Tornado Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS

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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.

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

...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 772 AND 773 FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI
WHICH INCLUDE ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM
CDT...

AT 822 CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM KOSCIUSKO
MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO NEAR NEWTON MISSISSIPPI TO WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI.

THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH
MERIDIAN WITHIN ABOUT 2 HOURS.

ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER ALABAMA 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BUTLER.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.