Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
115 PM CDT MON JUL 21 1986

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 110 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS, SOME QUITE
HEAVY OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE HEAVIEST WERE LOCATED IN GREENE COUNTY ALABAMA..KEMPER AND NESHOBA
COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTENING AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR jHEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS
OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 2 PM..NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER EASTCENTRAL..AND
SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI.

ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY..THEY ARE MOVING
VERY SLOWLY.  THIS SHOULD RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A FEW
LOCATIONS.  SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS.

VISIBILITY MAY BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED FOR A SHORT TIME..DUE TO THE
INTENSITY OF RAINFALL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 1986

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EXPLOSIVELY OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

AT 230 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS CENTERED
OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST MISSISSIPPI.

MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT MON JUL 21 1986

AT 300 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTH OF JACKSON.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD EXPECT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND AND HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 330 PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CDT MON JUL 21 1986

AT 330 PM...NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MACON...
15 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN AND 30 MILES WEST OF MCCOMB.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RA$IN.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD EXPECT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND AND HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CDT MON JUL 21 1986

AT 425 PM...NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE JACKSON
AREA.

SINCE ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH,
HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OVER 3/4 OF AN
INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON IN A 20 MINUTE SPAN.
SINCE THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME, STREET FLOODING WILL
BE A MAJOR CONCERN FOR PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AS THE RUSH HOUR NEARS.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRIVE IN THIS WEATHER UNLESS THEY HAVE TO. IF
YOU ARE DRIVING, DO NOT ATQTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RUNNING WATER OR
WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. UNDERPASSES COULD BE DEADLY.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 PM.