Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
110 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 9 AM...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXPIRED AT 1 AM..

AT 100 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM YAZOO
CITY TO CARTHAGE.  ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEAR RALEIGH.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO NORTH AND WEST AT 25 TO 30
MPH.  RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD OVERWHELM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CAUSE FLOODING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
120 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 774 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

AT 112 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE FROM STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO
BUTLER TO CHATOM ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED
JUST NORTHWEST OF STONEWALL MISSISSIPPI.  THE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
230 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

210 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES
             DOWN NORTH AND EAST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPIZ.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
307 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

240 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES
             DOWN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
320 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

301 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES
             DOWN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
325 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

320 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES DOWN
             8 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.