Tornado Warning 13, 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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 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 330 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST
OF BELZONI AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT HAD
PRODUCED DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL AREAS
OF STREET FLOODING. THIS STORM REMAINED VERY STRONG AND WAS PART OF A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA TO BELZONI TO WATER
VALLEY MISSISSIPPI. OTHER STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM HAZELHURST TO
MONTICELLO WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED FROM POPLARVILLE TO
GULFPORT.

GENERAL MOVEMENT ON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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

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

AT 438 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 75 MILE WIDE AREA OF
OF SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS
TO MC COMB LINE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NEAR
JACKSON.  ANOTHER STORM NEAR WALNUT GROVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN THE NEXT HOUR.

THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS.

ALSO THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.