Tornado Watch Issued for Portions of Louisiana and Mississippi

A tornado watch has been issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, effective Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The watch area is approximately 60 miles east and west of a line from Monroe, Louisiana to McComb, Mississippi. Conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, with a couple of tornadoes possible, as well as damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Key Takeaways:

• The tornado watch covers portions of Northeast into Southeast Louisiana and Southwest into Central Mississippi.
• The watch is effective from 510 PM CDT Tuesday, May 6, 2025, until 100 AM CDT.
• A couple of tornadoes are possible, with scattered damaging wind gusts and scattered large hail events.
• The tornado watch area is approximately 60 miles east and west of a line from 60 miles east northeast of Monroe, LA to 75 miles south southwest of McComb, MS.
• Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast to develop and move into the Watch area this evening into the early overnight.
• A few supercells and line segments will likely focus the severe thunderstorm and tornado risks.

Statistics:

• The watch area is approximately 660 square miles in size.
• The primary threats include a couple of tornadoes, scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph, and scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter.
• 60% probability of 2 or more tornadoes, 20% probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes.
• 40% probability of 10 or more severe wind events, 20% probability of 1 or more wind events 65 knots.
• 40% probability of 10 or more severe hail events, 20% probability of 1 or more hailstones 2 inches.

Sources:

• National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (https://forecast.weather.gov/)
• NWS Storm Prediction Center (Norman, OK 73069)
• SAW5 WW 235 TORNADO LA MS 062210Z (https://www.nws.noaa.gov/)
• WOUS64 KWNS WOU5 (https://www.nws.noaa.gov/)