Tornado Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
755 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

          ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE JACKSON AREA...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN MOVING THROUGH
THE JACKSON AREA DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS. CLINTON HAS REPORTED 2.60
INCHES OF RAIN IN THAT TIME PERIOD WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON ACROSS
JACKSON. IN RANKIN COUNTY...AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LITTLE LESS...BUT STILL
AROUND 1 INCH.

THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SOME STREETS TO FLOOD. PERSONS
OUT DRIVING AROUND THIS MORNING SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL. IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO DRIVE...THEN WAIT MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE LEAVING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DECREASING IN THE JACKSON AR EA BY 815 AM.
THE WATER WILL RECEDE QUICKLY...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
915 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   AND TONIGHT...

A VERY POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER TEXAS IS MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD
MISSISSIPPI. THIS SYSTEM AS INTENSIFIED EVEN MORE THAN EXPECTED
DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS.

THIS SYSTEM CAUSED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT BEEN
SEVERE...BUT HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BOTH CLINTON AND
SOUTHWEST JACKSON RECEIVED ABOUT 2 AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
BETWEEN 600 AND 800 AM THIS MORNING. D'LO RECEIVED 4.00 INCHES OF RAIN
AS OF 900 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE STATE FOR
THE REST OF THE MORNING...BUT SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

INTENSE THUNERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED CLOSER TO THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM
IN TEXAS. THIS STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED INTO THE STATE UNTIL
AFTER 400 PM.

THE VERY MOIST WARM AIRMASS LOCATED OVER THE STATE COMBINED WITH
THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOOK MORE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME TORNADOES
MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THIS POTENIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A TORNADO PLAN FOR THEIR HOME AND BE
PREPARED TO POSSIBLY USE THEM LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT IF THE WEATHER
BECOMES THREATENING OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...HEAVY RAINFALL STILL OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 940 AM...AN AREA OF RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM NEAR MCCOMB NORTHEAST TO THE DLO
AND RALEIGH AREA OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHEAST UP TO NEAR MACON.

STREET FLOODING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 51 NEAR SUMMIT IN PIKE
COUNTY.  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER IN THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN
AREA AND ALSO IN THE DLO AREA.

THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR AND THEY HAVE SHOWN NO SIGNS OF WEAKENING.  MORE PERIODS OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH AND
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1150 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

AT 1147 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN SMITH COUNTY
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST FO RALEIGH. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL PASS THROUGH RALEIGH AND THEN HEAD FOR SOUTHEAST SCOTT
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF :1 INCH OR MORE AS IT
MOVES THROUGH SMITH COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
120 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES TO LOOK VERY LIKELY FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...

A VERY POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS
...AND AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WAS CENTERED NEAR TYLER
...OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS.  THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...ESPECIALLY OVER LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI.

THE SITUATION HAS BECOME EXPLOSIVE AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
IS CONCERNED.  A TORNADO HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SOME TREE...ROOF...AND
POWER LINE DAMAGE OVER SIMPSON COUNTY (MAGEE) LATE THIS MORNING.  A
CHICKEN HOUSE WAS ALSO DESTROY WITH THIS TORNADO.

MORE ISOLATED CASES OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER MISSISSIPPI OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  HOWEVER...THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE SERIOUS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND MOST OF TONIGHT ON THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.  PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
AS WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.