Tornado Warning 36, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
657 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 655 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO
PONTOTOC COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY HAS SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF PONTOTOC.
THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN THE AREA ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY ON...PERSONS IN NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
800 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR A PART OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 755 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR IUKA TO 5 MILES WEST
OF HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF PONTOTOC
AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM...THEREFORE...ALL
PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
858 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR A PART OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 853 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WHILE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING NEAR BOONEVILLE AND NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DDANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM...THEREFORE...ALL
PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
958 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR A PART OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 953 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WEST MISSISSIPPI. THE
ACTIVITY HAS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE ACTIVITY
IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM...THEREFORE...ALL
PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.