Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 1235 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1235 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON STILL INDICATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS EXTENDED FROM GREENVILLE TO RULEVILLE TO BATESVILLE. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY MOVING INTO
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL.

ELSEWHERE LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS GRENADA AND GREENWOOD. THE
RAIN EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON
AN>D TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BREEZE THROUGH THE STATE TUESDAY...BRINGING AN
END TO THE RAIN.  IT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY...
FOLLOWED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE
COAST SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.

SINCE MANY PLANTS...BUSHES.s..AND SHRUBS ARE IN BLOOM OR BUDDING...IT
WILL BE ADVISABLE TO BEGIN THINKING FOR WAYS TO PROTECT THEM.  SINCE IT
IS LIKELY TO BE A SHORT DURATION EVENT...PROTECTIVE MEASURES MAY SAVE
MANY OF THOSE TENDER ITEMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
419 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCHS WHICH INCLUDE MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
REMAIN IN EFFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.

AT 415 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...EAST OF
A LINE FROM PONTOTOC TO HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
429 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH #64 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 900 PM...
 ...TORNADO WATCH #65 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL PM...
 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY TIL 500 PM.
...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN GRENADA...CALHOUN...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA
AND SHARKEY COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...

AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS RE-INENSIFIED
AND WILL MOVE INTO HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FOR THE WARNED
COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
429 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH #64 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 900 PM...
 ...TORNADO WATCH #65 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM...
 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY TIL 500 PM.
...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN GRENADA...CALHOUN...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA
AND SHARKEY COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...

AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS RE-INTENSIFIED
AND WILL MOVE INTO HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FOR THE WARNED
COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
524 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCHES WHICH INCLUDE MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST

AT 515 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI EAST TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THEN SOUTHEAST
TO EUTAW ALABAMA.
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ALSO SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND LUCEDALE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.