Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED CENTRAL LEFLORE
COUNTY AND MUCH OF CARROLL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREAS. AT THE GREENWOOD
AIRPORT...ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED UP TO 600 PM. SINCE
THEN MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL
LIKELY RECEIVE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THESE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO. CONDITIONS WERE VERY DRY BEFORE THE RAIN BEGAN...BUT THE RAIN HAS
BEEN SO FAST AND HEAVY...THAT RUNOFF HAS BEEN HEAVY. THUS...SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT
1 OR 2 HOUES AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS END.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR MORE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 CANCELLED...

THAT PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 416 HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A TUPELO-GREENWOOD
TO BELZONI LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI EAST OF THAT LINE.

AT 715 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THAT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED FROM NEAR LEXINGTON NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CARROLL
COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT CHANGED 416 TO 436 FIRST LINE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A TUPELO-GREENWOOD
TO BELZONI LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI EAST OF THAT LINE.

AT 715 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THAT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED FROM NEAR LEXINGTON NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CARROLL
COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 801 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH
MISSISSIPI CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

AT 758 PM MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED ARE LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO ABERDEEM.
THE LINE HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER-
STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH.

PEOP@LE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
805 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

AT 800 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
CLEVELAND TO GREENWOOD TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF RULEVILLE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WEST OF
FLORA.

ALL STORMS WERE MOEVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES HAVE
DECREASED AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.