Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING BACK INTO MISSISSIPPI FROM THE WEST...

AT 1030AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD INTO EAST TEXAS AND MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE RAPIDLY
REDEVELOPING OVER ABOUT THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI AS
WELL AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS
AFTERNOON MANY WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SOME HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

THE FIRST ROUND OF INCOMING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MAINLY AFFECT THE
GREENVILLE TO GREENWOOD TO YAZOO CITY AREAS DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
115 PM CST TUE MAR 21 1989

...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER WEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 115PM...A GROWING AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS
SPREADING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING NEAR THE COAST AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM GREENVILLE SOUTH TO NATCHEZ. ANY OF THESE STRONGER STORMS
WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE SOME HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN WEST MISSISSIPPI WAS IN WARREN COUNTY
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICKSBURG MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO AND
LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.