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Tornado Watch 2
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 9, 2026, 7:46 PM CST for 15 parishes in Louisiana; 30 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2026, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2026, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 45 counties
Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- 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
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 8:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 97 min |
| Jan 9, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 53 min |
| Jan 9, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 12:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 43 min |
| Jan 10, 12:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jan 10, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 43 min |
| Jan 10, 2:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 23 min |
| Jan 10, 2:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 58 min |
| Jan 10, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 5:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 72 min |
| Jan 10, 5:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 63 min |
| Jan 10, 5:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 118 min |
| Jan 10, 5:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 2 hr |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
542 WWUS20 KWNS 100144 SEL2 SPC WW 100144 LAZ000-MSZ000-101000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 2 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 745 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Nothern and Central Louisiana Central and Southern Mississippi * Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 745 PM until 400 AM CST. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A mix of clusters and supercells moving east-northeastward should pose a threat for a few tornadoes and scattered damaging winds this evening into early Saturday morning. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Natchitoches LA to 35 miles south southeast of Meridian MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 23030. ...Gleason
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 11 more | 116 min |
| Jan 10, 3:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper and 14 more | 9 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.