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Tornado Watch 720

December 28, 202446 parishes in Louisiana; 49 counties in Mississippi; 11 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 28, 2024, 2:17 PM CST for 46 parishes in Louisiana; 49 counties in Mississippi; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2024, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2024, 10:10 PM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 106 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay 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, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Angelina County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

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

Two or more tornadoes: 95%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 80%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 80%
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: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Sabine	30 min
Dec 28, 2:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	40 min
Dec 28, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	29 min
Dec 28, 2:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell	29 min
Dec 28, 2:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	42 min
Dec 28, 2:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	24 min
Dec 28, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	64 min
Dec 28, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	62 min
Dec 28, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	52 min
Dec 28, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Jefferson	47 min
Dec 28, 3:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	59 min
Dec 28, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	62 min
Dec 28, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	65 min
Dec 28, 3:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	Vernon	31 min
Dec 28, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	52 min
Dec 28, 3:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	53 min
Dec 28, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Cameron	49 min
Dec 28, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena	46 min
Dec 28, 3:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	59 min
Dec 28, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Dec 28, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland	34 min
Dec 28, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	35 min
Dec 28, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Orange	38 min
Dec 28, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	57 min
Dec 28, 4:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	55 min
Dec 28, 4:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Cameron	40 min
Dec 28, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas	49 min
Dec 28, 4:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	3 hr
Dec 28, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	48 min
Dec 28, 4:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Dec 28, 4:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	60 min
Dec 28, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	53 min
Dec 28, 4:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	46 min
Dec 28, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	63 min
Dec 28, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	55 min
Dec 28, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	66 min
Dec 28, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	35 min
Dec 28, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	77 min
Dec 28, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	61 min
Dec 28, 5:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	16 min
Dec 28, 5:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	59 min
Dec 28, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	65 min
Dec 28, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Cameron	34 min
Dec 28, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	47 min
Dec 28, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	39 min
Dec 28, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion	52 min
Dec 28, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington and 1 more	61 min
Dec 28, 5:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	44 min
Dec 28, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	65 min
Dec 28, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson and 1 more	79 min
Dec 28, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Warren	49 min
Dec 28, 6:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	73 min
Dec 28, 6:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa and 2 more	38 min
Dec 28, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	64 min
Dec 28, 6:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson	50 min
Dec 28, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Vermilion	33 min
Dec 28, 6:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	62 min
Dec 28, 6:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	44 min
Dec 28, 6:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	51 min
Dec 28, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	60 min
Dec 28, 6:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	39 min
Dec 28, 6:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin	55 min
Dec 28, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	67 min
Dec 28, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	47 min
Dec 28, 6:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	56 min
Dec 28, 6:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Vermilion	63 min
Dec 28, 6:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson	62 min
Dec 28, 6:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Livingston	11 min
Dec 28, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo	60 min
Dec 28, 7:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	67 min
Dec 28, 7:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	46 min
Dec 28, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James and 1 more	43 min
Dec 28, 7:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	58 min
Dec 28, 7:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	58 min
Dec 28, 7:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Dec 28, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	45 min
Dec 28, 7:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	59 min
Dec 28, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery	56 min
Dec 28, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	53 min
Dec 28, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	17 min
Dec 28, 7:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	64 min
Dec 28, 7:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston	49 min
Dec 28, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	66 min
Dec 28, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	62 min
Dec 28, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	54 min
Dec 28, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	42 min
Dec 28, 8:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba	59 min
Dec 28, 8:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	53 min
Dec 28, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	42 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 6:25 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Caddo, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle and 6 more	2 hr
Dec 28, 6:49 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 11 more	116 min
Dec 28, 7:38 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville and 41 more	7 hr
Dec 28, 9:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville and 34 more	117 min
Dec 28, 10:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Union and 2 more	96 min
Dec 28, 11:47 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Sabine, Vernon	88 min
Dec 28, 1:34 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 23 more	86 min
Dec 28, 3:17 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle and 7 more	58 min
Dec 28, 3:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 12 more	89 min
Dec 28, 11:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bolivar, Coahoma, Grenada, Leflore, Panola, Quitman and 6 more	60 min
Dec 28, 3:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence and 8 more	64 min
Dec 28, 4:46 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 16 more	89 min
Dec 28, 5:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas and 31 more	9 hr
Dec 28, 7:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Ellis, Franklin and 14 more	67 min
Dec 28, 8:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 16 more	97 min
Dec 28, 10:16 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Falls and 13 more	7 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.