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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Jackson, MS

December 4, 1993Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 1993, 5:26 AM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 1993, 5:26 AM CST (11:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 1993, 6:15 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, MS

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 4, 3:21 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MSZALL-041030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
321 AM CST SAT DEC 4 1993

...STRONG WINDS TO ACCOMPANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 315 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED FROM
NORTHEAST OF VICKSBURG NEAR REDWOOD....BACK TO GRAND GULF AND WOODVILLE
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AT OR ABOVE 40
MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

UPPER AIR WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THESE SHOWERS WERE FAIRLY STRONG...AND
WILL LIKELY WORK DOWN TO THE SURFACE.

PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE STRONG WINDS.

THE WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&
Special weather statement, Dec 4, 3:22 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MSZALL-041030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
321 AM CST SAT DEC 4 1993

...STRONG WINDS TO ACCOMPANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 315 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED FROM
NORTHEAST OF VICKSBURG NEAR REDWOOD....BACK TO GRAND GULF AND WOODVILLE
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AT OR ABOVE 40
MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

UPPER AIR WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THESE SHOWERS WERE FAIRLY STRONG...AND
WILL LIKELY WORK DOWN TO THE SURFACE.

PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE STRONG WINDS.

THE WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Wilkinson33 min
Dec 4, 5:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln49 min
Dec 4, 5:37 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAmite38 min
Dec 4, 6:30 AM CSTTornado WarningJANPike30 min
Dec 4, 6:51 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson39 min
Dec 4, 7:01 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis29 min
Dec 4, 7:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion39 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.