Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
500 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 1993

  PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FROM MARCH 30

1104 AM...ST. FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS...FORREST CITY...MARBLE SIZE HAIL
   COVERING THE GROUND.

210 PM...POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS...5 WEST OF WALDENBURG...TORNADO
    SIGHTED ON THE GROUND. TORNADO WENT UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES.

225 PM...COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...CLARKSDALE...EOC REPORTED SEVEN
   LIGHT POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY 35-40 MILE PER HOUR WINDS.

255 PM...CRAIGHEAD COUNTY...JONESBORO...MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

315 PM...SHELBY COUNTY...MEMPHIS AND BARTLETT...REPORTS FROM EOC OF
   DOWNED TREES AND LIGHTS THROUGHT COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
533 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 10
PM THIS EVENING...

AT 525 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TENNESSEE NEAR
TIPTONVILLE SOUTHWEST TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR PICKWICK DAM. THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

WHILE THERE ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE.

THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATER
THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS. PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND SEEK A STURDY
SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO YOUR AREDA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
630 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 82 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI....

AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED
SCATTERED STRONG REDEVELOPING OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

LARGE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
KOSCIUSKO MISSISSIPPI.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
638 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM
THIS EVENING...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 625 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR INDIANOLA...GREENWOOD AND
WINONA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CHICOT COUNTY
IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.

PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH
YO2UR AREA. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
715 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 82 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 705 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL CHOCKTAW COUNTY AND WILL SOON MOVE
INTO OKTIBBEHA AND CLAY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
EVEN POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF RAPID WEATHER CHANGES OCCUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
735 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS
UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 725 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MISSISSIPPI
NEAR SOUTHWEST TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY...NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY AND NEAR
MATHISTON IN NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODCUE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.