Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6:00PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST...

AT 210 PM CST THUNDERSTORM WERE BEGINING TO DEVELOPE OVER SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS. THESE STORM WILL BE MOVING TOWARD MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
NEXT HOUR. COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPPI...ESPECIALLY THE ONES
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...NEED TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR THE APPROACH
OF THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5:00PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6:00PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL EXCEPT SOUTHEAST MISSSISSIPPI FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

AT 230 PM CST RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF
MT OLIVE...10 MILES EAST OF RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI...AND FROM BROOKHAVEN TO
MONTICELLO MISSISSIPPI.

ALL THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD (POSSIBLE PRODUCE A TORNADO AS THEY MOVE TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
244 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

220 PM CST...LIVINGSTON P.D. REPORTS TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF
             LIVINGSTON ALABAMA IN SUMTER COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10:00PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6:00PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TIL
545 PM...

AT 330 PM CST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER
COVINGTON..SMITH..AND SIMPSON COUNTIES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE COUNTIES. SOME EVACUATION OF HOMES WAS IN
PROGRESS IN MAGEE MISSISSIPPI AND A TRAILER HAD BEEN FLOODED IN RALEIGH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM...

AT 400 PM CST...A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY
WITHIN THIS BAND IS INDICATED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND BAY SPRINGS.  THE
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST...BUT THE AREA HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT.
THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INTENSIFYING OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHORTLY.  STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS LINE.  THE LINE
IS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.  THIS LINE IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP SOUTH
AND STRENGTHENING.  PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT SHOULD A WARNING BECOME
NECESSARY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM...

AT 435 PM CST...A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS
BETWEEN NATCHEZ AND FAYETTE.  IT HAD PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 75 MPH
AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A STORAGE BUILDING.  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BETWEEN RAYMOND AND JACKSON.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH WHILE THE RAIN AREA WAS DRIFTING NORTH.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORM ALONG THE LINE IN MISSISSIPPI WAS NEAR CLEVELAND.
IT HAD PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL EARLIER.  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING
EAST AROUND 20 MPH.