Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
230 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

..A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A TORNADO WATCH FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IS EFFECTIVE FROM
245PM TO 10PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING.

A NEARLY-SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. THE
LINE WS MOVING TO JTHE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND OVER
THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED THAT INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM.

AT 250 PM THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR LAUREL MISSISSIPPI NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH.   IF THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY
PERSISTS...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES
OF ALABAMA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR WEATHER EVENTS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THIS IS A STRONG
WEATHER SYSTEM AND HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF PRODUCINuG SEVERE WEATHER.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
510 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE UP TO 500 PM...

308 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN HANCOCK
             COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

425 PM CDT...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HATTIESBURG.

440 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MILLRY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA.

443 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN AND AROUND PURVIS MISSISSIPPI
             IN LAMAR COUNTY.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED DI,ME SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTE0D DIME SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS AT BROOKLYN IN THE SOUTH PART OF
THE COUNTY.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED DIME 1SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS AT BROOKLYN IN THE SOUTH PART OF
THE COUNTY.

TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS 500 PM.