Alert archive / Louisiana / 2020
Weather alerts in Louisiana, March 2020
141 weather alerts in March 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 March 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 141
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 44
- Busiest day
- March 4, 202039 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:46 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:02 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 21 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:21 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 3, 11:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Washington | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 11:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 21 days |
| Mar 3, 12:00 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 29 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 39 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:27 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 15 hr | |
| Mar 4, 12:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 12:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 46 min |
| Mar 4, 1:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:51 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Madison and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 3:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 4:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant and 11 more | 115 min |
| Mar 4, 4:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | West Carroll | 24 min |
| Mar 4, 4:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell, De Soto and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 5:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | De Soto | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 6:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 6:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 7:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 45 min |
| Mar 4, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 8:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 21 min |
| Mar 4, 8:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 58 min |
| Mar 4, 9:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 9:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula and 24 more | 115 min |
| Mar 4, 11:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Winn | 66 min |
| Mar 4, 1:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 58 min |
| Mar 4, 3:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 37 min |
| Mar 4, 3:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 4:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Helena | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 5:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 16 min | |
| Mar 4, 5:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 6:49 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 35 hr | |
| Mar 4, 7:10 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 12 days |
| Mar 4, 7:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LIX | Assumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 10 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:42 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Mar 5, 9:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 10 days |
| Mar 5, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 31 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Mar 6, 6:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 27 hr | |
| Mar 6, 11:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 8:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 69 hr | |
| Mar 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:32 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:17 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 27 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:00 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Saint Bernard, Saint Helena and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 12, 9:35 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:48 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 24 hr | |
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard | 17 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 22 hr | |
| Mar 14, 1:05 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Mar 15, 4:42 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 5 hr | |
| Mar 15, 3:33 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard | 18 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:33 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 15, 9:01 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 10 hr | |
| Mar 17, 3:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union, Webster | 7 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:40 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Mar 17, 10:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 115 min |
| Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 46 days |
| Mar 17, 3:06 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 21 hr | |
| Mar 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension, Assumption | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 4:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:00 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 7 hr | |
| Mar 19, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 48 days |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:00 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 7 hr | |
| Mar 20, 7:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Lincoln, Red River | 50 min |
| Mar 20, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 26 min |
| Mar 20, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 114 min |
| Mar 20, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 66 min |
| Mar 20, 11:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 21 days |
| Mar 20, 11:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 21 days |
| Mar 20, 11:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Red River | 5 days |
| Mar 20, 8:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 days |
| Mar 21, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 15 hr |
| Mar 24, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 21 days |
| Mar 24, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 21 days |
| Mar 24, 11:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 45 days |
| Mar 25, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Webster | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 5 days |
| Mar 27, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 5 days |
| Mar 28, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Winn | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Winn | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle and 3 more | 89 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Madison | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 4:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 54 hr | |
| Mar 30, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 3:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle and 3 more | 119 min |
| Mar 31, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Tensas | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 7:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 23 hr | |
| Mar 31, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 52 min | |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 23 days |
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 | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 22 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 12 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 19 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bossier Parish15
- Webster Parish15
- Caddo Parish14
- Caldwell Parish14
- De Soto Parish14
- Grant Parish14
- Bienville Parish13
- LaSalle Parish12
- Saint Bernard Parish12
- Red River Parish11
- Washington Parish11
- Saint Helena Parish11
- Winn Parish10
- East Carroll Parish10
- Rapides Parish9
- Natchitoches Parish9
- Sabine Parish9
- East Baton Rouge Parish9
- East Feliciana Parish9
- Tangipahoa Parish9
- West Feliciana Parish9
- Franklin Parish9
- Madison Parish9
- Assumption Parish9
- Saint James Parish9
- Saint John the Baptist Parish9
- Allen Parish8
- Saint Martin Parish8
- Vernon Parish8
- Lincoln Parish8
- Iberville Parish8
- Pointe Coupee Parish8
- West Baton Rouge Parish8
- Tensas Parish8
- Richland Parish8
- Beauregard Parish7
- West Carroll Parish7
- Evangeline Parish6
- Claiborne Parish6
- Jackson Parish6
22 more counties
- Ouachita Parish6
- Union Parish6
- Catahoula Parish6
- Avoyelles Parish5
- Lafayette Parish5
- Saint Landry Parish5
- Concordia Parish5
- Morehouse Parish4
- Iberia Parish4
- Jefferson Parish4
- Orleans Parish4
- Saint Charles Parish4
- Cameron Parish3
- Saint Tammany Parish3
- Ascension Parish3
- Livingston Parish2
- St. Mary Parish2
- Vermilion Parish2
- Calcasieu Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Lafourche Parish1
- Terrebonne 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.