Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1103 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

A NORTHEAST - SOUTHWEST ORIENTED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AT 1050 AM THIS MORNING. THE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH WHILE INVIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS -
NEAR HARRISBURG - AND OVER WEST ST FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS - TOWARD
FORREST CITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG
WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS WORK TOWARD
THE EAST AND NORTHEAST.

YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL DEVICES
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1128 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

AT 1125 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A NORTHEAST - SOUTHWEST
ORIENTED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT RACED EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPEEDING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE - MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF POINSETT
AND CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES NEAR TRUMAN ARKANSAS AND WILL MOVE INTO
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS TOWARD BLYTHEVILLE BETWEEN 1130 AND NOON.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LEE AND ST FRANCIS
COUNTIES AND INTO WESTERN CRITTENDED COUNTY TOWARD EARLE AND WEST
MEMPHIS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS .. A BRIEF TIME OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN .. AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.  YOU
SHOULD MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.  STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS
OVER YOUR LOCATION.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO GROW IN STRENGTH AND SIZE AS THE DAY
WEARS ON SO YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1153 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

AT 1155 AM THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO WORK ITS WAY
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WAS MOVING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND INTO WEST TENNESSEE. MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH .. THE
THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DYERSBURG .. RIPLEY ..
COVINGTON .. AND MEMPHIS AREAS BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM.

AT 1155 AM THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF DYERSBURG
TENNESSEE .. SOUTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO WEST MEMPHIS
ARKANSAS .. AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEWITT ARKANSAS - JUST EAST OF
PINE BLUFF.  INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH WHILE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRESSED TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST.

SOME WEAKENING WAS NOTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS AT THE NORTHERN END OF
THE LINE - NEAR DYERSBURG BUT OTHER CONTINUED TO BE STRONG.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ..
STRONG AND GUSTY WIND .. AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1232 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991

AT 1225 PM WEATHER RADAR LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE UNION CITY AREA OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE .. SOUTHWESTWARD BETWEEN
ALAMO AND RIPLEY TENNESSEE .. OVER THE MEMPHIS AND MILLINGTON AREAS ..
NEAR TUNICA MISSISSIPPI .. ACROSS THE MISSISSIPI RIVER NEAR HELENA
ARKANSAS .. AND TO NEAR DUMAS ARKANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS RACED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR THE NORTH PART OF MEMPHIS
... AND NEAR HELENA ARKANSAS.

ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AT 1225 PM.  THAT LINE STRETCHED FROM THE PARAGOULD - JONESBO
AREA SOUTHWESTWARD NEAR AUGUSTA .. AND TOWARD PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.

THAT THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS MOVING EiAST AT 40 MPH AS WELL.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN .. GUSTY WIND .. AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.