Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
GREENVILLE TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 1025 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PURVIS TO
SHUBUTA TO NEAR MERIDIAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH
AND WERE ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGING WIND..LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PURVIS HAD RESULTED IN DOWNED TREES IN THE AREA.
LINE MOVEMENT WAS NEAR 10 MPH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN
NUMBER AND INTENSITY AND WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR HOLLY BLUFF TO TUPELO.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM VICKSBURG TO JACKSON TO COLUMBIA AND
EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1105 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
GREENVILLE TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 1100 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA TO HATTIESBURG TO NEAR GREENSBURG LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING AT 60 MPH WITH LINE MOVEMENT NEAR 10 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..DAMAGING WIND..LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THIS
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST
TO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS
WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 60 MPH.

THE COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY
TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER
MISSISSIPPI IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

445 PM...JACKSON...GOLFBALL SIZE HAILAT CLINTON BLVD (UNNAMED CITIZEN)

445 PM...PARCHMAN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL (SUNFLOWER COUNTY CD)

440 PM...JACKSON...GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL (UNNAMED CITIZEN)

440 PM...NATCHEZ...HIGHS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH MEASURED BY
         INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY. TOP AND SIDES BLOWN OFF TIN
         STORAGE BUILDING BUT NO TORNADO SIGHTED. LOCAL FLOODING IN LOW
         AREAS..13 INCHES STANDING ON ROAD. NUMEROUS MUD SLIDES (ADAMS
         COUNTY EOC)

336 PM...RALEIGH...ONE TRAILER FLOODED (RALEIGH PD)

200 PM...MCCOMB...FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHERN MCCOMB (PIKE COUNTY CD)
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910 AM...BUSHY SPRINGS...TREES DOWN. TWO HOMES DAMAGED 7 MI E OF
         CRYSTAL SPRINGS (JACKSON HINDS EOC)

958 AM...BUSHY SPRINGS...1 HOUSE DESTROYED. 8 LIGHT TO MODERATE DAMAGE.
         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ROADS BLOCKED.

605 PM...STONEVILLE (WASHINGTON CO)...NICKEL SIZED HAIL (WEATHER SERVICE
         EMPLOYEE).

635 PM...SCHLATER (LEFLORE CO)...DIME SIZED HAIL (GREENWOOD LEFLORE
         C.D.)
626 PM...SUNFLOWER (SUNFLOWER CO)...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL (SUNFLOWER P.D.)

1010 PM...BAXTERVILLE (LAMAR CO)...SEVERAL TREES DOWN (HATTIESBURG MPH)

330 PM...MAGEE (SIMPSON CO)...EVACUATING HOUSES...FLOODING (MAGEE P.D.)

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE
TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 1125 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA TO HATTIESBURG TO NEAR GREENSBURG LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING AT 60 MPH WITH LINE MOVEMENT NEAR 10 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..DAMAGING WIND..LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THIS
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SCATTERD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1201 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 40 FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED AND
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 43 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH EAST MISSISSIPPI FROM
PHILADELPHIA NORTHWARD TO FULTON UNTIL 4 AM...

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 42 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM...

A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY TOWARD
MISSISSIPPI..PUMPING WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
EXTENDED FROM NEAR GREENSBURG LOUISIANA TO PRENTISS TO MERIDIAN TO
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 50
MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINS. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..DAMAGING WIND..LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER# SHOULD DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
APPROACH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1205 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 42 AND 43 REMAIN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 400 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR UNTIL 1245 AM FOR NOXUBEE AND LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES...UNTIL 100 AM FOR NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES...130 AM FOR NEWTON
COUNTY.

AT 1201 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE ACTIVITY
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

EVERYONE IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD

REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS
OF FLASH FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE F'LOOD WATERS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.