Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 650 PM...JACKSON RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST
OF ARKANSAS CITY...ARKANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF BOLIVAR COUNTY AROUND 700 PM AND
THEN MOVE NORTHEAST RAPIDLY TOWARD THE TOWNS OF SHELBY AND MOUND BAYOU
IN NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY.

ALL PERSONS IN OR NEAR THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 730 PM...THE THUNDERSTORM IN BOLIVAR COUNTY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND
HAD DECREASED TO A RAINSHOWER IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INTENSIFIED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR 10 MILES WEST OF ROSEDALE MISSISSIPPI TO
WINNFIELD LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
BOLIVAR COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA NEAR WINNFIELD.
THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN ABOUT 2 HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECT LINE 10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 730 PM...THE THUNDERSTORM IN BOLIVAR COUNTY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND
HAD DECREASED TO A RAINSHOWER IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INTENSIFIED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR 10 MILES WEST OF ROSEDALE MISSISSIPPI TO
WINNFIELD LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
BOLIVAR COUNTY WITHIN THE  HOUR AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA NEAR WINNFIELD.
THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN ABOUT 2 HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
810 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 805 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ARKANSAS CITY
TO LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTH OF MONROE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
MONORE. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
ASHLEY COUNTY IN ARKANSAS.

THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH
BOLIVAR AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 830 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF
CLEVELAND TO NEAR MONROE.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THE LINE MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA
FROM NEAR BASTROP TO MONROE.

THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THE HOUR AND INTO
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN ABOUT 1 HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 855 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BATESVILLE
TO GREENVILLE TO NEAR RAYVILLE LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS PRODUCING GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF BASTROP TO
RAYVILLE IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH ARE COMMON WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
STRONG UNTIL A COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI MOVES THROUGH THE
STATE LATER TONIGHT.