Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 425 PM...ONE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN EAST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER
MOST SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 440 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.
     FLASH FLOOD FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20

AT 430 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  HOWEVER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS
WERE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TUPELO TO KOSCIUSKO TO NEAR
HATTISBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.  PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 440 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20

AT 430 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  HOWEVER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS
WERE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TUPELO TO KOSCIUSKO TO NEAR
HATTISBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.  PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 500 PM...A VERY INTENSE AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF PORT GIBSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AND ON ITS PRESENT
TRACK..IT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND REMAIN WEST OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. HOWEVER...THESE TYPE STORMS
CAN TURN TO THE RIGHT...SO RESIDENTS IN CLAIBORNE AND WARREN COUNTY
SHOULD STAY WEATHER CONSCIOUS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

THE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH VICKSBURG LIKELY
DROPPED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. THIS HAS
RESULTED IN SOME STREETS TO FLOOD IN THE VICKSBURG AREA AND
WATER IS BACKING UP DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF THE CRE6EKS. THIS WATER
SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...BUT MOTORISTS IN THE VICKSBURG
AREA SHOULD AVOID AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 645 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 INCLUDING
 SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTAL ALABAMA.

AT 630 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA.  VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHESRN MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND MORE OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.  PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. <<