Tornado Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY  ... CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 771 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI TIL 500 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR PORT GIBSON TO NEAR
PRENTISS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR PORT GIBSON TO
NEAR PRENTISS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...
...ANDREW WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

HURRICANE ANDREW IS NO MORE. THE SYSTEM HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 65 MPH. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE
WEATHER CONTINUES OVER MISSISSIPPI AS THE STORM...LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA...MOVES TO THE NORTH.

AT 125 PM CDT...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN...WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
FROM HOLLANDALE TO RALEIGH TO COLUMBIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM PHILADELPHIA TO THE
COAST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT TRAVELS ACROSS LAND. REMNANTS OF
ANDREW WILL TURN SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND ROUGHLY TRAVEL
ALONG THE PATH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STORM IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE NEAR NATCHEZ THIS EVENING AND TO BE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AT VICKSBURG AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH
MAXIMUN WINDS DROPPING TO 5O TO 60 MPH BY THIS EVENING AND TO 40 TO 50
MPH TONIGHT.

THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW WILL POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF
THE STATE INTO THIS EVEING. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
308 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT...

AT 305 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA GENERALLY SOUTH OA LINE FROM GREENWOOD TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO ALICEVILLE TO
MILLERS FERRY xALABAMA. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
308 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT...

AT 305 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA GENERALLY SOUTH OA LINE FROM GREENWOOD TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO ALICEVILLE TO
MILLERS FERRY ALABAMA. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 340 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 771 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TIL
5 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT GIBSON TO PRENTISS
THROUGH TONIGHT...
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT GIBSON TO PRENTISS
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

AT 330 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM
ANDREW COVERED SOUTWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN AREA AND
WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN PORT GIBSON AND MONTICELLO.

TROPICAL STORM ANDREW WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ AND
 CONTINUED DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. MAXIMUM WINDS HAD DECREASED TO 50-55
MILES PER HOUR. WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MP WERE REPORTED AT VICKSBURG DURING
THE PAST FEW MINUTES.

THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW WILL TURN SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS WILL LCONTINUE FOR MUCH OF
SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
412 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT...

AT 408 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 5 MILES
SOUTH AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN.  ELSEWHERE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN ALABAMA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVtING GENERALLY NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
412 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT...

AT 408 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 5 MILES
SOUTH AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN.  ELSEWHERE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN ALABAMA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.