Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
410 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

TIME:        EVENT:
215PM        PUBLIC REPORTS SMALL HAIL IN NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY
             MISSISSIPPI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 410 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE FIRST CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM JACKSON SOUTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF RALEIGH.  THE SECOND CLUSTER
WAS JUST SOUTH OF A WOODVILLE...MCCOMB...COLUMBIA LINE.

EARLIER...ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED PENNY SIZED HAIL AT BRANDON
AT 330PM WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF HALF-DOLLARS AT PICYUNE AROUND 4PM.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PR,ODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 505 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDER-
STORMS NEAR AND WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF MCCOMB.

A COUPLE OF STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN CRYSTAL SPRINGS
AND NATCHEZ OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO NOTED
OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN YAZOO CITY AND CANTON.

ONE INTENSE STORM WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA 25 MILES NORTH-
EAST OF MONROE.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. Q THESE STORMS WERE STILL
DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.