Weather alerts in Louisiana
78,516 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78,516
- Warnings
- 43,406
- Watches
- 3,001
- Advisories
- 10,556
- Busiest year
- 20234,513 alerts
- Average year
- 1,915over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caddo Parish4,866
- Bossier Parish4,784
- Saint Tammany Parish4,748
- Tangipahoa Parish4,505
- Washington Parish4,307
- Rapides Parish4,302
- East Baton Rouge Parish4,156
- De Soto Parish4,154
- Webster Parish4,095
- Beauregard Parish4,093
- Vernon Parish4,037
- Natchitoches Parish4,021
- Saint Martin Parish4,011
- Calcasieu Parish3,984
- Bienville Parish3,980
- Allen Parish3,959
- Saint Landry Parish3,910
- Saint Helena Parish3,793
- Lafayette Parish3,783
- Saint John the Baptist Parish3,767
- Union Parish3,754
- Evangeline Parish3,700
- Madison Parish3,687
- Winn Parish3,687
- Sabine Parish3,686
- Red River Parish3,643
- Ouachita Parish3,632
- Claiborne Parish3,611
- Avoyelles Parish3,602
- East Carroll Parish3,598
- Morehouse Parish3,590
- Tensas Parish3,571
- Livingston Parish3,567
- East Feliciana Parish3,525
- Lincoln Parish3,483
- Jackson Parish3,474
- Saint Bernard Parish3,463
- Franklin Parish3,443
- West Baton Rouge Parish3,435
- West Feliciana Parish3,404
24 more counties
- Orleans Parish3,402
- West Carroll Parish3,397
- Richland Parish3,389
- Saint James Parish3,385
- Iberville Parish3,380
- Grant Parish3,374
- Pointe Coupee Parish3,373
- Cameron Parish3,368
- Concordia Parish3,363
- Caldwell Parish3,268
- LaSalle Parish3,218
- Jefferson Parish3,212
- Catahoula Parish3,186
- Assumption Parish3,141
- Jefferson Davis Parish2,941
- Ascension Parish2,884
- Acadia Parish2,861
- Saint Charles Parish2,668
- Vermilion Parish2,618
- Lafourche Parish2,418
- Plaquemines Parish2,342
- St. Mary Parish2,043
- Iberia Parish1,938
- Terrebonne Parish1,738
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Sep 22, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Sep 22, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| Sep 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 41 min | |
| Sep 22, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 31 min |
| Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 36 min | |
| Sep 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Sep 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Sep 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 43 min | |
| Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.