Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

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

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 43 CONTINUES 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...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAVE PRODUCED
VERY UNSTABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER MISSISSIPPI.

AT 230 AM CST...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM NEWTON TO TYLERTOWN...WHILE ANOTHER BAND
EXTENDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN LOUISIANA FROM
HOLLY BLUFF MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE BANDS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS.
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PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER MAINLY
SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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

...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...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

AT 300 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED FROM
LEXINGTON TO VICKSBURG TO EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THSES STORMS WERE
ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND..HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND LIGHTNING. REPORTS
FROM THE VICKSBURG AREA INDICATE WINDS OF NEAR 50 MPH.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM TYLERTOWN TO
COLLINS TO NEWTON.

GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTH OF NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
350 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 44 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM...

AT 330 AM CST...TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE FIRST
LINE WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE AND LOCATED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND MCCOMB.
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS BETWEEN QUITMAN AND COLLINS. THE SECOND LINE WAS
ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM KOSCIUSKO TO NATCHEZ.
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WITHIN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED NEAR KOSCIUSKO AND 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE
PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
355 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 AM.

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

FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.  ROADS CONTINUE TO BE IMPASSABLE.
RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING
WEST OF THE AREA.

AT 350 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA EXTENDING
AS FAR WEST AS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF WATER IS THREATENING YOUR HOME
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

MORNING TRAVELERS SHOULD CALL AHEAD TO THERE DESTINATIONS AND MAKE
SURE THAT ALL ROADS ARE PASSABLE BEFORE THEY LEAVE.

YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SERIOUS WEATHER SITUATION
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS.

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

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM...

AT 400 AM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MSISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA WAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PHILADELPHIA TO MONTICELLO TO TYLERTOWN.
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI-LOUISIANA BORDER
SOUTH OF MCCOMB. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES DOES EXIST. PERSONS
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 44 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM...

AT 430 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE FIRST AREA WAS LOCATED FROM
MERIDIAN TO JUST NORTH OF LAUREL. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAUREL. THE SECOND AREA WAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
COLUMBUS TO RALEIGH TO NEAR BATON ROUGE. HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED
NEAR MORTON...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB...AND ALONG THE
LOUISIANA BORDER ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOMB. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAI>N
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.