Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO MACON LINE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY BY AFTERNOON...

AT 640AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
GREENVILLE TO COFFEEVILLE AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THE
STRONGER STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE AND APPROACHING
CHARLESTON. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50MPH WITH
HEAVY RAINS PROBABLY CAUSING SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS
OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

EARLY MORNING COMPUTER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AT LEAST MIDDAY OR EARLY
AFTERNOON. A WARM LAYER OF AIR BETWEEN 4 AND 8 THOUSAND FEET OFF
THE GROUND SHOULD EFFECTIVELY KEEP A LID ON SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

ONCE THE AIRMASS WARMS UP SEVERAL MORE DEGREES...STORMS WILL BE MORE
LIKELY TO FORM AND WITH THE HELP OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE CENTER
FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD THEN BECOME SEVERE.

RESIDENTS OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER
INFORMATION THIS MORNING AS SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
MAY BE NEEDED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1124 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4OO PM CST...

AT 1122 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS
AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDWARDS MISSISSIPPI TO
NORTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDESTORMS WERE LOCATED
BETWEEN WALNUT GROVE AND CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA
ALABAMA. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO
MISSISSIPPI AND NEAR BUTLER ALABAMAt. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.