Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
705 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1988

..........VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.......

AT 700 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE  STRONGEST
ACTIVITY WAS NOTED WEST OF NEW ALBANEY IN UNION COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS STRONG GUSTY WINDS INEXCESS OF
50 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE
APPROIATE ACTION WHEN NECESSARY. ALSO TO STAY TUNE FOR ANY FURTHER
WEATHER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
845 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

     LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

AT 840 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT
TIME EXTENDED FROM NEAR POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO NEAR BATESVILLE
ARKANSAS AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CLAY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS BY 10 PM CDT AND HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE
EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS...AND KEEP
POSTED ON LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE EVENING.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1040 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1987

 TIME                           REPORTED DAMAGE
____________________________________________________________

730 PM CDT                   TIPPAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                             REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN RIPLEY.
835 PM CDT                   TISHOMINGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                             REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTH OF
    V                         IUKA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
1050 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

     AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE

AT 1040 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
AT THAT TIME EXTENDED FROM NEAR DYERSBURG SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE AND
EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY YET
PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS...AND KEEP
IPOSTED ON LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1225 AM CDT MON MAY 9 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 400 AM CDT THIS MONDAY MORNING...

AT 1225 AM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENTED FROM EAST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI INTO WEST TENNESSEE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AT HELENA ARKANSAS AND WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS TUNICA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI DURING THE HOUR. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES AND
POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AS OF THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WATCH
AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. YOU ARE URGE TO KEEP ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER OCCURS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF
YOU ARE DRIVING ON NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THIS
MORNING YOU SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLY
WARNING.