Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
400 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24 REMAINS IN EFFECT AND INCLUDES NESHOBA AND
WINSTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 355 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TUPELO
MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY MISSISSIPPI. THIS
LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..
COMMERICAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
435 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24 THAT INCLUDED NESHOBA AND WINSTON COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 500 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

 TIME

230 AM       MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE
             TO SOME HOMES, A CHURCH STEEPLE BLOWN OFF, AND MOBILE
             CLASSROOMS DESTROYED AT CHARLESTON IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY.
             TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN, AND POWER WAS OUT IN SOME PARTS
             OF THE TOWN.

             IN DESTO COUNTY, MOBILE HOMES WERE REPORTED DAMAGED NEAR
             HERNANDO. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR PART OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE LINE HAVE NOW DISSIPATED. THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM
EDINBURG TO PELAHATCHIE TO BUDE. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

MEANWHILE, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY IN NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA SOUTH OF MONROE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO LINE UP ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE RIVER SOUTH OF VICKBURG,
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ADAMS, JEFFERSON, CLAIBORN, AND SOUTHERN
WARREN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTH OF VICKSBURG OCAN EXPECT
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH THROUGH THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
843 AM CST MAR 12 1986

  ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2PM
THIS           AFTERNOON...

AT 830 AM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A
RATHER LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RAINSHOWERS
OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
MUCH OF WEST MISSISSIPPI FROMTIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST TO YAZOO COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
THE STATE.

HEAVIEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER BENTON COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.