Tornado Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED MS TO AR LINE 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...SEVERE WEATHER TO INCREASE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800PM...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE CONTINUING TO GROW IN SIZE AND NUMBER AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY
EASTWARD.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ARE LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF
MISSISSIPPI...BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME...THE STORMS ARE NOT VERY
STRONG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THESE
STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. HOOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECCTED TO BEGIN UNTIL THE ACTIVITY IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS
MOVES INTO MISSISSIPPI...PROBABLY AROUND 500 OR 600 PM THIS EVENING.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALL PEOPLE
ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
250 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

1:55 PM CST....NEWTON COUNTY S.O. REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
               8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATUR MISSISSIPPI. MANY
               TREE DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND BARN.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 300 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

900-1000AM...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN SUMMIT (PIKE COUNTY). REPORT FROM
CIVIL DEFENSE.

1100AM-NOON...MAJOR FLOODING IN AND AROUND MAGEE AND MENDENHALL (SIMPSON
COUNTY). MANY ROADS FLOODED. WATER GOT INTO HOMES AND A NURSING HOME.
CO-OP OBSERVER REPORT 5.32 INCHED FROM 700 AM-NOON. REPORT FORM SHERIFF.

1148PM...TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SIMPSON COUNTY WEST AND NORTH OF
MAGEE. ONE CHICKEN HOUSE DESTROYED. EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE
DAMAGE. SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES. NO INJURIES REPORTED. REPORT
FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CIVIL DEFENSE.

1220PM...POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN LEMON AND SYLVARENA
IN NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH.
REPORT FROM SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC. <<

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

...SEVERE WEATHER TO INCREASE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800 PM...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ACROSS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND TORNADOES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND REMAIN VERY
STRONG AS THEY MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...BUT ARE
NOT VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO NOW DEVELOPING OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA BETWEEN VICKSBURG AND MEMPHIS DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2
HOURS.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALL PEOPLE ARE! ADVISED
TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

TORNADO WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT THAT WILL PROBABLY
INCLUDE MORE OF MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...THUNDERSTORM INCREASING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800 PM...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS FROM
SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF TO NEAR CROSSETT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...BUT ARE NOT VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME. TGHIS PRECIPITATION IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HEADING TOWARD NORTH-
   WEST MISSISSIPPI...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
    WESTERN MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL
    800 PM...

AT 450 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARKANSAS.  THESE STORMS WERE STILL 10 TO 20
MILES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE.

THESE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT ARE CAPABLE OF
BECOMING SEVERE AS THEY HEAD INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.  PEOPSLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ARE ADVISED TO BE
READY TO TAKE COVER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.