Weather alerts in Louisiana, 1986
157 weather alerts in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 157
- Warnings
- 157
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- April35 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 12, 198620 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 60 min |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln | 65 min |
| Mar 11, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 1:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 18 min |
| Mar 12, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Catahoula, Concordia | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 2:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Tensas | 70 min |
| Mar 12, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 6:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 75 min |
| Mar 15, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 70 min |
| Mar 15, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 70 min |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 70 min |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 70 min |
| Mar 18, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll, West Carroll | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, West Carroll | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Union | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 6:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Ouachita | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 7:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 20 min |
| Apr 11, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 11:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Richland | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 11:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Richland | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 5:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 70 min |
| Apr 19, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Red River | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | LaSalle | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Winn | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita | 80 min |
| Apr 19, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 60 min |
| May 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Union | 62 min |
| May 18, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 70 min |
| May 18, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson | 70 min |
| May 18, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Richland | 70 min |
| May 18, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 18, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Madison | 65 min |
| May 18, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Ouachita | 75 min |
| May 18, 10:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 59 min |
| May 18, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 70 min |
| May 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 40 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Catahoula, Concordia | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, West Carroll | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Catahoula | 60 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 55 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 70 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 65 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Winn | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 15 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 15 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 15 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 70 min |
| Jun 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 70 min |
| Jun 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 7:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Winn | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Madison | 65 min |
| Oct 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 60 min |
| Oct 12, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 56 min |
| Nov 7, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 70 min |
| Nov 7, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 65 min |
| Nov 7, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 70 min |
| Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Winn | 60 min |
| Nov 7, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 80 min |
| Nov 8, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 80 min |
| Nov 8, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 80 min |
| Nov 8, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 50 min |
| Nov 8, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 3:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 60 min |
| Nov 20, 5:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 54 min |
| Nov 20, 5:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 54 min |
| Nov 23, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 55 min |
| Nov 25, 5:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 3 hr |
| Nov 25, 5:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 3 hr |
| Nov 25, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 54 min |
| Nov 25, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Terrebonne | 54 min |
| Nov 25, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James | 54 min |
| Nov 25, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 60 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 118 |
| Tornado Warning | 19 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 20 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bossier Parish24
- Caddo Parish20
- Winn Parish12
- De Soto Parish12
- Webster Parish11
- Claiborne Parish10
- Jackson Parish10
- Ouachita Parish10
- Washington Parish10
- Natchitoches Parish9
- Saint Tammany Parish9
- Lincoln Parish6
- Union Parish6
- Tangipahoa Parish6
- Sabine Parish5
- Bienville Parish5
- Tensas Parish5
- Calcasieu Parish5
- Madison Parish5
- Morehouse Parish5
- Vernon Parish4
- Red River Parish4
- Caldwell Parish4
- Catahoula Parish4
- Franklin Parish4
- Cameron Parish4
- Concordia Parish3
- Saint John the Baptist Parish3
- West Carroll Parish3
- Richland Parish3
- Orleans Parish3
- Saint Bernard Parish3
- Rapides Parish2
- Beauregard Parish2
- Grant Parish2
- Avoyelles Parish2
- Vermilion Parish2
- Jefferson Parish2
- Saint Charles Parish2
- Saint Helena Parish2
20 more counties
- Lafourche Parish2
- Terrebonne Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Saint Landry Parish1
- Lafayette Parish1
- East Carroll Parish1
- LaSalle Parish1
- Jefferson Davis Parish1
- Allen Parish1
- Ascension Parish1
- Livingston Parish1
- East Baton Rouge Parish1
- East Feliciana Parish1
- Pointe Coupee Parish1
- West Feliciana Parish1
- Iberia Parish1
- Saint Martin Parish1
- St. Mary Parish1
- Assumption Parish1
- Saint James Parish1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.