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Tornado Watch 45

March 15, 202520 parishes in Louisiana; 67 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 15, 2025, 10:31 AM CDT for 20 parishes in Louisiana; 67 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2025, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 87 counties

Ascension Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Alcorn County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll 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, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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: 95%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	44 min
Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas	42 min
Mar 15, 10:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 15, 10:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	29 min
Mar 15, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	64 min
Mar 15, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	61 min
Mar 15, 11:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	36 min
Mar 15, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	67 min
Mar 15, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 2 more	47 min
Mar 15, 11:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower	57 min
Mar 15, 11:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll	4 hr
Mar 15, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	67 min
Mar 15, 11:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	55 min
Mar 15, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery	49 min
Mar 15, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	46 min
Mar 15, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	East Carroll	58 min
Mar 15, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	58 min
Mar 15, 12:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	50 min
Mar 15, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 15, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	52 min
Mar 15, 12:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	51 min
Mar 15, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery and 1 more	59 min
Mar 15, 12:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LIX	Pike, Walthall	26 min
Mar 15, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	66 min
Mar 15, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	49 min
Mar 15, 12:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 1 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 12:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	30 min
Mar 15, 12:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	57 min
Mar 15, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	27 min
Mar 15, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	16 min
Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Leflore	46 min
Mar 15, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	31 min
Mar 15, 1:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	5 hr
Mar 15, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	39 min
Mar 15, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	52 min
Mar 15, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	40 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	41 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	41 min
Mar 15, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	23 min
Mar 15, 1:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	2 hr
Mar 15, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln, Simpson	62 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	60 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Covington, Jones, Smith	60 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	58 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	12 min
Mar 15, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	40 min
Mar 15, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	48 min
Mar 15, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	47 min
Mar 15, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	44 min
Mar 15, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	39 min
Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	5 hr
Mar 15, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	65 min
Mar 15, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	57 min
Mar 15, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	66 min
Mar 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LIX	East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge	14 days
Mar 15, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	43 min
Mar 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery, Webster	46 min
Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	44 min
Mar 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	50 min
Mar 15, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	64 min
Mar 15, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	31 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson	40 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Covington, Jones, Smith	26 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion and 4 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	56 min
Mar 15, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	24 min
Mar 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Smith	58 min
Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	25 min
Mar 15, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	25 min
Mar 15, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Lauderdale and 2 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	55 min
Mar 15, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	26 min
Mar 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Smith	60 min
Mar 15, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	40 min
Mar 15, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar and 1 more	48 min
Mar 15, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	48 min
Mar 15, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	28 min
Mar 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	56 min
Mar 15, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	53 min
Mar 15, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	12 min
Mar 15, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale	37 min
Mar 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	51 min
Mar 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	102 min
Mar 15, 5:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LIX	Saint Tammany	15 days
Mar 15, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	43 min
Mar 15, 5:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LIX	Jackson	15 days
Mar 15, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	12 min
Mar 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	21 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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: 1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 427 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 15.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	2 hr
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Carroll, West Carroll	2 hr
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Caldwell, Claiborne, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln and 7 more	7 hr
Mar 14, 11:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Union, West Carroll	96 min
Mar 15, 4:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 21 more	86 min
Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula and 23 more	7 hr
Mar 15, 8:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson and 11 more	86 min
Mar 15, 9:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll and 16 more	95 min
Mar 15, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Madison and 6 more	113 min
Mar 15, 11:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	97 min
Mar 15, 2:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	83 min
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	10 hr
Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more	115 min
Mar 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper and 14 more	86 min
Mar 15, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Jackson, Stone	86 min
Mar 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 18 more	85 min
Mar 15, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	9 hr
Mar 15, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion, Walthall	54 min
Mar 15, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee and 6 more	89 min
Mar 15, 1:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 11 more	119 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jasper and 12 more	2 hr
Mar 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	95 min
Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Perry and 2 more	3 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.