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Tornado Watch 7

February 14, 20266 counties in Alabama; 12 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 14, 2026, 11:17 PM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 12 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2026, 11:17 PM CST (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2026, 5:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 41 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles 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, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest 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, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
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
50%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln70 min
Feb 14, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington69 min
Feb 14, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 4 more47 min
Feb 15, 12:09 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Saint James29 min
Feb 15, 12:13 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANLawrence, Lincoln32 min
Feb 15, 12:13 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANLawrence, Lincoln32 min
Feb 15, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Terrebonne31 min
Feb 15, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion80 min
Feb 15, 12:35 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson29 min
Feb 15, 12:38 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Marion52 min
Feb 15, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington65 min
Feb 15, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 5 more61 min
Feb 15, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington34 min
Feb 15, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington28 min
Feb 15, 1:09 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles22 min
Feb 15, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones, Smith60 min
Feb 15, 1:19 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANJasper, Jones, Smith20 min
Feb 15, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany48 min
Feb 15, 1:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles47 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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 10:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington2 hr
Feb 15, 1:15 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington2 hr
Feb 15, 3:04 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile116 min
Feb 15, 6:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Feb 15, 7:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston8 hr
Feb 14, 6:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 40 more118 min
Feb 14, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 37 more6 hr
Feb 14, 9:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 4 more58 min

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.