Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Memphis, TN

MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-272315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
513 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED
AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM
APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...BUT MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

WEAKER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD BEGUN TO FORM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED IN SOUTHERN
TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10
MPH...THEREFORE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
COULD PRODUCE EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

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

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MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-030-033-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
615 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN ALCORN COUNTY AND WESTERN
DESOTO COUNTY. THOSE TWO STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN.

MORE EXTENSIVE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CURRENTLY FURTHER NORTH
ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...CREATING
LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR.

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

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MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-030-031-033-
280115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
706 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE ONLY OTHER ACTIVITY IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST WEBSTER
COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST
TENNESSEE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10
MPH.

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

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LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1000 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

AT 145 PM CDT...       TOMBIGBEE PARK RANGER REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
                       HAIL IN TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK IN EASTERN
                       LEE COUNTY.

AT 905 PM CDT...       ALCORN 911 REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HIGH
                       WINDS IN SOUTHERN ALCORN COUNTY NEAR RIENZI.

AT 907 PM CDT...       PRENTISS COUNTY S.O. REPORFTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                       IN THRASHER IN NORTHERN PRENTISS COUNTY.