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Tornado Watch 6

February 14, 202643 parishes in Louisiana; 12 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 14, 2026, 6:54 PM CST for 43 parishes in Louisiana; 12 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2026, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2026, 1:01 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 55 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Pike County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 30%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 60%

Warnings issued inside it

66 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 7:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	47 min
Feb 14, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	44 min
Feb 14, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	42 min
Feb 14, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	39 min
Feb 14, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	48 min
Feb 14, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	24 min
Feb 14, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	37 min
Feb 14, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	64 min
Feb 14, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	47 min
Feb 14, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	46 min
Feb 14, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	46 min
Feb 14, 8:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	28 min
Feb 14, 8:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	25 min
Feb 14, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	51 min
Feb 14, 8:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	21 min
Feb 14, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	34 min
Feb 14, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	32 min
Feb 14, 8:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	13 min
Feb 14, 8:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	36 min
Feb 14, 8:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Feb 14, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	58 min
Feb 14, 8:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more	65 min
Feb 14, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Feb 14, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant	45 min
Feb 14, 8:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	38 min
Feb 14, 8:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	53 min
Feb 14, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	48 min
Feb 14, 9:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry	29 min
Feb 14, 9:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	35 min
Feb 14, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	25 min
Feb 14, 9:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	37 min
Feb 14, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	29 min
Feb 14, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	58 min
Feb 14, 9:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	23 min
Feb 14, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more	63 min
Feb 14, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	17 min
Feb 14, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	34 min
Feb 14, 9:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	79 min
Feb 14, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry	30 min
Feb 14, 10:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	73 min
Feb 14, 10:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	26 min
Feb 14, 10:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	39 min
Feb 14, 10:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	31 min
Feb 14, 10:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	18 min
Feb 14, 10:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	45 min
Feb 14, 10:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Vermilion	44 min
Feb 14, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	65 min
Feb 14, 10:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	28 min
Feb 14, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge and 1 more	63 min
Feb 14, 11:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	58 min
Feb 14, 11:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	14 min
Feb 14, 11:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana	38 min
Feb 14, 11:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, West Baton Rouge	48 min
Feb 14, 11:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	26 min
Feb 14, 11:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	23 min
Feb 14, 11:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	70 min
Feb 14, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	69 min
Feb 14, 11:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	28 min
Feb 14, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	50 min
Feb 14, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 4 more	47 min
Feb 15, 12:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Saint James	29 min
Feb 15, 12:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	32 min
Feb 15, 12:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	32 min
Feb 15, 12:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Assumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Terrebonne	31 min
Feb 15, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	65 min
Feb 15, 12:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 5 more	61 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 6:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 40 more	118 min
Feb 14, 9:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 4 more	58 min
Feb 14, 10:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 19 more	2 hr
Feb 14, 11:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 6 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 1:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint Tammany and 1 more	2 hr
Feb 15, 3:04 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Jackson	116 min
Feb 14, 6:23 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 4 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.