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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, LA — Mar 12, 2026

NWS LIX · ETN 23 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LIX issued a tornado warning at 01:20 UTC on Mar 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 25 minutes, ending at Mar 12, 2026 01:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 30.89, -90.64, moving east-southeast at about 35 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
5 WNW Roseland St. Helena, LA Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 3 NNW Roseland. An NWS storm survey confirmed at least an EF-0 tornado touched down north of LA Hwy 1048 and near Interstate 55 in (LIX)
3 SSE Montpelier Livingston, LA EF0° A 65 MPH EF0 tornado touched down north of Albany... LA and tracked southeast. (LIX)
7 E Kentwood Tangipahoa, LA EF0° An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down near LA Hwy 38 near Lewiston... LA in northeast Tangipahoa Parish. (LIX)
8 ENE Tickfaw Tangipahoa, LA EF0° A EF-0 tornado touched down just east of Loranger. (LIX)
2 WSW Franklinton Washington, LA Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 1 SSW Franklinton. An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down near LA Hwy 16 south of Franklinton... LA in Washing (LIX)
6 ESE Folsom St. Tammany, LA Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 6 ESE Folsom. An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down near Blond... LA and LA Hwy 40. (LIX)
8 W Bush St. Tammany, LA EF0° An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in north St. Tammany Parish near Hwy 1082 and Elderberry Ln. (LIX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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