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Tornado Watch 32
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 8, 2024, 1:58 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; 26 parishes in Louisiana; 22 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2024, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2024, 7:20 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 52 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Acadia Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles 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, George County, MS, Greene 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, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 96 min |
| Mar 8, 3:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 4:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Washington | 114 min |
| Mar 8, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 4:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 3 hr |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 12:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 116 min |
| Mar 8, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 93 min |
| Mar 8, 9:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 19 more | 115 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.