Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

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SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
MID-MORNING...
...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON...

A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR.
.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT
AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE
CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND
CATAHOULA PARISHES.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST
UNDER JANNOWJAN...
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MSZ001>082-061430-

SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
MID-MORNING...
...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON...

A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR.
.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT
AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE
CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND
CATAHOULA PARISHES.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST
UNDER JANNOWJAN...

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MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
     SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES... AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS STATES BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. LOW AND MIDDLE
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE SUPERCELL
TYPE OF THUNDERSTORM WHICH CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL AS WELL AS EXTREME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TODAY ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL WANT TO
BE PREPARED TODAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS.

MSZ001>082-070530-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
     SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES... AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS STATES BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. LOW AND MIDDLE
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE SUPERCELL
TYPE OF THUNDERSTORM WHICH CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL AS WELL AS EXTREME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TODAY ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH AND (CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL WANT TO
BE PREPARED TODAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
941 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

TORNADO WATCH NO. 2 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 1 PM CST...INCLUDING WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES

AT 931 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM CHARLESTON SOUTHWEST TO HOLLANDALE
MISSISSIPPI.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE GENERALLY WEST
OF A HOUSTON...MATHISTON...LEXINGTON LINE.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED FROM THE
SHUBUTA AND BAY SPRINGS AREA SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG
MISSISSIPPI AREAS.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL...THE STORM SYSTEM TO OUR WEST POSSESSES.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION.