Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 200 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST...

AT 200 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM SOUTHERN LEAKE
COUNTY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF PHILIDELPHIA.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHCENTRAL CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED OR REPORTED THE POTENTIAL
REMAINS FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EiAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. <<

TTAA0  KJAN 122038

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A SMALL PORTION
   OF NORTH...WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BUT
   STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST
   AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL        GRENADA      LEFLORE      SUNFLOWER    WASHINGTON

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLAIBORNE      HUMPHREYS    ISSAQUENA    JEFFERSON    SHARKEY
WARREN

IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
ADAMS          WILKINSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

...FREEZE WARNING FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...

A COLD FRONT ENTERED EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.
DRIER AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL PUT AN END TO THE RAIN AND THUNDER-
STORM ACTIVITY OVER MISSISSIPPI EARLY TONIGHT EXCEPT IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SO.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER TONIGHT...THE MERCURY SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN THE NORTH
TO NEAR 50 ALONG THE COAST.

HOWEVER...A MUCH STRONGER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE
STATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS SOUTHWARD
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY NIGHT. EVEN
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE COULD EXPERIENCE READINGS
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

ONE FACTOR WHICH COULD WORK IN OUR FAVOR IS A DISTURBANCE IN THE
UPPER ATMOSPHERE THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME CLOUDS OVER THE STATE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. IF THAT HAPPENS...SOME AREAS COULD BE SPARED FROM A
FREEZE...OR AT LEAST FROM A HARD FREEZE. HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL HOW MUCH CLOUDINESS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE.

PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS
THIS WEEKEND...AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PROTECTIVE
MEASURES BY SQUNDAY NIGHT. PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PLANTED GARDENS YET
MIGHT WANT TO HOLD OFF FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

...FREEZE WARNING FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...

A COLD FRONT ENTERED EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.
DRIER AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL PUT AN END TO THE RAIN AND THUNDER-
STORM ACTIVITY OVER MISSISSIPPI EARLY TONIGHT EXCEPT IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SO.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER TONIGHT...THE MERCURY SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN THE NORTH
TO NEAR 50 ALONG THE COAST.

HOWEVER...A MUCH STRONGER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE
STATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS SOUTHWARD
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BELOW
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY NIGHT.
EVEN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE COULD EXPERIENCE READINGS
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

ONE FACTOR WHICH COULD WORK IN OUR FAVOR IS A DISTURBANCE IN THE
UPPER ATMOSPHERE THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME CLOUDS OVER THE STATE LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. IF THAT HAPPENS...SOME AREAS COULD BE SPARED FROM A
FREEZE...OR AT LEAST FROM A HARD FREEZE. HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL HOW MUCH CLOUDINESS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE.

PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS
THIS WEEKEND...AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRSOTECTIVE
MEASURES BY SUNDAY NIGHT. PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PLANTED GARDENS YET
MIGHT WANT TO HOLD OFF FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
335 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

325 PM CST...7 SSE DEKALB MISSISSIPPI MARBLE SIZE HAIL LOUD ROAR
             TO NORTH. BY COOP OBSERVER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL
   AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR
   EAST CENTRAL AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH     HINDS    RANKIN     SIMPSON     SMITH
;
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
COVINGTON   JEFFERSON DAVIS   LAWRENCE    LINCOLN   MARION    WALTHALL