Ominous clouds captured by the Greenville, MS Skycam, Thursday afternoon

Showers and thunderstorms were widespread across the state Thursday afternoon, with a few storms becoming strong.

One particular storm formed near Greenville and produced some very ominous clouds, clouds that resembled either a funnel  or a tornado.

The Jackson National Weather Service issued a special weather statement for this storm, but no severe thunderstorm warnings were issued.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 

WASHINGTON COUNTY MS & HUMPHREYS COUNTY MS

127 PM CDT THU SEPT 10 2009

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM WAYSIDE TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARLOVE AT 127 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

 VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

 HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

 PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

Fortunately, there were no reports of a tornado or funnel cloud, but very heavy rain fell across the Greenville area in a short period of time, with over 1 inch of rainfall within a hour. (1.31 inches of total rainfall, Thursday afternoon)

Other skycam views as storms developed across the state, Thursday afternoon

Greenwood, MS

Amory, MS

Ellisville, MS

Vicksburg, MS-(Mississippi River)

Grenada, MS