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Tornado Watch 107

April 12, 202022 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 12, 2020, 1:24 PM CDT for 22 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2020, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2020, 10:23 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 39 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
30%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike23 min
Apr 12, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike14 min
Apr 12, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall32 min
Apr 12, 3:39 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion66 min
Apr 12, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa44 min
Apr 12, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike, Walthall27 min
Apr 12, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall26 min
Apr 12, 4:28 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion47 min
Apr 12, 4:28 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatJANJasper, Jones62 min
Apr 12, 5:01 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith59 min
Apr 12, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist25 min
Apr 12, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington68 min
Apr 12, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa43 min
Apr 12, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar25 min
Apr 12, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson33 min
Apr 12, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany31 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1968 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
580 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
9.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 5:52 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more8 hr
Apr 12, 7:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more87 min
Apr 12, 9:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more90 min
Apr 12, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more96 min
Apr 12, 10:41 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more10 hr
Apr 12, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll87 min
Apr 12, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 12 more118 min
Apr 12, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 6 more63 min
Apr 12, 5:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMadison, Tensas91 min
Apr 12, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson and 5 more4 hr
Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River and 1 more91 min
Apr 12, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Choctaw, Hinds, Holmes, Kemper, Lauderdale and 10 more95 min
Apr 12, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCopiah, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lauderdale and 14 more97 min
Apr 12, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Marion23 min
Apr 12, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreene, Perry, Wayne97 min
Apr 12, 4:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCovington, Jasper, Jones34 min
Apr 12, 4:38 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Apr 12, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Wayne66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.