Alert archive / Louisiana / 2002
Weather alerts in Louisiana, December 2002
154 weather alerts in December 2002, 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 December 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 154
- Warnings
- 138
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- December 31, 200250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 1:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Dec 3, 6:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Dec 4, 7:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Dec 12, 2:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Dec 12, 6:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 117 min | |
| Dec 12, 6:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 117 min | |
| Dec 12, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 60 min |
| Dec 18, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 29 min |
| Dec 18, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 50 min |
| Dec 18, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Webster | 19 min |
| Dec 18, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 25 min |
| Dec 18, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline | 7 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Dec 19, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches | 52 min |
| Dec 19, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 15 min |
| Dec 19, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Dec 19, 6:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant | 64 min |
| Dec 19, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 44 min |
| Dec 19, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 47 min |
| Dec 19, 8:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 33 min |
| Dec 19, 9:49 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| Dec 19, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 26 min |
| Dec 19, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 42 min |
| Dec 19, 11:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 114 min | |
| Dec 19, 11:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 114 min | |
| Dec 19, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Livingston, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 24 min |
| Dec 19, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa and 1 more | 59 min |
| Dec 19, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more | 53 min |
| Dec 19, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 34 min |
| Dec 19, 1:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 34 min | |
| Dec 19, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 27 min |
| Dec 19, 1:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 38 min |
| Dec 19, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 2 more | 91 min |
| Dec 19, 2:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 118 min | |
| Dec 19, 2:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 118 min | |
| Dec 19, 4:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 94 min | |
| Dec 23, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 56 min |
| Dec 23, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Evangeline and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 61 min |
| Dec 23, 4:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 37 min | |
| Dec 23, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 65 min |
| Dec 23, 5:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 61 min |
| Dec 23, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 7:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 54 min |
| Dec 23, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Winn | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 95 min | |
| Dec 23, 11:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Dec 23, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 63 min |
| Dec 23, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 56 min |
| Dec 23, 11:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Winn | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 62 min |
| Dec 24, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 55 min |
| Dec 24, 12:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 83 min | |
| Dec 24, 12:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 83 min | |
| Dec 24, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 12:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Dec 24, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| Dec 24, 12:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 53 min |
| Dec 24, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 53 min |
| Dec 24, 12:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 49 min |
| Dec 24, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 55 min |
| Dec 24, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 42 min |
| Dec 24, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 63 min |
| Dec 24, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 53 min |
| Dec 24, 1:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 90 min | |
| Dec 24, 1:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 90 min | |
| Dec 24, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 54 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 5:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 49 min | |
| Dec 24, 5:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Dec 24, 5:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | De Soto, Red River, Sabine | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 54 min |
| Dec 30, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 56 min |
| Dec 30, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Red River, Webster | 57 min |
| Dec 30, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 92 min |
| Dec 30, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Dec 30, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 58 min |
| Dec 30, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Dec 30, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 51 min |
| Dec 30, 9:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| Dec 30, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant | 54 min |
| Dec 30, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita, Union | 61 min |
| Dec 30, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 64 min |
| Dec 30, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 59 min |
| Dec 30, 10:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Dec 30, 10:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Dec 30, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Dec 30, 11:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Dec 30, 11:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 11:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 68 min | |
| Dec 31, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 23 min |
| Dec 31, 12:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 53 min |
| Dec 31, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Dec 31, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 66 min |
| Dec 31, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 56 min |
| Dec 31, 1:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 64 min |
| Dec 31, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville | 55 min |
| Dec 31, 1:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 119 min | |
| Dec 31, 1:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 119 min | |
| Dec 31, 1:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge | 54 min |
| Dec 31, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Saint James | 67 min |
| Dec 31, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 32 min |
| Dec 31, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 62 min |
| Dec 31, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 57 min |
| Dec 31, 2:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 57 min |
| Dec 31, 2:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa | 57 min |
| Dec 31, 2:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Dec 31, 2:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 59 min |
| Dec 31, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Tammany | 63 min |
| Dec 31, 3:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Dec 31, 3:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Dec 31, 5:01 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 119 min | |
| Dec 31, 5:01 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 119 min | |
| Dec 31, 5:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 59 min |
| Dec 31, 6:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 118 min | |
| Dec 31, 7:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 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 | 65 |
| Tornado Warning | 22 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 15 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 36 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Natchitoches Parish13
- Washington Parish13
- Saint Tammany Parish13
- Calcasieu Parish12
- Sabine Parish12
- Winn Parish11
- Saint Charles Parish10
- Tangipahoa Parish9
- Allen Parish8
- Beauregard Parish8
- De Soto Parish8
- Lincoln Parish8
- Jefferson Davis Parish7
- Cameron Parish7
- Plaquemines Parish7
- Bienville Parish7
- Caddo Parish7
- Grant Parish7
- Jackson Parish7
- Catahoula Parish7
- Franklin Parish7
- Assumption Parish7
- Livingston Parish7
- Saint Helena Parish7
- Saint James Parish7
- Lafourche Parish7
- Orleans Parish7
- Saint John the Baptist Parish7
- Vernon Parish6
- Bossier Parish6
- Red River Parish6
- Webster Parish6
- Caldwell Parish6
- Richland Parish6
- Evangeline Parish6
- Concordia Parish6
- LaSalle Parish6
- Rapides Parish6
- Acadia Parish6
- Ascension Parish6
24 more counties
- Saint Martin Parish6
- Jefferson Parish6
- Saint Bernard Parish6
- Terrebonne Parish6
- Ouachita Parish5
- Union Parish5
- East Carroll Parish5
- Morehouse Parish5
- West Carroll Parish5
- Madison Parish5
- Tensas Parish5
- Iberville Parish5
- Lafayette Parish5
- Pointe Coupee Parish5
- Saint Landry Parish5
- Vermilion Parish5
- Claiborne Parish4
- Avoyelles Parish4
- East Baton Rouge Parish4
- East Feliciana Parish4
- West Baton Rouge Parish4
- West Feliciana Parish4
- St. Mary Parish4
- Iberia Parish3
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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.