Alert archive / Louisiana / 2008
Weather alerts in Louisiana, April 2008
142 weather alerts in April 2008, 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 142
- Warnings
- 84
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest day
- April 4, 200828 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 12 days |
| Apr 1, 12:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, East Carroll, Jackson and 8 more | 63 min |
| Apr 1, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, East Carroll, Jackson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, East Carroll, Franklin and 9 more | 95 min |
| Apr 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 19 min |
| Apr 1, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Apr 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Bernard | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 36 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 8 more | 117 min |
| Apr 4, 3:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Franklin and 9 more | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Natchitoches, Sabine | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 16 days |
| Apr 4, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more | 84 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Apr 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 48 min | |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| Apr 4, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 7 days |
| Apr 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Apr 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Assumption, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 4 more | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 97 min | |
| Apr 5, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Bernard | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 83 min | |
| Apr 5, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 86 min | |
| Apr 5, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 93 min | |
| Apr 5, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 89 min | |
| Apr 6, 12:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 32 days |
| Apr 7, 2:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Apr 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Union and 1 more | 117 min |
| Apr 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 14 min |
| Apr 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 3:00 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 7 more | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 8:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 4 more | 84 min |
| Apr 10, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans | 46 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 25 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Union | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caldwell and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 26 min | |
| Apr 12, 11:43 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:59 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:10 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union, Webster | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 17 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans | 4 days |
| Apr 16, 4:56 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:10 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 10 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 51 min | |
| Apr 18, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 10 more | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 4 days |
| Apr 22, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Carroll, Morehouse, Union, West Carroll | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Terrebonne | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 4:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint James | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint James | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Carroll, West Carroll | 119 min |
| Apr 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 20 min |
| Apr 22, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Iberville | 13 days |
| Apr 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 28 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 49 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:08 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 31 hr |
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 | 53 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 17 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bossier Parish28
- Caddo Parish27
- Webster Parish25
- East Carroll Parish24
- Morehouse Parish23
- Claiborne Parish22
- Union Parish22
- West Carroll Parish22
- Bienville Parish21
- Madison Parish21
- De Soto Parish20
- Jackson Parish19
- Lincoln Parish19
- Richland Parish18
- Tensas Parish18
- Ouachita Parish17
- Franklin Parish17
- Red River Parish17
- Concordia Parish15
- Grant Parish14
- Natchitoches Parish14
- Sabine Parish14
- Winn Parish14
- Caldwell Parish13
- Saint Tammany Parish13
- Catahoula Parish12
- Washington Parish12
- Saint Bernard Parish11
- LaSalle Parish11
- Lafourche Parish11
- East Baton Rouge Parish10
- Saint Helena Parish10
- Saint Charles Parish10
- Saint James Parish10
- Iberville Parish9
- West Baton Rouge Parish9
- West Feliciana Parish9
- Assumption Parish9
- Orleans Parish9
- Saint John the Baptist Parish9
23 more counties
- East Feliciana Parish8
- Pointe Coupee Parish8
- Rapides Parish8
- Saint Landry Parish8
- Livingston Parish8
- Tangipahoa Parish8
- Saint Martin Parish7
- Ascension Parish7
- Jefferson Parish7
- Plaquemines Parish7
- Acadia Parish6
- Allen Parish6
- Evangeline Parish6
- Vernon Parish6
- Terrebonne Parish6
- Beauregard Parish5
- Calcasieu Parish5
- Jefferson Davis Parish5
- Lafayette Parish5
- Avoyelles Parish4
- St. Mary Parish3
- Iberia Parish2
- Vermilion Parish2
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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.