Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS

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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.

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.

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

...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 1 AM CDT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE UNDEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM ANDREW WAS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN NATCHEZ AND VICKSBURG.
OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE AROUND MAGGEE IN SIMPSON COUNTY.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS....
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE STATE AND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ANDREW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON A NORTHWARD
TRACK BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
650 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

635 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS MOBILE
             HOME DESTROYED...DAMAGE TO 5 HOUSES...2 INJURIES...
             TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
             MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.