Tornado Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
810 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 805 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ARKANSAS CITY
TO LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTH OF MONROE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
MONORE. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
ASHLEY COUNTY IN ARKANSAS.

THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH
BOLIVAR AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 830 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF
CLEVELAND TO NEAR MONROE.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THE LINE MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA
FROM NEAR BASTROP TO MONROE.

THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THE HOUR AND INTO
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN ABOUT 1 HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   1000 PM AND FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 855 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BATESVILLE
TO GREENVILLE TO NEAR RAYVILLE LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS PRODUCING GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF BASTROP TO
RAYVILLE IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH ARE COMMON WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
STRONG UNTIL A COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI MOVES THROUGH THE
STATE LATER TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
928 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 400AM...

AT 928 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BETWEEN GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND DELHI LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS
DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT PASSES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS IT APPROACHES.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES CONTINUED TO SPREAD AND INCREASE FROM THE
WEST DURING THE PAST HOUR.
STATE LATER TONIGHTL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
928 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 400AM...

AT 928 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BETWEEN GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND DELHI LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS
DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LINGHTNING AS IT PASSES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS IT APPROACHES.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES CONTINUED TO SPREAD AND INCREASE FROM THE
WEST DURING THE PAST HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 1150 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 521 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

AT 1145 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING
SLOWLY EASTWARD.

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO INDICATED FROM PONTOTOC
TO 20 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALL PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS. <<