Tornado Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
     MISSISSIPPI...

AT 535 AM CDT...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDING INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH
OF THE DAY AS HURRICANE ANDREW CONTINUES HIS SLOW NORTHWEST PATH.
RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
RESIDENTS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT TORNADOES
CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO IF WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
YOUR AREA BECOME THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  IF OUTSIDE
MOVE TO A STURDY STRUCTURE...IF INSIDE GO TO  AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER
FURTHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS
    OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF
    MISSISSIPPI...

AT 635 AM CDT...AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

AS HURRICANE ANDREW SLOWLY MOVES ALONG HIS NORTHWEST PATH...RAIN
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.  EXPECTED CONTINUAL RAINFALL WHICH MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES
COULD LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS AND
MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO
KEEP IN MIND THAT TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING
...SO KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
729 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...HIGH WIND WARNING POSTED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY...
...STRONG WINDS FROM HURRICANE ANDREW ALREADY BUFFETING WILKINSON
COUNTY...

AT 700 AM...REPORTS FROM WILKINSON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE INDICATED THAT
NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES WERE DOWNED DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE THAT COUNTY. MOST OF THE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED
DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF.

OFFICIALS IN WILKINSON COUNTY WERE INDICATING WIND SPEEDS SUSTAINED
BETWEEN 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF
HURRICANE ANDREW INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

RESIDENTS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES...NORTHWARD TO CLAIRBORNE
COUNTY CAN EXPECT A CONTINUAL INCREASE IN WIND THROUGHOUT THIS
MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MILES AN HOUR LIKELY
DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS.  ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 75 MILES AN HOUR MAY
NOT BE UNLIKELY EARLY TODAY.

HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASE IN WINDS...WITH
RAINFALL TOTALS NEAR FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES BY
LATER TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
921 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 WHICH INCLUDES JONES AND WAYNE COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 917 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LUCEDALE TO HAZELHURST
MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHWEST.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 PM FOR A
LARGE PART OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF EASTERN LOUSISIANA.

A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
...SOUTH OF A VICKSBURG/HATTIESBURG LINE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE LOCATED
BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HAZLEHURST.

THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1033 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 1025 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LUCEDALE TO
RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY
NORTHWEST WHILE THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IDNCREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR AND
ALL INTERESTS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.