Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1055 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM CST.

AT 1050 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER JONES AND JASPER COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND
ALL INTERESTS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

LISTEN FOR WARNINGS..WATCH FOR APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER..BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1139 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

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

AT 1138 AM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
A RATHER LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RAINSHOWERS
AND THUNDERSHOWERS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI FROM ALCORN COUNTY
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI THEN SOUTHWEST TO
McCOMB MISSISSIPPI.

HEAVIEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SARDIS RESEVOIR TO
NEW ALBANY THEN EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTH CARROLL COUNTY IN
CENTRAL MISSISSIDPPI.

MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE
RAINSHOWERS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1135 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI TIL 2 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING, AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING  COLD FRONT.

AT 1135 AM...THE JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS TO
BE LOCATED BETWEEN JACKSON AND HATTIESBURG...AND JUST EAST OF MCCOMB.
DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR, THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
SCOTT...SMITH...COVINGTON...LAMAR...JEFFERSON DAVIS..AND MARION
COUNTIES.  AT THE PRESENT TIME...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
REACHING SEVERE LIMITS..BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM
THESE STORMS STILL EXISTS.

LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH MISSISSIPPI..GENERALLY BETWEEN WINONA, CANTON, AND JACKSON.
IN WALTHALL COUNTY NORTH OF TYLERTOWN. THE STORM WILL
MOVE INTO MARIGON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR NEAR
COLUMBIA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1139 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

  ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MIISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM CST
     THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1138 AM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
A RATHER LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RAINSHOWERS
AND THUNDERSHOWERS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI FROM ALCORN COUNTY
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI THEN SOUTHWEST TO
McCOMB MISSISSIPPI.

HEAVIEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SARDIS RESEVOIR TO
NEW ALBANY THEN EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTH CARROLL COUNTY IN
JCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE
RAINSHOWERS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1154 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST...

AT 1150 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THNDERSTORMS
ACROSS  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MORTON IN SCOTT
COUNTY TO WESTERN SECTIONS OF JONES COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAD INCREASED IN AERIAL
COVERAGE DURING THE LAST HOUR.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. REPORTS FROM THE CIVIL
DEFENSE OFFICE IN JONES COUNTY ESTIMATED WINDS OF AROUND 50 MILES
AN HOUR IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF JONES COUNTY. ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS
HEAVY RAIN..LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND TAKE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1201 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26 REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM.

THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THAT AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF A KOSCUISKO-JACKSON-MCCOMB LINE.

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..ATTALA..COPIAH..YAZOO..HOLMES..HINDS..
MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI..AMITE..PIKE..LINCOLN..FRANKLIN..AND WILKINSON
COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

THE TOWNS OF JACKSON AND MCCOMB ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.