAST HOUR. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY AND PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1125 AM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4:00 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

AT 1125 AM...ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
INDICATED IN THE DELTA 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE NEAR
SILVER CITY.

OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS
BEGAN DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING
THE PAST HOUR.

OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1225 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4:00 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

AT 1225 PM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
HAD INCREASED RAPIDLY. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...15 MILE SOUTHEAST OF HOLLY BLUFF...NEAR
LAUREL AND RALEIGH...AND SOUTH OF FOREST. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
NOT REACHED SEVERE LIMITS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL..AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1257 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CDT...

AT 12:55 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND WHICH STRETCHED FROM
HOLLANDALE TO LEAKSVILLE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA
WERE LOCATED BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND YAZOO CITY AND BETWEEN MAGEE AND
LAUREL.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 1:30 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW AN AREA OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND WHICH
STRETCHED FROM HOLLANDALE TO LEAKESVILLE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
IN THIS AREA WERE BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND FLORA AND BETWEEN MAGEE AND
RICHTON.  TO THE WEST OF THE STATE...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR OAK GROVE IN LOUISIANA.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

BOATERS ON BARNETT RESERVOIR SHOULD BE ALERT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE VICINTY OF FLORA SOULD BE AFFECTING THE RESERVOIR WITHIN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
155 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 1:50 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW AN AREA OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND WHICH
STRETCHED FROM HOLLANDALE TO LEAKESVILLE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
IN THIS AREA WERE BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND FLORA AND BETWEEN MAGEE AND
RICHTON.  TO THE WEST OF THE STATE...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE IN LOUISIANA.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

BOATERS ON BARNETT RESERVOIR SHOULD BE ALERT AS THE THUNDERSTOR"MS IN
THE VICINTY OF FLORA SOULD BE AFFECTING THE RESERVOIR SHORTLY.