WW 6 TORNADO LA MS CW 150055Z - 150800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 6
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
655 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Much of Louisiana
Southwest Mississippi
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 655 PM
until 200 AM CST.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms will track eastward
across the watch area through the evening. Conditions are favorable
for a few intense storms embedded within the line, capable of
tornadoes and damaging wind gusts.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of Monroe LA to 55
miles southwest of Intracoastal City LA. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 5...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 24040.
...Hart
WW 0006 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 6
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SE GLS TO
25 SW ESF TO 10 WSW ELD.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0080
..WEINMAN..02/15/26
ATTN...WFO...LCH...LIX...SHV...JAN...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 6
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC001-003-005-007-009-021-023-025-029-033-035-037-039-041-043-
045-047-049-053-055-059-061-063-065-067-073-077-079-083-091-097-
099-101-107-111-113-121-123-125-127-150440-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ACADIA ALLEN ASCENSION
ASSUMPTION AVOYELLES CALDWELL
CAMERON CATAHOULA CONCORDIA
EAST BATON ROUGE EAST CARROLL EAST FELICIANA
EVANGELINE FRANKLIN GRANT
IBERIA IBERVILLE JACKSON
JEFFERSON DAVIS LAFAYETTE LA SALLE
LINCOLN LIVINGSTON MADISON
MOREHOUSE OUACHITA POINTE COUPEE
RAPIDES RICHLAND ST. HELENA
ST. LANDRY ST. MARTIN ST. MARY
TENSAS UNION VERMILION
WEST BATON ROUGE WEST CARROLL WEST FELICIANA
WINN
WW 0005 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 5
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 E PSX TO
45 W POE TO 30 WNW ELD.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0079
..WEINMAN..02/15/26
ATTN...WFO...SHV...HGX...LCH...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 5
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC013-015-027-031-043-081-085-119-150240-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE BOSSIER CLAIBORNE
DE SOTO GRANT RED RIVER
SABINE WEBSTER
TXC039-071-167-199-241-245-291-321-351-361-403-150240-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BRAZORIA CHAMBERS GALVESTON
HARDIN JASPER JEFFERSON
LIBERTY MATAGORDA NEWTON
ORANGE SABINE
GMZ330-335-350-355-450-150240-
MD 0080 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 6... FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN/CENTRAL LOUISIANA
Mesoscale Discussion 0080
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0902 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
Areas affected...Parts of southern/central Louisiana
Concerning...Tornado Watch 6...
Valid 150302Z - 150400Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 6 continues.
SUMMARY...The severe threat will be maximized in parts of
south-central Louisiana for the next couple hours -- within Tornado
Watch #6.
DISCUSSION...A north/south-oriented QLCS with embedded mesovorticies
is tracking eastward into south-central LA at 35-40 kt. At least one
or two brief tornadoes have accompanied these circulations near the
Fort Polk, LA radar during the last hour. While pre-convective
buoyancy remains limited, a narrow plume of middle/upper 60s
dewpoints streaming northward ahead of the line will continue to
destabilize the inflow for the approaching storms. This, combined
with large clockwise-curved hodographs (around 300-400 m2/s2
low-level SRH), will continue to promote mesovorticies with a risk
of tornadoes and locally enhanced wind damage.
..Weinman.. 02/15/2026
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...
LAT...LON 29889339 30749286 31509260 31699247 31669204 31499177
31149164 30439166 29769202 29489246 29629333 29889339
MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...100-130 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0627 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
Valid 150100Z - 151200Z
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAR EASTERN
TEXAS ACROSS LOUISIANA AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms remain possible this evening and overnight from
eastern Texas across the Lower Mississippi Valley. A few tornadoes
along with scattered damaging winds will be possible.
...Sabine into the Lower Mississippi Valley...
A fast-moving shortwave trough will move from TX toward the lower MS
Valley through Sunday morning, providing lift and cooling aloft. At
the surface, low pressure will move from the ArkLaTex area into
northern MS, with a cold front trailing southwest from the low.
Ahead of the cold front, the air mass will continue to moisten as a
warm front lifts northward across southern LA and eventually
southern MS and AL late. Behind the warm front, dewpoints will
likely rise into the mid 60s F, aided by veering low-level winds and
40-50 kt at 850 mb.
The combination of increasing low-level shear will likely result in
effective SRH values over 200 m2/s2, perhaps near 300 m2/s2 where
non-zero low-level buoyancy exists. Given the rapid progression of
the upper trough, a squall line is likely to be maintained
overnight, possibly reaching southwest AL by 12Z. Both damaging
winds and a few embedded/QLCS tornadoes will be possible as this
line interacts with the increasingly moist air mass. The main
mitigating factor to overall magnitude of severe will be the
instability values, with MLCAPE averaging 500-750 J/kg overnight.
For more information see mesoscale discussions #0078 and #0079.
..Jewell.. 02/15/2026
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