Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
115 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 500 PM...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM CARTHAGE TO COLUMBIA AND WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREIPARED TO TAKE
PROTECTIVE ACTION IF A WARNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 125 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 267 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING JONES AND JASPER COUN[TIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 122 PN RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORNS ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR WATER VALLEY TO JACKSON TO LUMBERTON.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 500 PM...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM CARTHAGE TO COLUMBIA AND WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.

AT 130 PM JACKSON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH COULD POSSIBLY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...JUST SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO..AND NORTH OF FAYETTE
MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35| MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 500 PM...

AT 255 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PELAHATCHIE TO
HATTIESBURG. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM NEAR LIBERTY
TO NORTH OF MEADVILLE.

OTHERWISE...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MISSISSIPPI
WEST OF A MCCOMB-JACKSON-TUPELO LINE. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED INTO
EASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 315 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 267 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

AT 315 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN WITH
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MCLAIN TO MERIDIAN TO PONTOTOC MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM RALEIGH TO CAMP SHELBY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. IF THE
THUNDERSTORMS BECOME ANY STRONGER WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 500 PM...

AT 330 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NEAR YAZOO CITY TO
UTICA TO LIBERTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH AND ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR PELAHATCHIE TO
NORTH OF LAUREL. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHERWISE...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MISSISSIPPI
WEST OF A MCCOMB-MERIDIAN-TUPELO LINE. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED INTO
EASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.