Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 5 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT...THE STORMS
WILL CROSS THE RIVER INTO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WITHIN THE HOUR.

SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME ARKANSAS COUNTIES
THIS MORNING.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATEJR STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 525 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED IN THE DELTA AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM IN MISSISSIPPI WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLANDALE.

SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME ARKANSAS COUNTIES
THIS MORNING.  PERSONS IN THE WATCHf AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 625 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE DELTA. THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND 30 MILES NORTH OF
GREENVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL NOON CST...

AT 725 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE DELTA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM IN MISSISSIPPI WAS JUST SOUTH OF FOREST.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...JUST WEST OF@ THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THIS STORM
WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
744 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL NOON...

AT 74O AM MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE LOCATED WITHIN A 100
MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLUMBIA MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST
THROUGH MERIDIAN TO NEAR FAYETTE ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND NEWTON IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
850 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL NOON...

AT 840 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS COVERING A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED WITHIN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCCOMB
MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST THROUGH MERIDIAN TO NEAR TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN RALEIGH AND STRINGER IN
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR INTENSIpTY HAS BEEN
INDICATED DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.