Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR EAST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT NORTH OF VICKSBURG...JACKSON...MACON LINE

AT 635 AM...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH
THE EASTERN HALF OF RANKIN COUNTY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE
ARE THE SAME STORMS THAT HAD INDICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
GEORGETOWN BUT HAVE WEAKENED SINCE MOVING INTO COLDER AIR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDEKRSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS SIMPSON...
LAWRENCE...PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
PERSONS ACROSS EAST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 706 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST
MISSISSIPPI AND WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 AM THIS SUNDAY MORNING.

AT 703 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORNS EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR OXFORD TO JACKSON TO MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. THE
LINE WAS MOVING EAST 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CHOCTAW..
RANKIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.V

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
THREATENING APPROACHES. <<

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
911 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

904 AM CST....GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR STRINGER MISSISSIPPI
              IN SOUTHWEST JASPER COUNTY.  REPORTED BY COUNTY
              CD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

AT 1030 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST ATTALA
COUNTY NEAR NEWPORT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED
FROM WEST OF CARTHAGE TO CANTON. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACON TO MERIDIAN TO WEST OF LAUREL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

NUMEROU`S SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO COVERED THE REST OF
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
THE AREA WAS SLOWLY EXPANDING WESTWARD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 1105 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

 ALL WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST.

AT 1100 AM CST RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTr
CENTRAL ALABAMA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND ANY
INCREASE IN INTENSITY MAY REQUIRE WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED.

...STAY ALERT... <<