Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCHES STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST...ALL OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF I-20...

AT 225 AM...A NEAR SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM KOSCIUSKO TO
MCCOMB. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY DURING
THE PAST HOUR WHILE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND BANDS OF LIGHT RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER MOST
SECTIONS OF MISSISIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
5$0 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCHES STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST...ALL OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF I-20...

AT 300 AM...A NEAR SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM KOSCIUSKO IN ATTALA
COUNTY ACROSS PELAHATCHIE TO NEAR D`LO IN SIMPSON COUNTY. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST 30
MINUTES WHILE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THE LINE WAS NEAR KOSCIUSKO AND THIS
STORM MAY CONTAIN SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ALSO...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING VERY
SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS MOVES NORTHEAST. THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL
PROBABLY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND ALL RESIDENTS
IN MISSISSIPPI REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS;.

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES ALREADY IN
THE COLD AIRMASS WILL BE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL WITH SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST...ALL OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF I-20...

AT 335 AM...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM EAST OF KOSCIUSKO
TO CARTHAGE AND PELAHATCHIE AND ACROSS SIMPSON COUNTY. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR
WHILE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE FROM NEAR CARTHAGE TO
PELAHATCHIE. THESE STORMS CONTAIN SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS
WELL AS FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF
MISSISSIPPI INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY INb THE EAST
HALF OF THE STATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER WEATHER BULLETINS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
345 AM CST SUN MAR  5 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST. THE WATCH
INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE AND JONES.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 INCLUDING
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTAL ALABAMA.

AT 336 AM MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING AN 18 MILE WIDE LINE OF
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI TO
NEAR PINOLE MISSISSIPPI.  THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND IN
ABOUT AN HOUR THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR A
MACON TO BAY SPRINGS LINE.

ALL IN EAST CENTRAL MISSIShSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AS THIS LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR EAST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT NORTH OF VICKSBURG...JACKSON...MACON LINE

AT 435 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED
FROM NORTHEAST OF ACKERMAN ACROSS WINSTON COUNTY INTO SCOTT COUNTY NEAR
FOREST. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR EAST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT NORTH OF VICKSBURG...JACKSON...MACON LINE

AT 515 AM...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTH
WEST MISSISSIPPI FROM BROOKHAVEN NORTH TO GEORGETOWN. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND LIKELY CONTAIN SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT
WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE COLD FRONT INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF THE STATE. PERSONS IN COPIAH...SIMPSON...LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED OR IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.