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Tornado Watch 10

February 15, 20254 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 15, 2025, 9:11 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2025, 9:11 PM CST (03:11 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 127 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Lee County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Chickasaw 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, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jackson 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, Lee County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 9:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	59 min
Feb 15, 9:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	83 min
Feb 15, 9:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	52 min
Feb 15, 9:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	71 min
Feb 15, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery, Webster and 1 more	50 min
Feb 15, 10:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	56 min
Feb 15, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge	34 min
Feb 15, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	51 min
Feb 15, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	49 min
Feb 15, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	65 min
Feb 15, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	59 min
Feb 15, 10:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	87 min
Feb 15, 10:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	54 min
Feb 15, 10:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	26 min
Feb 15, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	45 min
Feb 15, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	27 min
Feb 15, 10:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	34 min
Feb 15, 10:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	61 min
Feb 15, 11:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	38 min
Feb 15, 11:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	37 min
Feb 15, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	51 min
Feb 15, 11:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	35 min
Feb 15, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	64 min
Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	47 min
Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee	62 min
Feb 15, 11:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	25 min
Feb 15, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	24 min
Feb 15, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	45 min
Feb 15, 11:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	59 min
Feb 15, 11:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa, Walker	74 min
Feb 15, 11:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	46 min
Feb 16, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	57 min
Feb 16, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and 1 more	41 min
Feb 16, 12:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	11 min
Feb 16, 12:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	49 min
Feb 16, 12:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	17 min
Feb 16, 12:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	17 min
Feb 16, 12:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	46 min
Feb 16, 12:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Hale, Marengo	71 min
Feb 16, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	41 min
Feb 16, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	40 min
Feb 16, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	53 min
Feb 16, 12:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	67 min
Feb 16, 12:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	25 min
Feb 16, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	53 min
Feb 16, 12:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	50 min
Feb 16, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Bibb, Perry	58 min
Feb 16, 12:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	33 min
Feb 16, 12:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	60 min
Feb 16, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	56 min
Feb 16, 12:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby	68 min
Feb 16, 12:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	52 min
Feb 16, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	61 min
Feb 16, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Chilton, Dallas	69 min
Feb 16, 1:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	28 min
Feb 16, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	50 min
Feb 16, 1:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	45 min
Feb 16, 1:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Talladega	67 min
Feb 16, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	14 min
Feb 16, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb	29 min
Feb 16, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	50 min
Feb 16, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes	76 min
Feb 16, 1:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	51 min
Feb 16, 1:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	77 min
Feb 16, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb	15 min
Feb 16, 1:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	19 min
Feb 16, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Clay, Cleburne	62 min
Feb 16, 2:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Montgomery	69 min
Feb 16, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	76 min
Feb 16, 2:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	42 min
Feb 16, 2:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Pike	72 min
Feb 16, 2:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	49 min
Feb 16, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Tallapoosa	16 min
Feb 16, 2:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	42 min
Feb 16, 2:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	17 min
Feb 16, 3:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	38 min
Feb 16, 3:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Barbour, Russell	76 min
Feb 16, 3:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	20 min
Feb 16, 3:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	51 min
Feb 16, 3:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 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
Feb 15, 8:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman and 26 more	53 min
Feb 15, 11:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Choctaw, Cullman, Fayette, Greene, Hale and 10 more	2 hr
Feb 16, 12:51 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 41 more	114 min
Feb 16, 2:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	6 hr
Feb 16, 3:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 13 more	2 hr
Feb 16, 6:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee	5 hr
Feb 16, 7:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison and 4 more	117 min
Feb 16, 1:02 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 73 more	7 hr
Feb 16, 4:52 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Glascock, Greene, Hancock and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 16, 5:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 52 more	118 min

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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.