Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 PM CST SAT JAN 24 1993

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND EASTERN TEXAS
THIS EVENING...PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE
WEATHER WEST OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP OVER
MISSISSIPPI LATER TONIGHT AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN
ITS PAT*H. THE AIR MASS OVER THE STATE WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. FURTHER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1205 AM CST SUN JAN 25 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
   NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 AM...

AT 1200 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM MEMPHIS WEST OF ROSEDALE THEN ACROS SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA 30 MILES WEST OF MONROE. THE LINE
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE LINE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO BOLIVAR AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATNING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 AM CST SUN JAN 25 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
   NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 AM...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS IN THIS LINE OVER COAHOMA AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES.

AT 105 AM THE LINE STRETCHED FROM HOLLY SPRINGS TO JUST WEST OF
GREENVILLE TO MONROE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO TALLAHATCHIE...SUNFLOWER..LEFLORE...AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES BY 2 AM. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE D.AMAGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
130 AM CST SUN JAN 24 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND
   WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 AM...

AT 125 AM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HOLLY SPRINGS
TO CLEVELAND TO 15 MILES EAST OF MONROE LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THIS LINE. THE STRONGER STORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR DREW IN SUNFLOWER COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND OVER WEST CARROLL PARISH IN LOUISIANA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND A MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
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PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...SHOUDLD REMAIN ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SOME SMALL HAIL.