Alert archive / Louisiana / 2011
Weather alerts in Louisiana, May 2011
143 weather alerts in May 2011, 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 143
- Warnings
- 86
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest day
- May 26, 201139 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, 4:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 13 hr |
| May 1, 12:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 93 min |
| May 1, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 8 hr |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Union, Webster | 87 min |
| May 1, 3:33 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 15 hr | |
| May 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Union, Webster | 92 min |
| May 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Webster | 35 min |
| May 1, 10:26 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 3 hr | |
| May 2, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville and 38 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 45 hr | |
| May 2, 8:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 14 days |
| May 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 64 min |
| May 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 38 hr | |
| May 4, 5:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 34 days |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 10 days |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 15 days |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Iberville | 40 days |
| May 5, 4:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans | 9 days |
| May 6, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 9 days |
| May 6, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 9 days |
| May 6, 1:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 10 days |
| May 8, 11:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 6 days |
| May 8, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 6 days |
| May 11, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 10 days |
| May 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 10 days |
| May 12, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 23 hr |
| May 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline | 54 min |
| May 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 58 min |
| May 12, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| May 12, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 62 min |
| May 13, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 59 min |
| May 13, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 57 min |
| May 13, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 117 min | |
| May 13, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 55 min |
| May 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 41 min |
| May 13, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| May 13, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 119 min |
| May 13, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| May 13, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| May 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 26 min | |
| May 13, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| May 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines | 32 min |
| May 13, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 28 min | |
| May 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 25 min |
| May 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 28 min |
| May 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 82 min | |
| May 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 54 min | |
| May 13, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 92 min | |
| May 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 3 hr |
| May 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 50 min |
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Washington, West Feliciana | 62 min |
| May 13, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena | 40 min |
| May 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Tangipahoa | 41 min |
| May 13, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 48 min |
| May 13, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 44 min | |
| May 13, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa | 43 min |
| May 13, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| May 14, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| May 14, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | St. Mary | 19 days |
| May 14, 5:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 13 days |
| May 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 7 days |
| May 16, 4:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 27 hr | |
| May 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 49 hr | |
| May 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 15 hr |
| May 20, 4:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 8 hr | |
| May 20, 4:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 11 hr | |
| May 20, 4:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 11 hr |
| May 20, 10:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 60 min |
| May 20, 11:03 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 7 hr |
| May 20, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 62 min |
| May 20, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 19 hr |
| May 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 60 min |
| May 20, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 20, 7:09 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| May 20, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 114 min |
| May 21, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Franklin and 10 more | 97 min |
| May 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 5 days |
| May 22, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 23 hr |
| May 23, 4:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 14 hr |
| May 23, 9:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo | 33 min |
| May 23, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 65 min |
| May 24, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 16 days |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo | 7 hr |
| May 25, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 15 hr |
| May 25, 4:50 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 14 hr |
| May 25, 1:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 42 min |
| May 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 61 min |
| May 25, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 53 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 48 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln and 9 more | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 25, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 38 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 30 min |
| May 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle and 4 more | 66 min |
| May 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 30 min |
| May 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle, Winn | 39 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Winn | 44 min |
| May 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| May 25, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches | 39 min |
| May 25, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 60 min |
| May 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 60 min |
| May 26, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 63 min |
| May 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 57 min |
| May 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 55 min |
| May 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Orleans and 10 more | 85 min |
| May 26, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 5 days |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 58 min |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 15 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany | 57 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| May 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 29 min |
| May 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 42 min | |
| May 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| May 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 23 min | |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 40 min | |
| May 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 48 hr |
| May 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Sabine, Webster | 15 hr |
| May 29, 3:34 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine | 15 hr |
| May 31, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 43 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 | 31 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 19 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 10 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bossier Parish20
- Caddo Parish19
- Claiborne Parish17
- Webster Parish17
- De Soto Parish14
- Union Parish14
- Sabine Parish13
- Saint Martin Parish12
- Avoyelles Parish12
- Natchitoches Parish12
- Red River Parish11
- Lincoln Parish10
- Morehouse Parish10
- Bienville Parish9
- Caldwell Parish9
- Catahoula Parish9
- Concordia Parish9
- Jackson Parish9
- Ouachita Parish9
- Rapides Parish9
- Tensas Parish9
- Winn Parish9
- Saint Tammany Parish9
- Grant Parish8
- Lafayette Parish7
- LaSalle Parish7
- Madison Parish7
- Richland Parish7
- Saint Landry Parish7
- Vernon Parish7
- Washington Parish7
- West Carroll Parish7
- Orleans Parish7
- East Carroll Parish6
- Evangeline Parish6
- West Feliciana Parish6
- Plaquemines Parish6
- Allen Parish5
- East Feliciana Parish5
- Livingston Parish5
20 more counties
- Pointe Coupee Parish5
- Tangipahoa Parish5
- Jefferson Parish5
- Beauregard Parish4
- Franklin Parish4
- Saint Helena Parish4
- Saint Bernard Parish4
- Acadia Parish3
- Calcasieu Parish3
- East Baton Rouge Parish3
- Iberville Parish3
- Saint John the Baptist Parish3
- St. Mary Parish3
- Vermilion Parish3
- Ascension Parish2
- Jefferson Davis Parish2
- West Baton Rouge Parish2
- Cameron Parish1
- Lafourche Parish1
- Saint James 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. Rebuilt daily.