Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 405 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO JEFFERSON DAVIS
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF BASSFIELD...WESTERN WARREN COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF
VICKSBURG...AND OVER WEBSTER COUNTY EAST AND WEST OF EUROPA.

PRESENT STORM MOTION AND SURFACE DATA SUGGEST THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.  TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES IN MISSISSIPPI OCCUR DURING THE
SUMMER MONTHS.

AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS REPRESENT A POTENTIAL OF SEVERE
WEATHER THAT MAY AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR EARLY THIS EVENING.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT            ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 405 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO JEFFERSON DAVIS
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF BASSFIELD...WESTERN WARREN COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF
VICKSBURG...AND OVER WEBSTER COUNTY EAST AND WEST OF EUPORA.

PRESENT STORM MOTION AND SURFACE DATA SUGGEST THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.  TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES IN MISSISSIPPI OCCUR DURING THE
SUMMER MONTHS.

AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS REPRESENT A POTENTIAL OF SEVERE
WEATHER THAT MAY AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR EARLY THIS EVENING.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 510 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR OVER
AMITE COUNTY NORTH OF LIBERTY...SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY EAST OF
WESSON...AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF FOREST.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY RACED THROUGH HATTIESBURG...AND
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO APPROACH NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS.  THESE STORMS REPRESENT A THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO BE NORTHEAS&T AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

TIME(CDT)       LOCATION            REMARKS

505 PM         HWY 98W AT          SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...STRONG
          *     HATTIESBURG/        WINDS ALSO REPORTED AT PETAL.
               FORREST COUNTY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
602 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 638 TILL 10 PM FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 555 PM CDT...BOLIVAR EOC WAS REPORTING 35 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
AS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO
COAHOMA AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES.  RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE STILL OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR WILMOT...MCGEHEE AND NORTHWEST
OF MONTROSE.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR A
MOUND BAYOU TO GREENVILLE LINE BY 630 PM.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.