Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS

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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.

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

LATE REPORT

310 PM CST...15 PECAN TREES DOWN AND AWNING BLOWEN OFF HOUSE 4 MILES
             SOUTH OF MERIDIAN.  LAU%DERDALE COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
615 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 610 PM CST...LARGE AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.  THERE WERE SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THESE
AREAS OF RAIN...AND THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SUNFLOWER
COUNTY APPROACHING RULEVILLE AND DODDSVILLE.  THIS STORM HAS BEEN
TORNADIC IN THE PAST...AND RADAR INDICATES IT MAY STILL BE TORNADIC.

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.  NICKEL SIZE
HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR IN STONEVILLE.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH...BUT
THE LINE OF STORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE RAIN AREA OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN SHRINKING AND BECOMING
LESS INTENSE.  HOWEVER...THERE ARE STILL EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN
THIS RAIN A<REA WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS AREA IS
MOVING NORTHEAST SLOWLY BUT IS DECREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE.