Tornado Watch Louisiana, Mississippi | Effective 03/11/2026 16:57

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued March 11 at 6:57PM CDT until March 12 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 11, 2026 - 4:57pm
Expires: 
March 12, 2026 - 12:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CONCORDIA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NEWTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS FRANKLIN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, FERRIDAY, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, VIDALIA, WEST FERRIDAY, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
Area Description: 
Concordia, LA; Adams, MS; Clarke, MS; Covington, MS; Forrest, MS; Franklin, MS; Jasper, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Jones, MS; Kemper, MS; Lamar, MS; Lauderdale, MS; Lawrence, MS; Lincoln, MS; Marion, MS; Newton, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov