Tornado Warning 42, NWS Jackson, MS

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

...SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON...

A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS
TO A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR SHREVEPORT AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTHWEST
INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EAST FROM THE LOW ALONG A SHREVEPORT-MONROE-
MCCOMB LINE. THE WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS THE COLD
FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREA ADVANCES EASTWARD.

THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS IS BRING A VERY WARM MOIST AIRMASS
INTO MISSISSIPPI FROM THE GULF.

AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA SOUTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RAIN HAS
COOLED THE AIR IN PORTIONS OF THE DELTA AND LESSENED THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER IN THAT AREA.

HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN
LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RACE EASTWARD
INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 300 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT AS
THE COOLING OF THE NIGHT SETS IN...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
IN INTENSITY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD "SEVERE" TO 5TH PARA.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
130 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988

...SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON...

A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS
TO A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR SHREVEPORT AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTHWEST
INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EAST FROM THE LOW ALONG A SHREVEPORT-MONROE-
MCCOMB LINE. THE WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS THE COLD
FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREA ADVANCES EASTWARD.

THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS IS BRING A VERY WARM MOIST AIRMASS
INTO MISSISSIPPI FROM THE GULF.

AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA SOUTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RAIN HAS
COOLED THE AIR IN PORTIONS OF THE DELTA AND LESSENED THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER IN THAT AREA.

HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN
LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RACE EASTWARD
INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 300 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT AS
THE COOLING OF THE NIGHT SETS IN...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
IN INTENSITY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
332 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH 475 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 330 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MONROE LA TO
THE GRENADA RESERVOIR IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE BETWEEN MONROE AND BELZONI.

ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORM LINE
OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA JUST WEST OF NEWELLTON.  THIS STORM WILL BE
APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN PORT GIBSON AND VICKSBURG
DURING THE NEXT 60 MINUTES.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 30/ TO 40 MILES AN HOUR
AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 445 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..

AT 440 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AMORY TO LOUISVILLE TO PORT
GIBSON.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE WEATHER ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHE4LTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
530 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH 475 STILL IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM...
...HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A VICKSBURG-
JACKSON-KOSCIUSKO LINE...

AT 530 PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSHED ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED NORTH
OF A VICKS{BURG TO JACKSON TO KOSCIUSKO LINE...AND HENCE THE TORNADO
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF THAT LINE.

SOUTH OF THAT LINE...THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.