Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1239 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

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

AT 1228 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 AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
SECTION OF THE STATE.

HEAVIEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHERN ALCORN
COUNTY EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST TO ENID RESEVOIR THEN EXTENDING
FURTHER SOUTH TSOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT OF 1THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE
RAINSHOWERS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1239 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

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

AT 1228 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 AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
SECTION OF THE STATE.

HEAVIEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHERN ALCORN
COUNTY EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST TO ENID RESEVOIR THEN EXTENDING
FURTHER SOUTH TSOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.3

MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE
RAINSHOWERS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
135 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

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

AT 128 PM 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 AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
ALABAMA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.

A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI WITH
VISUAL SIGHTINGS OF A TORNADO MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES
AN HOUR. OTHER LESS SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN THE
TUPELO MISSISSIPPI VICINITY THIS HOUR.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO hTHE EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE
THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
135 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI TILL 2 PM
AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIL 9PM...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE MERIDIAN AREA SEVERAL TORNADOES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. OTHER
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM MERIDIAN SOUTHWESTWARD TO COLUMBIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD
BE NEARING THE COLUMBUS AREA BY 3PM.

AT 135 PM...THE JACKSON RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT CONTINUES
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.t