Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
650 PM CDT THU MAY 17 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVEOPING IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 635 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINS IN PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY
WERE IN LAFAYETTE AND BENTON COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...AT 600 PM MEMPHIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR DESOTO
COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF MEMPHIS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL.
BE WEATHER ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
756 PM CDT THU MAY 17 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 735 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRECHED
FROM CENTRAL PONTOTOC COUNTY TO NEAR CORINTH.

THESE CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENT*IAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SMALL HAIL.
BE WEATHER ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
812 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...

AT 8 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAV RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
CONTINUED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER OVER AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF
MOSCOW...BOLIVAR AND SAVANNAH TENNESSEE AS WELL AS HOLLY SPRINGS AND
ASHLAND MISSISSIPPI. THESE AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR WITH STREET FLOODING LIKELY IN LOW LYING
REGIONS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS NEAR FORREST CITY AND WALDENBERG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SECOND AREA OF STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO EXTREME EAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE AND
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALLS IN SECTIONS WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM
PREVIOUS RAINS.

PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSE+E AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD THEREFORE KEEP
INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SINCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
918 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS REFORMING OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...

AT 9 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WE
ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING INTO WESTERN POINSETT AND WESTERN CROSS COUNTIES NEAR
THE TOWNS OF FAIR OAKS AND WALDENBURG. ANOTHER AREA OF INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN CRITTENDON COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR WEST MEMPHIS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WHICH
EARLIER EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALLS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED
THIS NEW AREA OF DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AS WELL AS SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS. THUS PERSONS MUST BE ALERT FOR
RISING WATERS AND SHOULD NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS EITHER BY MOTOR
VEHICLE OR BY FOOT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PUSH INTO WEST TENNESSEE ONCE
AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA. BESIDES
HEAVY RANFALL AND URBAN FLOODING...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS MAY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS
MUST CONTINUE TO KEEP INFORMED OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN DANGEROUS WEATHER AAPPROACHES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1132 PM CDT THU MAY 17 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHHING NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1115 PM NATIONAL SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...JUST AS AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS EXITED NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO
CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THIS NEW LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WILL
SOON CROSS THE RIVER INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE.

THESE THUNDERSTORM CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHW
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 400 AM. THIS MEANS THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR NEAR THE .WATCH AREA SHOULD BE WEATHER ALERT FOR
CHANGING CONDITIONS AND SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...BE
PREPARED TO SEEK PROTECTION.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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