Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

        ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAIN STATES AND A COLD FRONT ARE
MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED IN A BAND FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO OXFORD.

AT 140 PM...ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT
WINONA IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF THE STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. A TORNADO
WATCH NOW COVERS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700 PM AND
OTHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS MISSISSIPPIANS TO BE AWARE OF
THE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  PEOPLE
ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 325 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

 TORNADO WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS
OF ALABAMA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THIS EVENING.

THESE WATCHS INCLUDE ALL COUNITES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 320 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED ALONG AND 60 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRENTISS
TO CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NUMEROUS SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. <<