Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
120 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CST.

AT 115 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM NEAR STARKVILLE THROUGH PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR FLORENCE.
ALSO THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS BETWEEN RALEIGH
AND TYLERTOWN. BOTH LINES WERE MOVING EAST.

SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EAST
MISSISSIPPI...BUT THERE WAS A REPORT OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO.

ALL IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE
URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
135 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

   ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
      SOUTHEAST OF A TUPELO TO JACKSON TO WOODVILLE LINE...

AT 135 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A CLUSTER BETWEEN
JACKSON AND PHILADELPHIA...AND ALSO BETWEEN RALEIGH AND COLUMBIA. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EDINBURG...WALNUT GROVE...RALEIGH AND
BASSFIELD.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT
ANY OF THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.

WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
200 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

1000-1030 AM...POWER LINES DOWN, TWO BARNS DESTROYED 2 MILES WEST OF
    CLEVELAND. TRAILER PARK DAMAGED 1/2 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND.

1024 AM...POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE IN SOUTHAVEN AREA AND
    SOUTH OF GREENBROOK. APPARENT TORNADO DERAILED 11 CARS OF A FREIGHT
    TRAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF HORN LAKE. PIECES OF RAILROAD CARS FOUND UP
    TO 1/4 MILE NORTH AND EAST OF SITE OF DERAILMENT.

1043 AM...STORE AND HORSE BARN DAMAGED JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND.

1120 AM...TREES DOWN ALONG NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY 5 MILES SOUTH OF
    KOSCIUSKO.

1135 AM...TREES DOWN ACROSS NATCHEZ TRACE 7 MILES NORTH OF KO(SCIUSKO.
    ALSO...IN LIBERTY CHAPEL COMMUNITY NE OF KOSCIUSKO...SEVERAL HOUSES
    DAMAGED WITH ONE INJURY REPORTED.

1205 PM...MORE TREES DOWN ALONG NATCHEZ TRACE AT DANCY IN EASTERN
    WEBSTER COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

   ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI EAST OF MCCOMB-
      BRANDON-KOSCUISKO-TUPELO LINE UNTIL 600 PM...

PORTIONS OF THE TORNADO WATCH HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA STILL IN THE TORNADO
WATCH IS THAT AREA EAST OF A MCCOMB-BRANDON-KOSCUISKO-EUPORA-TUPELO
LINE. THE J,ACKSON AREA IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

AT 212 PM...THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND FROM
EAST OF MCCOMB TO WEST OF MERIDIAN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 TO 60 MPH WHILE THE AREA GRADUALLY SHIFTS EASTWARD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
225 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CST.

AT 220 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLINSVILLE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND ALL INTERESTS
IN KEMPER COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBILE SEVERE WEATHER.

IN THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA AN AREA OF RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF
LAUREL NORTHEAST TO NEAR TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE AREA OF >PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

   ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI EAST OF MCCOMB-
      BRANDON-KOSCUISKO-TUPELO LINE UNTIL 600 PM...

AT 230 PM CST...A NEAR SOLID LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO LOUISVILLE TO COLUMBIA TO HAMMOND
LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MERIDIAN...NEAR RALLEIGH...AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASSFIELD.

THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ONCE AGAIN SLOWLY INCREASED.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.