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Tornado Watch 32
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 8, 2023, 4:52 PM CST for 29 parishes in Louisiana; 37 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2023, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2023, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 66 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides 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, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 40%
Warnings issued inside it
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 48 min |
| Feb 8, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Feb 8, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 43 min |
| Feb 8, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 48 min |
| Feb 8, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 42 min |
| Feb 8, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 26 min |
| Feb 8, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 35 min |
| Feb 8, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 50 min |
| Feb 8, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 32 min |
| Feb 8, 7:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 10 min |
| Feb 8, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 24 min |
| Feb 8, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 46 min |
| Feb 8, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 60 min |
| Feb 8, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 42 min |
| Feb 8, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 49 min |
| Feb 8, 7:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Feb 8, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 40 min |
| Feb 8, 8:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 26 min |
| Feb 8, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 56 min |
| Feb 8, 8:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Smith | 40 min |
| Feb 8, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 39 min |
| Feb 8, 10:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Terrebonne | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 133 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 135 Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 136 Tornado watch 32
- Mesoscale Discussion 138 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 139 Tornado watch 32
- Mesoscale Discussion 141 Tornado watch 32
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 11:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Madison, Tensas | 83 min |
| Feb 8, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 12 more | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.