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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Jackson, MS

December 2, 1991Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 2, 1991, 6:20 PM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 1991, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 1991, 7:15 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter County, AL

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MSZ002-006-003-008-010-011-022100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
220 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

   ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 220 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS MOVIMG INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS MEADVILLE AND BUDE.
IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED.

OTHER INTENSIFYING STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PORT GIBSON AND JUST EAST
OF FAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI TIL
7 PM CST. THE WATCH INFCLUDES ALL OF MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE FROM
COLUMBIA TO COLUMBUS.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:36 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-022130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 7 PM CST FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 230 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS
STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BUDE AND MEADVILLE BY 3 PM. OTHER STORMS
WERE GAINING STRENGTH WERE NEAR FAYETTE AND PORT GIBSON. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERD THE WESTERN
THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING
AROUND HOLLY BLUFF AND ROLLING FORK AND BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND
CHARLESTON.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:41 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
240 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
700 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 230 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS
INDICATED.  A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST
...WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.  THE vSTRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
427 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 425 PM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM STARKVILLE TO JUST WEST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI. MORE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM EASTERN HOLMES
TO LAWRENCE COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND PERSONS IN AND CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:33 PM CST, 47 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-030030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

...TORNADO WATCH 832 FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIL 9 PM CST...
...TORNADO WATCH 831 FOR SECTIONS OF MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI TIL 7 PM CST...

AT 525 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT
MOST OF THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN AND SOUTHWEST OF
MACON.

OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE...RADAR SHOWED SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT
RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS. THE STORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT% 55 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH 831 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRENADA...CARTHAGE...JACKSON...
MCCOMB AND COLUMBIA TIL 7 PM. TORNADO WATCH 832 INCLUDES THE HATTIESBURG
AREA TIL 9 PM CST.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.