Tornado Warning 89, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CST TUE DEC 15 1992

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND
PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1015 AM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING INTO
THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSISSIPPI.  THIS WAS THE LEADING EDGE OF A
LARGE RAIN AREA THAT INCLUDED THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR OAK GROVE LOUISIANA TO JONESVILLE
LOUISIANA SOUTHWARD TO THE LOUISIANA COAST.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERNMOST COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR.  PEOPLE SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO AND KEEP ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1028 AM CST TUE DEC 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 939 WHICH INCLUDES JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST...

ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ON MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR AT
1025 AM CST...THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL
EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREA.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN
MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AROUND 1 PM CST.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1142 AM CST TUE DEC 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM FOR ALL OF
SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1130 AM RADAR INDICATED A NEW DEVELOPED LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS IN LINE EXTENDED FROM ROLLING FORK THROUGH PORT GIBSON ON TO BUDE.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS FROM PORT GIBSON TO EAST OF FAYETTE. THE LINE
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO A YAZOO TO JACKSON TO MCCOMB LINE WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR AND A HALF.

AS THIS LINE PASSES WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE LINES WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE COVER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1145 AM CST TUE DEC 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 939 WHICH INCLUDES JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST...

AT 1133 AM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM MCCOMB TO FLORA MISSISSIPPI.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST NORTH OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  AT THIS
SPEED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM CST.

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