Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTING MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WITH US UNTIL TUESDAY
MORNING. THE WIND AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH.

ANYONE PLANNING TO VISIT LOCAL LAKES SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT WIND
OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BE DANGEROUS. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREA LAKES TODAY.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MA!Y BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE STATE LATE TODAY.

ANYONE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WATER
AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO MISSISSIPPI. AT 755 AM CST A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
FROM NEAER KOSCUISKO TO MADISON TO UTICA.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAAST AT AROUND 15 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON METROPOLITIAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND
EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

ADDITIONAL ST8ATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1025 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NO. 550 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TIL 2 PM...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE
SLOWLY EASTWARD...AND IS PRODUCING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
OVER PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI.  AT 1025 AM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NEAR VICKSBURG SOUTHWARD
TO NEAR NATCHEZ.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST
OR NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...
CLAIBORNE...WARREN...AND YAZOO COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
TODAY...THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAINS.  A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ALL EXCEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1100 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 550 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE COUNTY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST TODAY.

AT 1105 AM NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED IN OR CLOSE TO
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND WILL BE
APPROACHING EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.