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Weather alerts in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 2012

202 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Rapides Parish and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 202
Warnings: 65
Watches: 29
Advisories: 37
Busiest month: December34 alerts
Busiest day: December 25, 201216 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

4 of 15 tornado warnings covering Rapides Parish in 2012 had a tornado report inside them; 4 of 5 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.

Rapides Parish, 2012

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	15	4	73%	5	80%	19 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	24	12	50%	28	39%	22 min
Flash flood warnings	4	3	25%	6	83%	112 min

Each office's whole area, 2012

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Lake Charles, LA: tornado warnings	68	18	74%	41	63%	11 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: severe thunderstorm warnings	111	48	57%	162	56%	26 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: flash flood warnings	39	24	38%	63	73%	114 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 1, 7:58 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LCH	8 hr
Jan 2, 1:04 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	20 hr
Jan 5, 9:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Jan 7, 10:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	5 hr
Jan 8, 5:55 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Jan 9, 9:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jan 12, 3:58 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	24 hr
Jan 13, 3:21 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	17 hr
Jan 17, 9:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	26 min
Jan 17, 9:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	13 min
Jan 17, 9:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	34 min
Jan 17, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	29 min
Jan 17, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	44 min
Jan 17, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	37 min
Jan 17, 3:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	37 min
Jan 17, 3:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	18 hr
Jan 22, 9:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	81 min
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 25, 11:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 25, 1:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	32 min
Jan 25, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	34 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	36 min
Jan 25, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	60 min
Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	35 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	54 min
Jan 25, 4:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jan 26, 6:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	38 hr
Feb 1, 7:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	12 days
Feb 1, 1:36 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Feb 1, 9:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Feb 3, 5:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	31 min
Feb 3, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	30 min
Feb 3, 6:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Feb 3, 7:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	115 min
Feb 3, 8:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Feb 3, 10:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	3 hr
Feb 3, 2:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Feb 3, 8:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	12 hr
Feb 3, 9:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	57 min
Feb 3, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	64 min
Feb 3, 10:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	4 hr
Feb 4, 1:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	85 min
Feb 4, 3:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	14 hr
Feb 4, 8:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	66 min
Feb 4, 8:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	12 hr
Feb 4, 9:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	12 hr
Feb 7, 4:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	36 hr
Feb 11, 3:57 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	29 hr
Feb 13, 2:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	19 hr
Feb 15, 3:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	57 min
Feb 15, 3:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Feb 15, 5:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	3 hr
Feb 15, 6:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	114 min
Feb 15, 7:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	12 days
Feb 17, 5:04 AM CST	Flood Watch	LCH	37 hr
Feb 23, 9:05 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	9 hr
Mar 2, 10:45 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	6 hr
Mar 2, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	45 min
Mar 2, 9:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	41 min
Mar 7, 1:47 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Mar 8, 10:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	22 days
Mar 11, 11:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 11, 2:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Mar 11, 5:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Mar 11, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	64 min
Mar 11, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	29 min
Mar 11, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
Mar 12, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	3 hr
Mar 19, 3:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	45 hr
Mar 19, 5:33 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	34 hr
Mar 20, 9:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Mar 20, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 20, 2:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Mar 20, 3:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Mar 20, 6:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Mar 20, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 21, 2:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Mar 21, 5:04 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 2, 9:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Apr 2, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 2, 12:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Apr 2, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	45 min
Apr 3, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	61 min
Apr 3, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	2 hr
Apr 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	113 min
Apr 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 5, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	35 min
Apr 5, 1:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 5, 3:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	60 min
Apr 16, 3:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	107 min
Apr 16, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	29 hr
Apr 17, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	63 hr
Apr 20, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 20, 3:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 20, 6:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Apr 20, 7:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	30 min
Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	52 min
Apr 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	57 min
Apr 20, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	34 min
Apr 21, 6:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	8 days
May 7, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	65 min
May 10, 4:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	23 hr
May 31, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 31, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
May 31, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	58 min
Jun 6, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	49 min
Jun 12, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 12, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	95 min
Jun 14, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Jun 26, 4:16 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	16 hr
Jul 11, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	48 hr
Jul 12, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	89 min
Jul 13, 9:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	3 hr
Jul 19, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	33 min
Jul 20, 12:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 20, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	53 min
Jul 20, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	39 min
Jul 20, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
Jul 26, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	67 min
Jul 28, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	57 min
Jul 29, 4:29 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	15 hr
Jul 30, 3:32 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	15 hr
Jul 31, 4:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Aug 5, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	63 min
Aug 7, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Aug 7, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	60 min
Aug 9, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	72 min
Aug 10, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	35 min
Aug 10, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
Aug 10, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
Aug 10, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 10, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	62 min
Aug 10, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	71 min
Aug 27, 4:44 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	LCH	61 hr
Aug 27, 4:44 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	LCH	3 days
Aug 28, 2:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	39 hr
Aug 29, 7:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	21 hr
Aug 31, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	55 min
Aug 31, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	60 min
Aug 31, 4:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 31, 5:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	108 min
Aug 31, 7:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	105 min
Aug 31, 8:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Aug 31, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	25 min
Aug 31, 2:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	3 hr
Oct 3, 2:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 18, 12:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	26 min
Oct 18, 12:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	27 min
Oct 18, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	32 min
Oct 18, 1:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	24 min
Oct 18, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	53 min
Nov 1, 5:12 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	3 hr
Nov 3, 4:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	5 hr
Nov 5, 1:22 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	8 hr
Nov 5, 1:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Nov 11, 6:32 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Nov 24, 2:17 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LCH	18 hr
Nov 26, 6:44 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Nov 26, 10:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Dec 2, 6:18 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	3 hr
Dec 4, 11:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Dec 6, 8:52 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	12 hr
Dec 7, 4:04 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	6 hr
Dec 9, 5:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Dec 9, 11:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Dec 10, 4:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	40 min
Dec 10, 2:29 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LCH	19 hr
Dec 12, 2:25 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	16 hr
Dec 16, 5:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Dec 16, 5:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 19, 2:31 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	27 hr
Dec 19, 11:55 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Dec 20, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Dec 20, 3:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	79 min
Dec 20, 4:08 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Dec 25, 1:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 25, 3:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	58 min
Dec 25, 4:17 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	26 hr
Dec 25, 5:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	43 min
Dec 25, 5:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Dec 25, 8:46 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
Dec 25, 9:17 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Dec 25, 9:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	34 min
Dec 25, 9:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	34 min
Dec 25, 11:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	68 min
Dec 25, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	71 min
Dec 25, 12:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	37 min
Dec 25, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	53 min
Dec 25, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	35 min
Dec 25, 12:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	22 min
Dec 25, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	61 min
Dec 29, 3:42 AM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	LCH	11 hr
Dec 29, 2:57 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	15 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	24
Tornado Warning	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	40
Special Weather Statement	31
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	6
Flash Flood Warning	4
River Flood Warning	6
Flash Flood Watch	6
Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	13
Heat
Heat Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Hard Freeze Warning	6
Hard Freeze Watch	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	1
Tropical Storm Watch	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.