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Tornado Watch 33

March 14, 2025Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 29 parishes in Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2025, 4:59 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 29 parishes in Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2025, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 63 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell 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, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas 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, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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
80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
60%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
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
40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2025-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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 2025-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington2 hr
Mar 14, 1:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 3 more2 hr
Mar 14, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton2 hr
Mar 14, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 27 more9 hr
Mar 14, 6:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Franklin, Fulton and 9 more2 hr
Mar 14, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 11 more115 min
Mar 14, 4:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAvoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin and 7 more2 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2025Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2025Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2025Every tornado watch in 2025

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.