Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
405 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

TORNDAO WATCHS NUMBER 27 AND 28 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900PM CST.

ALL WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 405 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA TO MERIDIAN TO JONES COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDUCING THE VISIBILTY TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION. NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MERIDIAN WEATHER SERVICE DURING THE PAST
HOUR.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
415 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

1205 PM CST POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES NORTH OF STRINGER
        IN JASPER COUNTY. MOBILE HOME DESTROYED POWER LINES DOWN
        CONFIRMED BY THE JASPER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR.
105 PM CST TREES DOWN IN LOST GAP AREA REPORTED BY STATE OFFICIAL.
110 PM CST TWO HOUSES AND A TRAILER DAMAGED NEAR LOST GAP.
110 PM CST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BAILEY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
115 PM CST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT DALEVILLE COUNTY
        OFFICIAL.
115 PM CST ON HIGHWAY 493 NEAR BAILEY COVINGTON STORE AND HOME
        DESTROYED ALONG WITH TREES IN THE ROAD.
115 PM CST NEAR DALEVILLE HOUSE COLLAPSED AND INJURIES SUSTAINED BY
        LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE.
118 PM CST CHURCH STEEPLE TORN OFF BRIARWOOD CHURCH..EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
        SEVERAL HOUSES AND SOME INJURIES REPORTED BY LAUDERDALE CIVIL
        DEFENSE. MAFNY TREES SNAPPED OFF ABOVE THE GROUND.
1235 PM CST JASPER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED TREES DOWN AT MONTROSE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
430 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

100 PM CST POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTED BY PUBLIC STONEWALL IN
       NORTHWEST CLARKE COUNTY.
100 PM CST HIGH WINDS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN.
110 PM CST TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTH MERIDIAN REPORTED
       BY PUBLIC.
112 PM CST IN WEST MERIDIAN A 50 YARD WIDE PATH OF DESTRUCTION
       REPORTED BY LAUDERDALE CIVIL DEFENSE.
110 PM CST 10 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHED BY
       PUBLIC.
125 PM CST THREE TRAILERS DESTROYED AT DALEVILLE REPORTED BY
       LAUDERDALE CIVIL DEFENSE.
115 PM CST TWO HOMES TOTALLY DESTROYED NEAR BAILEY REPORTED BY
       LAUDERDALE CIVIOL DEFENSE.
115PM TO 125 PM CST SEVEN HOMES DAMAGED BETWEEN BAILEY AND DALEVILLE
       REPORTED BY LAUDERDALE CIVIL DEFENSE.

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

  ...TORNADO WATCH NO.27 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9
PM CST          THIS EVENING...

AT 430 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A
WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI,
NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.  SCATTERED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING FROM BOONEVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO NORTH OF
FULTON MISSISSIPPI AND IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM SOUTH OF RUSSELVILLE
TO FAYETTE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40
MILES AN HOUR.  THE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONSR IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN
WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

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

      ...CHANCES REMAIN FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER...

A COLD FRONT IN EAST TEXAS IS HELPING KICK OFF A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES
THAT ARE IN TURN RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES.  LARGE HAIL, HIGH WINDS, AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES HAVE ALL
OCCURRED IN MISSISSIPPI SINCE LAST MIDNIGHT...BUT LUCKILY NO FATALITIES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME.

AT 435 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO
JACKSON TO MCCOMB.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF
MERIDIAN AND NEAR HATTIESBURG.  LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE REST OF THE STATE.

UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH MISSISSIPPI SOMETIME TOMORROW
NIGHT, THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL
CONTINUE OV\ER MISSISSIPPI.   AT THE PRESENT TIME....TORNADO WATCHES
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
440 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

140 PM CST TWO MINOR INJURIES ON LIZELIA ROAD 12 MILES NORTH OF
       MERIDIAN.
110 PM CST ONE MINOR INJURY aAT MEEHAN.
120 PM CST TWO MINOR INJURIES AT BAILEY.

ALL ABOVE REPORTS RECEIVED FROM LAUDERDALE CIVIL DEFENSE AROUND
430 PM CST.