Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 1986

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

AT 705 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
WATER VALLEY TO CLEVELAND AND INTO ARKANSAS. THE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AN`D POSSIBLE HAIL.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 1986

AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WAS RAPIDLY
MOVING SOUTH TOWARD CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 830 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MOST OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WAS NEAR A HOLLY BLUFF TO PICKENS TO
ACKERMAN TO OXFORD LINE.  THE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL
PLOWING SOUTHWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED THE AREA OF STORMS AS A WHOLE
HAD SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...
THE STORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI NEAR GREENVILLE..WEST OF GREENWOOD..AND NORTHEAST OF DURANT.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
LOUISIANA NORTHWEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
900 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 1986

    ...MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 900 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HERE IN TUPELO
SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS
LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSON TENNESSEE TO TUPELO TO COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION COUPLED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS PROMISES
TO GIVE SOME RELIEF TO OUR PAST HEAT WAVE AND DRY SPELL.
HOWEVER..THIS CHANGE IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME PROBLEMS.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR
AND THE ONSET OF RAINFALL WILL MAKE HIGHWAYS BECOME VERY SLICK.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
950 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 1986

AT 947 AM RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BRANDON THROUGH PHILADELPHIA TO 10 MILES
EAST OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI.

THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THOSE ATTENDING THE NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES OR
UNTIL 1020 AM.

THE AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST
AND MERIDIAN CAN EXPECT THE SAME LATER THIS MORNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1115 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 1986

AROUND 1039 AM CDT A "GUST FRONT" PASSED THROUGH MERIDIAN AND WAS
MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST. AT 1110 AM RADAR SHOWED THE GUST FRONT
WAS BETWEEN SANDERSVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND YORK ALABAMA.  IT APPEARS
TO BE SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS GUST FRONT THE TEMPERATURE AT MERIDIAN
DROPPED 10 DEGREES ..FROM 92 TO 82.. AND THE WINDS GUSTED T'O 35 MPH.
ALSO A FEW PLACE IN TOWN RECIEVED A LIGHT SHOWER.

THOSE OF YOU LIVING ALONG OR AHEAD OF THIS GUST FRONT CAN EXPECT THE
SAME TYPE OF WEATHER FOR 30 TO 40 MINUTES. LATER ON HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOPE ALONG THIS FRONT.