Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
630 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 1 PM FOR PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH
MISSISSIPPI..AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

AT 630 AM A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST
TENNESSEE AND WAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND
MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR DYERSBURG THROUGH THE
MEMPHIS AREA TO NEAR HELENA IN ARKANSAS.  WIDELY SCATTERED VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 IS IN EFFECT TILL 1 PM FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF TENNESSEE..SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.  CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF
THREATENING WEATHER SHOULD APPROACH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF
ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.  THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING EXISTS
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CAMDEN TO PINE BLUFF..TO BRINKLEY TO WEST
MEMPHIS.  REMEMBER0 THAT IF FLASH FLOODING DOES OCCUR..MOVE UP TO AVOID
THE FLOOD WATERS.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
700 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

  ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 AFFECTS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE
   AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
   ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST TODAY. ALTHOUGH
THERE BEEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT...
THE HAIL  REPORTS THAT HAVE REACHED THE MEMPHIS OFFICE THUS FAR...HAS
BEEN FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THESE OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE HAIL WAS IN THE DIME TO MARBLE SIZE VARIETY.

ANOTHER POINT...THE REPETITION OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
SAME GENERAL AREA COULD RESULT IN LOCALLIZED FLOODING. ESPECIALLY OF
STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. SO DO TAKE
EVERY PRECAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS FOR THIS MORNING.
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DO KEEP UP WITH TODAYS WEATHER..F.AS IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT
THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED LATER TODAY AS AN
INTENSE STORM THAT COVERS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
MOVES TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
730 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 1 PM FOR PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH
MISSISSIPPI..AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

AT 730 AM NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER  SOUTHWEST
TENNESSEE..SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS..AND HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 IS IN EFFECT TILL 1 PM FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF TENNESSEE..SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.  CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF
THREATENING WEATHER SHOULD APPROACH.

AS RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE SAME AREAS..FLOODING ALSO BECOMES A
PROBLEM.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD
OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.  THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING EXISTS
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CAMDEN TO PINE BLUFF..TO BRINKLEY TO WEST
MEMPHIS...BUT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
MEMPHIS AREA. REMEMBER THAT IF FLASH FLOODING DOES OCCUR..MOVE UP TO
AVOID THE FLOOD WATERS.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
740 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1PM THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 635 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING SOUTH OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE IN
NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM HERNANDO TO HOUSTON TO IUKA. MOVEMENT IS
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME...HOWEVER
CONDITION REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADO`S AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
748 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1PM THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 735 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING SOUTH OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE IN
NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM HERNANDO TO HOUSTON TO IUKA. MOVEMENT IS
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME...HOWEVER
CONDITION REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADOS AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGgS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
950  AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

   ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 945 AM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL.

ANYONE LIVING IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION WHEN IT
APPROACHES THEIR AREA.

ELSEWHERE RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND
RAINSHOWERS OVER MANY PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY OVER TISHOMINGO COUNTY AND MONROE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
MILE<S AN HOUR.