Tornado Warning 54, NWS Jackson, MS

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EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

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

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

AT 830 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CARROLLOTON TO SOUTH
OF GREENVILLE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROLLING FORK.

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

NUMEROUS OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI NORTH OF A VICKSBURG TO COLUMBUS LINE. THE AREA IS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM
CDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 87 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT.

AT 900 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO ACKERMAN
MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES WEST OF ACKERMAN MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOU LIVE IN WINSTON COUNTY YOU SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 1012 AM...A THUNDERSTORMS HAS INTENSFIED RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN
HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT9 60 MPH AND WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30
MINUTES.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG
WITH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.