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Tornado Watch 634
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 28, 2025, 3:48 PM CDT for 19 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2025, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2025, 8:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 36 counties
Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 40%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 40 min |
| Oct 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 36 min |
| Oct 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby | 14 min |
| Oct 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 33 min |
| Oct 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby | 42 min |
| Oct 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 21 min |
| Oct 28, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 34 min |
| Oct 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 41 min |
| Oct 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 17 min |
| Oct 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 34 min |
| Oct 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine | 44 min |
| Oct 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Oct 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange | 37 min |
| Oct 28, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 16 min |
| Oct 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 46 min |
| Oct 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 15 min |
| Oct 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 14 min |
| Oct 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 38 min |
| Oct 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Vernon | 116 min |
| Oct 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, De Soto and 7 more | 114 min |
| Oct 28, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins and 9 more | 119 min |
Nearby
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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.