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Tornado Watch 6

February 12, 202512 counties in Alabama; Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; 30 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 12, 2025, 1:32 PM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; 30 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2025, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2025, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 45 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hinds 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, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 60%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 30%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 10%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 1:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	45 min
Feb 12, 2:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	47 min
Feb 12, 2:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	61 min
Feb 12, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	38 min
Feb 12, 2:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	21 min
Feb 12, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	45 min
Feb 12, 3:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	51 min
Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Feb 12, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	47 min
Feb 12, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	45 min
Feb 12, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	30 min
Feb 12, 4:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	56 min
Feb 12, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	36 min
Feb 12, 4:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Stone	17 min
Feb 12, 4:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more	2 hr
Feb 12, 5:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	17 min
Feb 12, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Simpson, Smith	55 min
Feb 12, 5:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	38 min
Feb 12, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith	52 min
Feb 12, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	65 min
Feb 12, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	44 min
Feb 12, 6:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lauderdale and 3 more	4 hr
Feb 12, 6:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	55 min
Feb 12, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	51 min
Feb 12, 6:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Clarke	10 min
Feb 12, 6:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	37 min
Feb 12, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	74 min
Feb 12, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	23 min
Feb 12, 7:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	51 min
Feb 12, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	11 min
Feb 12, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	52 min
Feb 12, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	52 min
Feb 12, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Choctaw	21 min
Feb 12, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	33 min
Feb 12, 9:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	27 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 12, 11:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 2 more	2 hr
Feb 12, 1:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Greene, Marengo, Sumter	3 hr
Feb 12, 5:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	94 min
Feb 12, 2:08 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Vernon and 1 more	67 min
Feb 12, 12:04 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 35 more	8 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2025 Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2025 Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2025 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.