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Tornado Watch 48
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 11, 2026, 6:56 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; 23 parishes in Louisiana; 30 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2026, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 1:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 64 counties
Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Perry County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
58 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 58 min |
| Mar 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 12 min |
| Mar 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 77 min |
| Mar 11, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 20 min |
| Mar 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 58 min |
| Mar 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 61 min |
| Mar 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 11, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 67 min |
| Mar 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 49 min |
| Mar 11, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 27 min |
| Mar 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 65 min |
| Mar 11, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 57 min |
| Mar 11, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 12 min |
| Mar 11, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Saint Charles, Terrebonne | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 42 min |
| Mar 11, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Terrebonne | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison | 113 min |
| Mar 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar, Marion | 90 min |
| Mar 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 6 more | 117 min |
| 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, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 20 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 12 more | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.