Hurricane Watches in Louisiana
34 hurricane 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 hurricane watches reaches back to 2005.
Hurricane Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Hurricane Watches
- 34
- Busiest year
- 20089 hurricane watches
- Average year
- 3over 10 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 Parish13
- Assumption Parish11
- Saint John the Baptist Parish11
- Saint James Parish8
- Saint Martin Parish6
- Cameron Parish6
- Lafayette Parish5
- Tangipahoa Parish4
- Washington Parish4
- Iberville Parish3
- Saint Landry Parish3
- Avoyelles Parish2
- Evangeline Parish2
- Pointe Coupee Parish2
- Orleans Parish2
- Saint Tammany Parish2
- Allen Parish1
- Grant Parish1
- Natchitoches Parish1
- Rapides Parish1
- Sabine Parish1
- East Baton Rouge Parish1
- East Feliciana Parish1
- Saint Helena Parish1
- West Baton Rouge Parish1
- West Feliciana Parish1
- Acadia Parish1
- Iberia Parish1
- Jefferson Parish1
- Livingston Parish1
- Plaquemines Parish1
- St. Mary Parish1
- Vermilion Parish1
The latest hurricane watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:12 PM CDT | Hurricane Watch | LCH | Cameron | 16 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.