Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS

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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.

MSZ009-012-262115-

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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ALZ004-008-013-016-262140-

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.

MSZ009-012-262215-

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.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS

436 PM CDT...NESHOBA COUNTY PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED 4 E OF PHILADELPHIA
             MS. BY P.D. OFFICE.

453 PM CDT...NAVY MEI REPORTED HOOK ECHO 14 SW OF THEIR STATION
             ALSO OFF-DUTY WX OBSERVER REPORTED FUNNEL CLD OVER
             NORTH MERIDIAN AT SAME TIME.  SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS
             ALSO RECEIVED.