Weather alerts in Louisiana, May 2003

161 weather alerts in May 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 161
Warnings: 109
Watches: 20
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 17, 200331 alerts

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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 1, 10:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	De Soto, Jackson, Red River, Sabine	2 hr
May 2, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 26 more	114 min
May 2, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 10 more	6 hr
May 2, 6:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 12 more	119 min
May 3, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	52 min
May 3, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	61 min
May 3, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	61 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	60 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	41 min
May 3, 2:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle and 9 more	24 min
May 3, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	60 min
May 3, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	60 min
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Tensas	38 min
May 3, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Tensas	44 min
May 3, 12:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, East Carroll and 11 more	3 hr
May 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	6 hr
May 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		67 min
May 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	2 hr
May 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
May 3, 4:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Livingston, Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany and 2 more	114 min
May 3, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Livingston and 9 more	5 hr
May 3, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		85 min
May 3, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX		76 min
May 3, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	63 min
May 3, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX		78 min
May 3, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
May 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	56 min
May 3, 7:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	116 min
May 5, 9:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 7 more	2 hr
May 5, 10:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 14 more	3 hr
May 5, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, Webster and 1 more	5 hr
May 5, 1:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Claiborne	2 hr
May 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Claiborne, East Carroll, Morehouse, Union, Webster and 1 more	7 hr
May 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle and 5 more	3 hr
May 6, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	28 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more	5 hr
May 6, 9:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Madison	97 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
May 7, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	57 min
May 7, 2:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo	59 min
May 7, 2:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 12 more	3 hr
May 7, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	55 min
May 7, 2:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier	61 min
May 7, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	54 min
May 7, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	53 min
May 7, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne	3 hr
May 7, 4:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, East Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse and 4 more	6 hr
May 7, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	63 min
May 7, 5:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	64 min
May 7, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	61 min
May 7, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	62 min
May 7, 6:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Richland	39 min
May 7, 7:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, East Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse and 4 more	114 min
May 7, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	West Carroll	47 min
May 7, 7:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Richland	26 min
May 7, 7:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	46 min
May 7, 9:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin and 14 more	118 min
May 7, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	33 min
May 7, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	47 min
May 7, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and 1 more	5 hr
May 7, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	21 min
May 7, 11:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	31 min
May 7, 11:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	23 min
May 7, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas, West Carroll	2 hr
May 11, 5:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	29 min
May 11, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	47 min
May 11, 12:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Livingston, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany and 2 more	115 min
May 13, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		55 min
May 13, 8:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 2 more	55 min
May 13, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 15 more	5 hr
May 13, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Webster	26 min
May 13, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne	61 min
May 13, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	42 min
May 13, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo	40 min
May 13, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	40 min
May 13, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	51 min
May 13, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln	55 min
May 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne	61 min
May 13, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more	5 hr
May 13, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	52 min
May 13, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville	67 min
May 13, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson	64 min
May 13, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Jackson	56 min
May 13, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	62 min
May 13, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	57 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto, Red River	60 min
May 14, 10:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	2 hr
May 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more	6 hr
May 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, Webster	118 min
May 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	58 min
May 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, East Carroll and 13 more	6 hr
May 14, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	60 min
May 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	39 min
May 14, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson	56 min
May 14, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	62 min
May 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Winn	63 min
May 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Ouachita	3 hr
May 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	2 hr
May 14, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Madison	2 hr
May 14, 9:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Jackson	4 hr
May 14, 9:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, East Carroll and 12 more	115 min
May 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo	52 min
May 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln	65 min
May 14, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	54 min
May 14, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	51 min
May 14, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	64 min
May 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	54 min
May 14, 11:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Ouachita	6 hr
May 14, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 19 more	5 hr
May 14, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Richland	2 hr
May 15, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	58 min
May 15, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	55 min
May 15, 1:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	5 hr
May 15, 2:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 10 more	2 hr
May 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	4 hr
May 16, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 8 more	5 hr
May 16, 5:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 7 more	54 min
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more	6 hr
May 16, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	84 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	93 min
May 16, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Sabine	4 hr
May 16, 8:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 8 more	2 hr
May 16, 8:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita and 3 more	97 min
May 16, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	66 min
May 16, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	51 min
May 16, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	61 min
May 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	31 min
May 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	29 min
May 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	25 min
May 16, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Union	57 min
May 16, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	47 min
May 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	60 min
May 17, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	33 min
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	25 min
May 17, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	50 min
May 17, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	44 min
May 17, 4:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	43 min
May 17, 4:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 6 more	5 hr
May 17, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	55 min
May 17, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	62 min
May 17, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	58 min
May 17, 6:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 3 more	83 min
May 17, 7:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	43 min
May 17, 7:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Catahoula, LaSalle, Tensas	57 min
May 17, 9:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Concordia	3 hr
May 17, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Washington, West Feliciana	6 hr
May 17, 1:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Feliciana	115 min
May 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Madison, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Tensas and 3 more	5 hr
May 17, 6:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	116 min
May 18, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
May 19, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
May 19, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 min
May 19, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		90 min
May 19, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
May 20, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		85 min
May 20, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		85 min
May 21, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
May 21, 10:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
May 21, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		83 min
May 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Madison, Winn	114 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	44 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	67
Tornado Warning	17
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Tornado Watch	13
Mesoscale Discussion	32
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	10
Marine
Special Marine Warning	15

By county

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

9 more counties

Nearby

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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.