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Tornado Watch 44
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 11, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT for 26 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 55 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 56 min |
| Mar 11, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 63 min |
| Mar 11, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 19 min |
| Mar 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 37 min |
| Mar 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 34 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 343 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 97 min |
| Mar 11, 7:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 21 more | 117 min |
| Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Red River | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell and 25 more | 84 min |
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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.