High Wind Watches in Louisiana
8 high wind watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 8
- Busiest year
- 20092 high wind watches
- Average year
- 1over 6 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Bernard Parish6
- Saint John the Baptist Parish4
- Assumption Parish3
- East Baton Rouge Parish3
- East Feliciana Parish3
- Iberville Parish3
- Pointe Coupee Parish3
- Saint Helena Parish3
- Saint James Parish3
- Washington Parish3
- West Baton Rouge Parish3
- West Feliciana Parish3
- Ascension Parish2
- Jefferson Parish2
- Livingston Parish2
- Orleans Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Saint Tammany Parish2
- Tangipahoa Parish2
- Acadia Parish1
- Allen Parish1
- Avoyelles Parish1
- Beauregard Parish1
- Calcasieu Parish1
- Cameron Parish1
- Evangeline Parish1
- Iberia Parish1
- Jefferson Davis Parish1
- Lafayette Parish1
- Rapides Parish1
- Saint Landry Parish1
- Saint Martin Parish1
- St. Mary Parish1
- Vermilion Parish1
- Vernon Parish1
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:47 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:31 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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.