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Tornado Watch 61
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 24, 2009, 11:25 PM CDT for 17 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2009, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Tyler County, TX
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 50 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Franklin, Grant, Jackson and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 2 more | 85 min |
| Mar 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 1 more | 93 min |
| Mar 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle and 6 more | 91 min |
| Mar 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Forrest, Greene, Jones, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry and 2 more | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 10:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burleson and 40 more | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 48 more | 114 min |
| Mar 25, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 31 more | 87 min |
| Mar 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Hill and 8 more | 88 min |
| Mar 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 31 more | 93 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.