Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CST MON FEB 15 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE LIKELY FOR TONIGHT...SOME SEVERE...

EVIDENCE CONTINUES TO MOUNT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPUTER
MODELS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY FOR TONIGHT. IN FACT...SOME OF
THOSE STORMS WILL PROBABLY BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES
POSSIBLE. BEST INFORMATION AT THIS TIME INDICATES THAT STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE MAINLY FROM AROUND 5PM THROUGH 2AM AS THEY MOVE IN RAPIDLY FROM
THE WEST.

A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN CENTRAL TEXAS WAS ACCELERATING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT
CROSSES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND IT WILL CAUSE STRONG SURFACE
WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI FOR WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35 OR 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
ALREADY TORNADO WATCHES ARE POSTED IN PARTS OF EAST TEXAS AND STORMS
ARE INCREASING BETWEEN THE DALLAS AND SHREVEPORT AREAS.

RESIDENTS OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE SHOULD KEEP TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AS THIS IS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PLAN NOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO
WHEN AND IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...SECONDS CAN
SAVE LIVES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS POISED TO THE WEST...SOME SEVERE FOR TONIGHT...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED FROM NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
BACK INTO CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE MARCHING
EASTWARD AT BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH MEANING THAT THEY COULD REACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME.

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR WACO, TX WILL ACCELERATE NORTHEAST
REACHING NEAR MEMPHIS BY MIDNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP
TO 35 OR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE WESTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI
SHORTLY AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS.

INCREASING WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL FUEL THE THUNDER-
STORMS AS THEY RACE ACROSS THE MAGNOLIA STATE TONIGHT.
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RESIDENTS OF MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP TUNED
TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH TONIGHT. CHECK YOUR SAFETY
PLANS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS BECOMING A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION
AND YOUR RESPONSE TO APPROACHING SEVERE STORMS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE...
SECONDS CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE.