Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 235 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FROM NATCHEZ TO HOLLY BLUFF. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM LORMAN TO EDWARDS. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING HAVE OCCURED WITH
THESE STORMS WITH VICKSBURG AND GREENVILLE REPORTING FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WILL TRACK OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS[.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
405 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 400 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND WIDELY
SCATERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A MACON TO EDINBURG
TO DECATUR TO MONTICELLO LINE.  ALSO THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR FOREST TO NEW HERBON.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THOSE OF YOU IN NEWTON...JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR BY 505 PM CDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 455 PM RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN TO 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MERIDIAN.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THOSE OF YOU IN LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO START IN THE NEXT 10 TO 40 MINUTES
OR FROM 510 TO 550 PM CDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 500 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FROM MERIDIAN TO COLLINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM BAY SPRINGS TO TAYLORSVILLE. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING HAVE OCCURED WITH
THESE STORMS WITH VICKSBURG AND GREENVILLE REPORTING FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WILL TRACK OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
539 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TILL PM
9 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TILL MIDNIGHT...

AT 535 PM CDT...A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM ABOUT LORMAN TO MAGEE TO
SHUBUTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL
AREA...AND WERE QUICKLY SATURATING THE GROUND.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE OVER NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...AND BETWEEN LAUREL AND MERIDIAN.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL INDICATED OVER EASTERN
LOUISIANA...MOVING ;EASTWARD TOWARDS WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE
NORTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 219 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS
BEEN CANCELLED FOR THAT AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO MERIDIAN.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW LOCATED SOUTH OF THAT AREA...AND
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED NORTH OF I-2N0.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE VICKSBURG
TO MERIDIAN LINE...HOWEVER...UNTIL 9 PM.

IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT.