Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1054 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990

1030 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL
              ON I20 1 MILE WEST OF NEWTON IN NEWTON COUNTY
              MISSISSIPPI.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1205 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

940 AM CST...NESHOBA COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED NUMEROUS
             TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NESHOBA4
             COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1210 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FROM LIBERTY MISSISSIPI TO NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...NEAR
CARTHAGE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

A THUNDERSTORM OVER ST LANDRY PARRISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MAY HAVE
PRODUCED A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WILL MOVE INTO WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AROUND 1230 PM.
PERSONS IN WILKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
ALL OF THE STATE TODAY AND MOST OF TONIGHT.  DUE TO THIS THREAT...IT IS
VERY LIKELY THAT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED
LAT=ER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ALL INTERESTS IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF DEVELOPING WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1210 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FROM LIBERTY MISSISSIPI TO NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...NEAR
CARTHAGE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

A THUNDERSTORM OVER ST LANDRY PARRISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MAY HAVE
PRODUCED A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WILL MOVE INTO WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHW>EST MISSISSIPPI AROUND 1230 PM.
PERSONS IN WILKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1225 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...

AT 1225 PM CST RADAR INDICATED POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SOUTH THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI...20 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON..AND IN
A LARGE CLUSTER BETWEEN BROOKHAVEN AND MAGEE. ANOTHER VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH
OF WOODVILLE MISSISSIPPI.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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

120 PM CST...NAVAL AIR STATION GATE GUARD REPORTS TORNADO TOUCH
             DOWN TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAIN GATE.  LAUDERDALE
             COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.