Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
110 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

      ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MID SOUTH...

THUNDERSTORMS FORMED RAPIDLY OVER WEST TENNESSEE...EXTREME NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGEST
STORMS MOVED INTO SHELBY COUNTY WITH ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE MEMPHIS
METROPOLITAN AREA AT 1 PM. PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND MEMPHIS
WILL THUS SEE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL BETWEEN NOW
AND 2 PM.

A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALLS AS THEY
MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH REGION.
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PERSONS LIVING IN WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
MISSISSI)PPI SHOULD STAY ALERT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER QUICKLY AS STORMS APPROACH AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
3 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

    ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ONE STORM NEAR UNION CITY TENNESSEE PRODUCED
A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 215 PM WHILE OTHER STORMS NEAR DYERSBURG HAVE DUMPED
OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN.

AT 245 PM STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ON A LINE FROM JONESBORO
ARKANSAS THROUGH DYERSBURG NORTHWEST TO MARTIN TENNESSEE. THIS LINE IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE AREAS OF WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING
WITH MANY LOW LYING ROADS BECOMING COVERED WITH WATER. PERSONS ON FOOT
OR IN MOTOR VEHICLES MUST NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OF TRAVEL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
513 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 505 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE
STRONGEST ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM SEVEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORINTH IN
ALCORN COUNTY ONTO THE MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE BORDER IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST ALCORN COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE
DRIVING TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A HEAVY DOWN
POUR OF RAIN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
520 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

    ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MID SOUTH...

SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  AT 530 PM THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF METROPOLITAN MEMPHIS
...AND JUST WEST OF BROWNSVILLE TENNESSEE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS...GUSTY WINDS
TO 35 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
IN THE MID SOUTH UNTIL TEMPERATURES START TO FALL IN ABOUT 1 TO 2
HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
611 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 605 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADER CONTINUED TO INDICATE
STRONG SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY AT THIS TIME WAS OVER NEW ALBANY
IN CENTRAL UNION COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDEX OR DRIVING SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY DURING ANY VERY HEAVY DOWN POUR OF RAIN. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ANY POSSIBLE FURTHER
STATEMENTS.

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