Alert archive

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.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Extreme Wind Warning7
Severe Thunderstorm Warning17,589
Tornado Warning4,404
Severe Thunderstorm Watch674
Tornado Watch976
Mesoscale Discussion3,522
Special Weather Statement17,912
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning423
Flash Flood Warning3,644
Hydrologic Warning1
River Flood Warning3,267
Flash Flood Watch478
Flood Watch173
River Flood Watch74
Areal Flood Advisory2,666
River Flood Advisory147
Winter
Blizzard Warning2
Heavy Snow Warning2
Ice Storm Warning9
Winter Storm Warning56
Winter Storm Watch55
Freezing Rain Advisory23
Snow Advisory2
Winter Weather Advisory163
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning195
Extreme Heat Warning31
Excessive Heat Watch41
Extreme Heat Watch4
Heat Advisory988
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning8
Freeze Warning399
Hard Freeze Warning217
Wind Chill Warning1
Extreme Cold Watch9
Freeze Watch106
Hard Freeze Watch47
Wind Chill Watch2
Cold Weather Advisory44
Frost Advisory10
Wind Chill Advisory60
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning22
High Wind Watch8
Lake Wind Advisory816
Wind Advisory701
Fire
Red Flag Warning91
Fire Weather Watch44
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory1,463
Dense Smoke Advisory8
Freezing Fog Advisory15
Tropical
Hurricane Warning26
Inland Hurricane Warning4
Inland Tropical Storm Warning15
Storm Surge Warning20
Tropical Storm Warning79
Hurricane Watch34
Inland Hurricane Watch4
Inland Tropical Storm Watch6
Storm Surge Watch24
Tropical Storm Watch50
Hurricane Local Statement5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning77
Coastal Flood Watch45
Coastal Flood Advisory295
Beach Hazards Statement2
Coastal Flood Statement57
Marine
Gale Warning281
Special Marine Warning12,530
Storm Warning6
Gale Watch143
Storm Watch4
Low Water Advisory186
Marine Dense Fog Advisory851
Small Craft Advisory2,073
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas25
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar1
Small Craft Advisory for Winds19
Marine Weather Statement55

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

24 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Sep 22, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Sep 22, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
Sep 22, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH41 min
Sep 22, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union31 min
Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia67 min
Sep 21, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX36 min
Sep 21, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX65 min
Sep 21, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX60 min
Sep 21, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX43 min
Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist37 min
Sep 21, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH43 min

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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.