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Tornado Watch 57
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 15, 2026, 6:37 PM CDT for 24 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2026, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 32 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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
- 60%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union and 1 more | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 75 min |
| Mar 15, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 19 min |
| Mar 15, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 89 min |
| Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Carroll, West Carroll | 93 min |
| Mar 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 4 more | 96 min |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.