Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1025 AM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...AS A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS COMPLEX
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO HAS KEPT THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OFFSHORE SO FAR TODAY.  SATELLITE PICTURES
INDICATE THAT THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL OR
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE GULF BY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL PUT IT
OUT OF THE PICTURE AS FAR AS MISSISSIPPI IS CONCERNED.

NEW UPPER AIR DATA THIS MORNING INDICATES A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT.
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CONSEQUENTLY...PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PROBABLY BE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SOMETIME TONIGHT.

RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS ALREADY BEEN AS HIGH 2 INCHES IN THE MCCOMB
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THOUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1138 AM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

AT 1130 AM CDT...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE BAND EXTENDED FROM
VICKSBURG THROUGH BROOKHAVEN TO MCCOMB. THE HEAVIEST STORM WITHIN THIS
BAND WAS INDICATED IN WESTERN COPIAH COUNTY WEST OF HAZLEHURST.

WEST OF THIS BAND OF STORMS...A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED.  ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1215 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 167 ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   MISSISSIPPI...

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE OVER MISSISSIPPI AND HAS
PRODUCED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE
STATE TODAY. AT NOON...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM RAYMOND TO BROOKHAVEN.

AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE  IS APPROACHING THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL RESULT IN EVEN MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOE7S THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1246 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

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

AT 1240 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN COPIAH AND
SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTIES.  PEA-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT TERRY AT
1240 PM.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.  LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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

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

AT 130 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. GENERAL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER THE WEST MISSISSIPPI FROM
CLARKSDALE TO COLUMBIA AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM MERIDIAN TO GRENADA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TODAY AND RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
TO DANGEROUS WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
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