Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
730 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST...

AT 730 PM SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN
ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF HELENA TO WEST OF
FORREST CITY THROUGH THE SERCY AREA TO NEAR HEBER SPRINGS.  ISOLATED
VERY HEAVY STORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE DYERSBURG AND NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS NEAR BLYTHEVILLE.

SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THE STORMS IN ARKANSAS.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED WITH SCATTERED RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE
MIDSOUTH BUT THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER THE MEMPHIS AREA FOR THE PRESENT
TIME.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS
MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 562 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PARTS
OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA

REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
850 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 564 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING
FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 845 PM CST A LINE OR THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO VICKSBURG
MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THESE STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 60 MILE AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS.

YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF YOUR
ARE DRIVING ON NORTHERM MISSISSIPPI ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT YOU
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER MON DEC 14 1987...

815 PM CST  TYRONZA PD REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND IN
            TYRONZA, POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS.

825 PM CST  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
            MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTY WEST
            OF OCEOLA.

END/ HEW WSFO MEM

LOCAL STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER MON DEC 14 1987...

750 PM CST  EARLE PD (CRITTENDED COUNTY ARKANSAS) REPORTED PEA SIZE
            HAIL COVERING GROUND.

815 PM CST  TYRONZA PD REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND IN
            TYRONZA, POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS.

825 PM CST  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
            MARB"LE SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTY WEST
            OF OCEOLA.

END/ HEW WSFO MEM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 AND 564  REMAINS IN EFFECT...

AT 930 PM A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS.. AND HAD BEGUN MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE..IN THE MEMPHIS AREA.  THIS LINE ALSO EXTENDED
INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 563 CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS
MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 564 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE.

REMEMBER THAT A )TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
940 PM CST MON DEC 14 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 564 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING
AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 565 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR PORTION OF
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 930 PM CST A LINE OR THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
SOUTH THROUGH CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES EAST OF GREENVILLE
MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THESE STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 60 MILE AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF YO/U
ARE DRIVING ON NORTHERM MISSISSIPPI ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT YOU
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.