Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 215  PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 167 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...CLARKE...JASPER...NEWTON
...LAUDERDALE...JONES...WAYNE THE FLOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA...SUMTET...CHOCTAW.

AT 210 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO NEAR HATTIESBURG. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

EVERYONE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. <<

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 167 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS FROM GREENWOOD TO MCCOMB TO MAGEE. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE WITH A REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
ALONG HIGHWAY 28 NEAR MAGEE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING
WINDS WITH DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO HOUSES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH
AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND MOVE TO THE NORTH. FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 167 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
   SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 334 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN COVERED MOST OF WEST AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI AND WERE SCATTERED OVER THE EAST PORTION OF THE STATE.

SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ALONG A LINE FROM GREENWOOD
TO COLUMBIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MADISON-
LEAKE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF CARTHAGE. THIS STORM HAD
PRODUCED A TORNADO EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON AND PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE
IN ITS PATH.

GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 170 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
   AND EAST MISSISSIPPI
...TORNADO WATCH NO. 167 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITH GENERAL MOVEMENT TO THE
NORTH.

UNSTABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN MADE EVEN MORE
UNSTABLE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE AREA. SEVERAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AS THE DISTURBANCE
MOVES THROUGH. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE EASTWAR+D THIS EVENING...
INCREASING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY AND TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 415  PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ALL COUNTIES
 IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALL COUNTIES OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THIS WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 167.

AT 414 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE FROM NEAR FOREST TO NEAR MT OLIVE MISSISSIPPI. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH
AT 25 MPH.

TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.

EVERYONE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT THROUGH
THE0 AFTERNOON AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. <<

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WARNING FOR ATTALA AND SIMPSON COUNTIES TIL 445 PM
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HINDS COUNTY TIL 545 PM
...TORNADO WATCH NO. 170 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
   AND EAST MISSISSIPPI
...TORNADO WATCH NO. 167 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...WERE GENERALLY
LOCATED IN CENTRAL SECTIONS FROM GREENWOOD TO COLUMBIA. A TORNADO WAS
REPORTED NEAR THE ATTALA CARROLL COUNTY BORDER AND WAS MOVING NORTH.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS
REPORTED IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY. SINCE NOON TODAY...3.79 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON.

THE MAIN COLD FRONT WAS LOCATEHD BACK OVER TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVED OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND SET OFF SEVERE WEATHER IN AN ALREADY
UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE STORMS WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS
EVENING.