Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS

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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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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 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 CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 11/2 INCHES IN 30
MINUTES WERE REPORTED AT JACKSON.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND
NUMBER THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HEATING COMBINED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM|S ARE LIKELY. TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

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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. <<