Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

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.

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

600 PM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY S.O. AND MS. HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED DEBRIS
             SCATTERED IN NORTHEAST CLARKE COUNTY MS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
928 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 918 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE
FROM WINONA TO PHILADELPHIA TO PACHUTA TO MCLAIN MISSISSIPPI.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.