Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1220 PM CST FRI APR 19 1991

A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLD
FRONT. AT 1215 THE STRONGER STORMS WERE FROM OXFORD TO CLEVELAND
MISSISSIPPI AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALL ALONG THE COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TRACKS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.
FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN YAZOO AND MADISON COUNTIES DURING THE PASSAGE
OF THE HEAVIER RAINS.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE
PROPER ACTION WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1220 PM CST FRI APR 19 1991

A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLD
FRONT. AT 1215 THE STRONGER STORMS WERE FROM OXFORD TO CLEVELAND
MISSISSIPPI AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALL ALONG THE COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TRACKS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
245 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NO. 161 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700 PM...

AT 230 PM CDT...TWO LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
IN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LAKE
PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA TO INDIANOLA TO GREENWOOD. SEVERAL STORMS IN THIS
LINE HAVE REACHED SEVERE LIMITS AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG
A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT
20 MPH.

A SECOND LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM BROOKHAVEN
AND MONTICELLO SOUTHWARD TO VERNADA LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE CO]VER SHOULD DANGEROUS
WEATHER APPROACH AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
308 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 161 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE
PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

AT 256 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED ONE 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PONTOTOC TO HOLLY BLUFF MISSISSIPPI.
ANOTHER 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED
FROM GEORGETOWN TO PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED SOUTH OF WATER VALLEY MISSISSIPPI AND NEAR PICAYUNE
MISSISSIPPI.

BOTH AREAS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT THE PRESENT TIME NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.