Weather alerts in Louisiana, December 2020

168 weather alerts in December 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 168
Warnings: 65
Watches: 6
Advisories: 47
Busiest day: December 24, 202031 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
Dec 1, 3:45 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		43 hr
Dec 1, 9:18 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	21 hr
Dec 2, 3:24 AM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron	25 hr
Dec 2, 4:43 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		31 hr
Dec 2, 1:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Dec 2, 2:50 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		19 hr
Dec 2, 2:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		93 min
Dec 2, 4:33 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		42 min
Dec 2, 5:13 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		47 min
Dec 2, 6:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		30 min
Dec 3, 9:30 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		33 hr
Dec 3, 3:52 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		20 hr
Dec 3, 10:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany	28 min
Dec 3, 10:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany	30 min
Dec 3, 11:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard	94 min
Dec 4, 1:39 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		51 min
Dec 4, 2:12 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		48 min
Dec 4, 3:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		35 min
Dec 7, 3:30 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		24 hr
Dec 9, 11:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 5 more	11 hr
Dec 10, 3:58 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 10, 2:27 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	19 hr
Dec 10, 3:15 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa and 3 more	16 hr
Dec 12, 12:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	65 min
Dec 12, 3:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin, Vermilion	58 min
Dec 12, 4:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena	65 min
Dec 12, 4:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	58 min
Dec 12, 5:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa, Washington	54 min
Dec 12, 7:50 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		40 hr
Dec 12, 9:17 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 6 more	11 hr
Dec 13, 3:49 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		35 hr
Dec 13, 9:39 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		30 hr
Dec 13, 11:47 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Dec 13, 1:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	42 min
Dec 13, 1:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	119 min
Dec 13, 3:22 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist	16 hr
Dec 13, 3:26 PM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		15 hr
Dec 13, 3:26 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		21 hr
Dec 13, 4:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	46 min
Dec 13, 5:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Rapides	43 min
Dec 13, 5:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	47 min
Dec 13, 5:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	57 min
Dec 13, 5:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	LaSalle	24 min
Dec 13, 6:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	37 min
Dec 13, 6:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry	34 min
Dec 13, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	33 min
Dec 13, 6:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 24 more	94 min
Dec 13, 6:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion	37 min
Dec 13, 6:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia, Tensas	65 min
Dec 13, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	32 min
Dec 13, 6:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	27 min
Dec 13, 6:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	65 min
Dec 13, 7:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	44 min
Dec 13, 7:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 1 more	63 min
Dec 13, 8:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	45 min
Dec 13, 9:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Washington	26 min
Dec 13, 9:14 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	9 hr
Dec 13, 10:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans	51 min
Dec 13, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	52 days
Dec 13, 10:11 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
Dec 13, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard	31 min
Dec 13, 10:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		90 min
Dec 14, 12:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		85 min
Dec 14, 11:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	71 hr
Dec 14, 11:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	21 days
Dec 15, 3:11 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		29 hr
Dec 15, 3:24 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		21 hr
Dec 15, 8:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	10 days
Dec 15, 8:48 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		17 hr
Dec 19, 12:55 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Dec 19, 1:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	43 min
Dec 19, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	28 min
Dec 19, 2:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	45 min
Dec 19, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	31 min
Dec 19, 2:33 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
Dec 19, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	18 min
Dec 19, 3:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		51 min
Dec 19, 4:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		46 min
Dec 19, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion	51 min
Dec 19, 5:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	44 min
Dec 19, 5:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	46 min
Dec 19, 8:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	43 hr
Dec 19, 9:07 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		6 hr
Dec 20, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Rapides	4 days
Dec 20, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	7 days
Dec 20, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	13 days
Dec 20, 7:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more	13 hr
Dec 20, 8:17 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 3 more	11 hr
Dec 20, 9:07 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 21, 2:43 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	18 hr
Dec 21, 8:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge	11 hr
Dec 22, 2:52 PM CST	Gale Watch	LIX		12 hr
Dec 22, 3:11 PM CST	Gale Watch	LCH		13 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more	38 hr
Dec 23, 3:15 AM CST	Gale Warning	LIX		45 hr
Dec 23, 3:15 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		24 hr
Dec 23, 3:15 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		63 hr
Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		38 hr
Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		30 hr
Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		50 hr
Dec 23, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	38 hr
Dec 23, 11:18 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Assumption, Iberville, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	29 hr
Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 17 more	2 hr
Dec 23, 4:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	13 min
Dec 23, 5:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	44 min
Dec 23, 5:38 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	52 min
Dec 23, 5:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	45 min
Dec 23, 5:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	24 min
Dec 23, 5:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 29 more	3 hr
Dec 23, 6:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	35 min
Dec 23, 6:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Winn	47 min
Dec 23, 6:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	48 min
Dec 23, 6:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	45 min
Dec 23, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches	41 min
Dec 23, 7:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	33 min
Dec 23, 7:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Grant	42 min
Dec 23, 7:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle	47 min
Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	37 min
Dec 23, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	34 min
Dec 23, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	64 min
Dec 23, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 25 more	5 hr
Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	18 min
Dec 23, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Dec 23, 9:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	36 min
Dec 23, 9:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	45 min
Dec 23, 9:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	42 min
Dec 23, 9:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	46 min
Dec 23, 10:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	West Feliciana	94 min
Dec 23, 10:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 18 more	114 min
Dec 23, 10:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	65 min
Dec 23, 11:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena	51 min
Dec 24, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	13 min
Dec 24, 12:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	23 min
Dec 24, 12:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	34 min
Dec 24, 12:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	35 min
Dec 24, 1:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Tammany	58 min
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Saint Tammany	7 hr
Dec 24, 2:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
Dec 24, 9:53 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more	8 hr
Dec 24, 10:00 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		14 hr
Dec 25, 6:21 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		9 hr
Dec 25, 7:31 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 25, 7:31 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LIX	Washington	12 hr
Dec 26, 2:15 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	26 hr
Dec 27, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	5 days
Dec 29, 3:24 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		3 days
Dec 29, 4:08 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		3 days
Dec 29, 9:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	20 days
Dec 30, 3:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 1 more	45 hr
Dec 30, 12:48 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	4 hr
Dec 30, 1:57 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Assumption, Iberville	3 hr
Dec 30, 2:07 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	31 hr
Dec 30, 2:10 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		40 hr
Dec 30, 2:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	44 min
Dec 30, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	35 min
Dec 30, 3:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		40 hr
Dec 30, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	24 min
Dec 30, 7:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	25 min
Dec 31, 7:10 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calcasieu	95 min
Dec 31, 11:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cameron	114 min
Dec 31, 1:27 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more	8 hr
Dec 31, 1:29 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Dec 31, 2:44 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 4 more	2 hr
Dec 31, 2:53 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		37 min
Dec 31, 3:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Dec 31, 3:30 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more	2 hr
Dec 31, 3:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	23 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	14
Tornado Warning	16
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	39
Flooding
River Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Watch	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Hard Freeze Warning	1
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	9
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	10
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Special Marine Warning	20
Gale Watch	2
Low Water Advisory	3
Small Craft Advisory	22

By county

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

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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.