Alert archive / Louisiana / 1997
Weather alerts in Louisiana, May 1997
104 weather alerts in May 1997, 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 93
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 28, 199726 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Madison | 7 hr |
| May 2, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 54 min |
| May 2, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 45 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 50 min |
| May 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 117 min |
| May 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 57 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 66 min |
| May 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 44 min |
| May 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 50 min |
| May 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 45 min |
| May 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 32 min |
| May 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 29 min |
| May 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 54 min |
| May 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 31 min |
| May 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 29 min |
| May 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Madison, Tensas | 6 hr |
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 33 min |
| May 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 50 min |
| May 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 61 min |
| May 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne | 51 min |
| May 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 40 min |
| May 2, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 43 min |
| May 2, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 29 min |
| May 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland, West Carroll | 54 min |
| May 2, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 43 min |
| May 2, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 47 min |
| May 3, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 53 min |
| May 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 30 min |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 38 min |
| May 3, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 31 min |
| May 3, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 46 min |
| May 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, De Soto and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 31 min |
| May 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Webster | 42 min |
| May 15, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 46 min |
| May 15, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 69 min |
| May 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 25 min |
| May 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 43 min |
| May 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 29 min |
| May 24, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 29 min |
| May 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James | 57 min |
| May 24, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 58 min |
| May 25, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 13 min |
| May 25, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 68 min |
| May 25, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia | 57 min |
| May 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 61 min |
| May 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 67 min |
| May 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 48 min |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 59 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 55 min |
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 61 min |
| May 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 34 min |
| May 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 50 min |
| May 28, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| May 28, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 69 min |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 45 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Concordia | 117 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 59 min |
| May 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 15 min |
| May 28, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 35 min |
| May 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 33 min |
| May 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 51 min |
| May 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 25 min |
| May 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 51 min |
| May 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 47 min |
| May 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| May 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 56 min |
| May 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 52 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 | 70 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- De Soto Parish11
- East Carroll Parish11
- Webster Parish10
- Bienville Parish9
- Ouachita Parish9
- Morehouse Parish9
- Natchitoches Parish9
- Madison Parish8
- Union Parish8
- Richland Parish8
- Sabine Parish8
- West Carroll Parish8
- Bossier Parish7
- Claiborne Parish7
- Caldwell Parish7
- Lincoln Parish7
- Tensas Parish7
- Lafourche Parish7
- Red River Parish6
- Jackson Parish6
- Winn Parish6
- Caddo Parish5
- Catahoula Parish5
- Iberia Parish5
- Livingston Parish5
- Saint Tammany Parish5
- Concordia Parish4
- Franklin Parish4
- Grant Parish4
- LaSalle Parish4
- Cameron Parish4
- Pointe Coupee Parish4
- West Feliciana Parish4
- Orleans Parish4
- Saint Charles Parish4
- Saint Helena Parish4
- Saint James Parish4
- Saint Martin Parish4
- Tangipahoa Parish4
- Beauregard Parish3
24 more counties
- East Baton Rouge Parish3
- Jefferson Parish3
- Saint Bernard Parish3
- Saint John the Baptist Parish3
- Calcasieu Parish2
- Evangeline Parish2
- Vernon Parish2
- Saint Landry Parish2
- Ascension Parish2
- Assumption Parish2
- East Feliciana Parish2
- Iberville Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- St. Mary Parish2
- Terrebonne Parish2
- Washington Parish2
- West Baton Rouge Parish2
- Lafayette Parish2
- Vermilion Parish2
- Allen Parish1
- Jefferson Davis Parish1
- Rapides Parish1
- Acadia Parish1
- Avoyelles Parish1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.