Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1205 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...
   NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM...

AT 1155 AM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST HOLMES COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM IS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVER MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AND SOME MAY BE SEVERE. PEOLPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SEEK  SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 1210 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT JONES AND WAYNE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST...

AT 1200 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS DETECTED BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TORNADOS AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 1255 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT JONES AND WAYNE...

AT 100 PM RAINSHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED OR REPORTED BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

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

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...
   NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM...

JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAZLEHURST IN COPIAH COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS JUST TO THE WEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS IN THE
NEXT 30 MINUTES AND MAY P?RODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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