Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

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

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

412 PM TO 415 PM CST THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 64 MPH AT THE MERIDIAN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST.

ALL OTHER WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 500 PM CST A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN TO 20 MILES
WEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE
COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI.
PERSONS SOUTHEATST OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOW BE VERY
ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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

507 PM CST CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH
OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.