Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSZTORMS IS ENETERING SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH AND WEST OF
NATCHEZ. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ADAMS...WESTERN
JEFFERSON...AND WESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY R'AIN...AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHWST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH AND WEST OF
NATCHEZ. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ADAMS...WESTERN
JEFFERSON...AND WESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY+ RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

...SEVERAL SPELLING CORRECTIONS WERE MADE....

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33 IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM FOR
   SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPPI...

STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
WARREN COUNTY AT 3 PM. IT WILL BE MOVING NEAR VICKSBURG BETWEEN 330
AND 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WfINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34 IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CENTRAL
                     AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 405 PM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF
OF MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MADISON...ADAMS..
JEFFERSON AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERE AT THE PRESENT TIME...
THEY COULD INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AT ANY TIME.  HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WIND
AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST
AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LAT%EST WEATHER STATEMENTS IN THIS RAPIDLY-CHANGING SITUATION...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THE
WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
410 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34 CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

AT 400 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A 6 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF UNION TO NEAR NEWTON.  THIS AREA OF
STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN NEWTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ARE UR+GED TO REMAIN WEATHER ALERT FOR THE NEXT 45 TO 60 MINUTES AS
THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
635 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34 CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

AT 630 PM CST RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WESTERN NESHOBA AND WINSTON COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

RESIDENTS IN WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AS THESE
STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE TWO COUNTY AREA.