Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 8, 1986, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)

Expired

Nov 8, 1986, 5:00 PM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST SAT NOV  8 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ..BOLIVAR..NORTHERN WASHINGTON

AT 405 PM AT FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS THE SAME ONE THAT APPARENTLY CAUSED DAMAGE NEAR LAKE
VILLAGE ARKANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
TOWARD CLEVELAND.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO, THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BsASEMENT IS AVAILABLE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
210 PM CST SAT NOV 8 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 550 REMAINS IN EFFECT INCLUDING NOXUBEE AND
WINSTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 200 PM CST RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST SAT NOV 8 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 3:25 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED BACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHREVEPORT...LOUISIANA TO
HOLLY SPRINGS...MISSISSIPPI.  SOME OF THESE STORMS HAD INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES...WITH THE STRONGEST
ONES JUST WEST OF BATESVILLE...AND OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS 30 MILES EAST OF
EL DORADO.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.
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MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT ^35 MILES AN HOUR.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.