Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
735 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 713 RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED ONLY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
840 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR MOST
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 830 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. THESE STORMS SRE PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50-55 MILES AN HOUR.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDER#-
STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
840 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR MOST
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT.

AT 830 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. THESE STORMS SRE PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50-55 MILES AN HOUR.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBI0LITY OF SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
920 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF
MISSISSIPPI OR ALL COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND THE
THREAT OT SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUTNIES EAST OF INTERSTOATE 55
UNTIL 100 PM.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
935 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

FOLLOWING FROM JONES COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE

0910 AM CST MOBILE HOME DESTROYED ON HWY 29 SOUTHEAST
     OF LAUcREL MISSISSIPPI.

0915 AM CST TORNADO REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI

0920 AM CST TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF LAUREL

0935 AM CST CLARKE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST
     OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
MISSISSIPPI.

A NEW WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ONLY 3 THREE COUNTIES IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.

THEY ARE:  GREEN...GEORGE AND JACKSON.

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400PM...BUT WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED
MUCH EARLIER FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.