Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO FULTON LINE...

AT 440 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WEST
OF INTERSTATE 55.  TO THE EAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLDO BEING
REPORTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.

THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 525 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ALL COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE.

AT 520 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

TORNADOES WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
EASTWARD TONIGHT... SO PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN
WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO FULTON LINE...

AT 535 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WEST
OF A NEW ALBANY...JACKSON...NATCHEZ LINTE.  TO THE SOUTHEAST...THUNDER-
STORMS CONTINUED SCATTERED SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG.

THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO FULTON LINE...

AT 620 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI.  MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS ALONG
AND WEST OF A NEW ALBANY...JACKSON...WOODVILLE LINE.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE IN MADISON...HOLMES AND ATTALA COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE DELTA IN THE VICINITY OF
GREENVILLE AND GREENWOOD.

TO THE SOUTHEAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF THE STATE.

THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 645 PM SCT MON FEB 20 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

AT 640 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSON TO LOUISVILLE TO
TUPELO. SCATTERED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING SOUTH OF
A LAUREL TO WAYNESBORO LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED IN WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY, TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO FULTON LINE...

AT 725 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM NEAR NATCHEZ TO CANTON TO ACKERMAN.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE BETWEEN NATCHEZ AND VICKSBURG AND SOUTHWEST OF ACKERMAN.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTH AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NEAR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP BACK OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND THIS STORMS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING CE`NTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS EVENING.

THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.