Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

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

ALL TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE EXPIRED.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPPI IN EFFECT
UNTIL 845 PM. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 38 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

AT 5 PM SOWASHEE CREEK WAS AT 14.9 FEET UP 2 FEET THE PAST HOUR.
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE READY
TO EVACUATE.

AT 450 PM CST RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 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)

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 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 505 PM CST...A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR GEORGETOWN.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED NEAR HERMANVILLE
BUT WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY.  THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE JACKSON
AREA HAD ALSO DECREASED IN INTENSITY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH WHILE THE RAIN AREA WAS DRIFTING NORTH.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORM ALONG THE LINE IN MISSISSIPPI WAS NEAR DREW AND
PARCHMAN.  THE STORM NEAR PARCHMAN PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR.  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AROUND
20 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL INTENSITY TREND OF THE STORMS HAS BEEN DECREASING..
THE STORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.  PEOPLE DRIVING HOME FROM
WORK SHOULD BE CAREFUL IF THEY ARE CAUGHT IN ONE OF THESE DOWNPOURS.

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

LATE REPORT

NOON  CST...TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR SUQUALENA IN NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE
             COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 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 40 FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TILL MIDNIGHT...

AT 540 PM CST...LARGE AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTWEST
MISSISSIPPI.  THERE WERE SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THESE
AREAS OF RAIN...AND THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM SOUTHERN SUN-
FLOWER COUNTY ACROSS LEFLORE COUNTY SINCE 5 PM.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO
KNOWN CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

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

...REVISED CREST FOR SOWASHEE CREEK IN MERIDIAN MISSSISSIPPI...

AT 600 PM CST SOWASHEE CREEK WAS AT 15.9 FEET UP ONE FOOT DURING THE
PAST HOUR.

DUE TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS SINCE THE LAST CREST FORECAST SOWASHEE
CREEK IS NOW FORECAST TO CREST BETWEEN 21 AND 22 FEET LATE TONIGHT
OR EARLY TOMMOROW MORNING. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT AND THIS COULD CAUSE THE CREEK TO CREST EVEN HIGHER.

SOWASHEE CREEK CRESTED AT 21.54 FEET ON JAN. 18 1987.