Tornado Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISIPPI UNTIL 5 AM...

AT 230 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEW ALBANY TO GRENADA TO ROLLING FORK.  THE BAND WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BAND OF STORMS.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...THERE WAS A REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH
OF GREENWOOD.

FOLLOW UP REPORT...ON THE HOUSE DAMAGE WEST OF CLEVELAND AROUND 1 AM...
IT TURNED OUT THE DAMAGE WAS JUST A BENT ANTENNA ON THE HOUSE.

THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
WEST OF A HOLLY SPRINGS TO GREENVILLE LINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BUT REMAINS IN
   EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 AM...

AT 330 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF YAZOO
CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS STORM PROBABLY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL.

THIS STORM WAS WITHIN A BAND OF OTHERWISE WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS THROUGH YAZOO CITY TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA.
THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AS THE BAND OF
STORMS HA3S MOVED SOUTH OF THAT AREA.  HOWEVER...THE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF THE WATCH AREA SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO LAKE
PROVIDENCE LINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

   ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...

THE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA.
THEREFORE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MISSISSIPPI.

AT 4 AM CDT...THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
JCOLUMBUS TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA.  THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.  ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...THEY MAY STILL PRODUCE A
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 655 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER COUNTY
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 87 WHICH INCLUDES LAUDERDALE...
NEWTON...NESHOBA...KEMPER...WINSTON...NOXUBEE COUNTIES IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR KEMPER AND WINSTON COUNTIES HAVE
EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 655 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN WITH
A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
VICKSBURG TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA
ALABAMA. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS
AND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 87 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL NOON...

AT 655 AM...JACKSON RADAR WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN
GREENVILLE AND ITTA BENA AND BETWEEN PICKENS AND ACKERMAN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG
WITH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH.