Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 435 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM 25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON TO
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCOMB. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA
WAS PRODUCING SOME FLOODING.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT
COVERED MOST OF MISSISSIPPI...EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION
OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HiOUR.

THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE MAINLY IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

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

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 271 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
AND INCLUDES CLARKE...JONES...AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 520 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF
RAIN WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM OKOLONA MISSISSIPPI TO
NEAR MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURING IN
LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES.

THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

EVERYONE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

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

AT 540 PM...NUMEROUS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM CANTON TO JACKON TO MCCOMB. THESES THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THE BAND MOVES TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MOST OF MISSISSIPPI EAST OF A
MERIDIAN TO COLUMBIA LINE. THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 730 PM...

AROUND 530 PM...HIGH WINDS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE
REPORTED OVER WESTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY.  SOME TREES WERE DOWN OVER ROADS
...SOME POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME REPORTED
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

THESE HIGH WINDS ARE NOT DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS...BUT RATHER TO A VERY
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  MORE HIGH WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY WEST OF A GREENWOOD
TO OXFORD LINE UNTIL 730 PM.  IF CONDITIONS PERSIST LONGER THAN THAT...
AND AN UPDATED STATEMENT WILL HAVE TO BE ISSUED.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
648 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

114 PM...FAYETTE...JEFFERSON CO...PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY FAYETTE
         P.D.
208 PM...4 MILES SE OF PINOLA...SIMPSON CO...DIME SIZED HAIL.
215 PM...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR PINOLA...TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN
         CONFIRMED SO FAR.
510 PM...JACKSON...STREET FLOODING REPORTED AT JACKSON MALL BY JACKSON
         -HINDS EOC.
515 PM...3 MILES EAST OF THE PIKE/AMITE COUNTY LINE (AMITE CO)...HWY 24
         ...TREES ON CARS, HOMES, ROADS.  FENCES ALSO BLOWN DOWN.
535 PM...ROSEDALE...BOLIVAR CD REPORTED TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN
         ...SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BY HIGH WINDS (NO THUNDERSTORMS IN
         THE AREA AT THE TIME).
610 PM...CLARKSDALE...COAHOMA CO...CLARKSDALE PD REPORTED 3 LARGE TREES
         DOWN AND SOME PLATE GLASS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A COUPLE
         BUILDINGS (NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME).

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

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 271 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES CLARKE...
JONES...AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 710 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 125 MILE WIDE AREA OF
RAIN WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM OKOLONA MISSISSIPPI TO
NEAR TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURING IN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY.

THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

EVERYONE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHO$ULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.