Alert archive / Louisiana / Rapides Parish

Weather alerts in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 2017

171 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 171
Warnings: 56
Watches: 22
Advisories: 39
Busiest month: April51 alerts
Busiest day: April 2, 201720 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

3 of 7 tornado warnings covering Rapides Parish in 2017 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 4 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 11 minutes after it went out.

Rapides Parish, 2017

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	7	3	57%	4	75%	11 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	21	10	52%	15	67%	19 min
Flash flood warnings	10	7	30%	6	100%	168 min

Each office's whole area, 2017

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Lake Charles, LA: tornado warnings	108	16	85%	39	49%	15 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: severe thunderstorm warnings	133	56	58%	172	59%	23 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: flash flood warnings	89	50	44%	129	88%	252 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
Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Jan 2, 2:06 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jan 2, 5:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jan 2, 6:12 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jan 2, 7:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jan 2, 10:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	58 min
Jan 2, 11:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jan 2, 11:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	63 min
Jan 2, 11:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	4 hr
Jan 6, 3:42 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	29 hr
Jan 6, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	5 days
Jan 6, 11:50 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LCH	9 hr
Jan 6, 4:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 6, 9:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Jan 7, 3:00 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	30 hr
Jan 19, 7:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	10 days
Jan 20, 7:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 21, 2:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	49 min
Jan 21, 1:38 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	34 hr
Jan 21, 2:34 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 21, 3:29 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 21, 5:32 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jan 21, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	14 min
Feb 2, 5:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Feb 7, 6:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	24 min
Feb 7, 7:54 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr
Feb 7, 9:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	12 hr
Feb 14, 6:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	119 min
Feb 20, 2:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Feb 20, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	56 min
Feb 23, 2:22 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	8 hr
Mar 7, 10:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	45 min
Mar 7, 11:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Mar 7, 11:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	51 min
Mar 7, 12:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	50 min
Mar 7, 12:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	49 min
Mar 7, 1:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	53 min
Mar 7, 2:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	116 min
Mar 19, 1:05 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	9 hr
Mar 19, 9:35 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	11 hr
Mar 24, 9:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Mar 24, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 25, 2:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Mar 29, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Mar 29, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 29, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	12 min
Mar 29, 9:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 1, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	37 hr
Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 2, 11:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	9 days
Apr 2, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	28 min
Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Apr 2, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	34 min
Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	LCH	29 min
Apr 2, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	24 min
Apr 2, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Apr 2, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	19 min
Apr 2, 3:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	50 min
Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	35 min
Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	19 min
Apr 2, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Apr 2, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	59 min
Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Apr 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 2, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	24 min
Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	47 min
Apr 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	35 min
Apr 2, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	32 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	26 min
Apr 2, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	41 min
Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Apr 2, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	51 min
Apr 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	3 hr
Apr 2, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	2 hr
Apr 3, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Apr 3, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	12 hr
Apr 4, 3:48 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	26 hr
Apr 13, 3:42 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	6 hr
Apr 26, 10:30 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	9 hr
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	43 hr
Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	55 min
Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	52 min
Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	31 min
Apr 29, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	46 min
Apr 30, 1:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 30, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	66 min
Apr 30, 1:49 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 30, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	55 min
Apr 30, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	64 min
Apr 30, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	48 min
Apr 30, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	4 hr
Apr 30, 10:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
May 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	34 hr
May 3, 4:10 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	17 hr
May 3, 7:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
May 3, 7:32 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 3, 8:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	37 min
May 3, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 3, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
May 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 3, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	3 hr
May 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	32 min
May 3, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	30 min
May 3, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	8 days
May 4, 1:25 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	6 hr
May 20, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	54 min
May 21, 2:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 21, 4:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	33 hr
May 22, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	9 days
May 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 28, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	56 min
May 28, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	60 min
May 28, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	64 min
May 28, 9:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
Jun 4, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Jun 4, 7:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	56 min
Jun 4, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	3 days
Jun 4, 9:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	33 hr
Jun 9, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	56 hr
Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	LCH	67 hr
Jun 20, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	50 hr
Jun 21, 4:20 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	29 hr
Jun 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	109 min
Jun 23, 9:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	9 days
Jun 24, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	97 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	57 min
Jun 29, 8:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	11 hr
Jul 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	30 min
Jul 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	36 min
Jul 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	48 min
Jul 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	28 min
Aug 11, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	52 min
Aug 16, 3:23 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	28 hr
Aug 17, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	38 min
Aug 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	6 days
Aug 27, 8:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	12 days
Aug 28, 9:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	6 hr
Aug 29, 11:29 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	20 hr
Aug 30, 8:07 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Aug 31, 8:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Sep 17, 6:37 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	2 hr
Sep 18, 7:12 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	108 min
Sep 19, 5:15 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Oct 8, 5:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	4 hr
Oct 21, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	5 hr
Oct 22, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	45 min
Oct 22, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	46 min
Nov 18, 3:38 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	26 hr
Nov 22, 3:48 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LCH	16 hr
Nov 29, 8:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	12 hr
Dec 2, 1:25 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	8 hr
Dec 2, 4:11 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	18 hr
Dec 5, 1:22 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Dec 7, 1:59 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LCH	22 hr
Dec 7, 2:05 PM CST	Freeze Warning	LCH	19 hr
Dec 8, 3:01 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	29 hr
Dec 8, 3:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Dec 17, 1:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	57 min
Dec 17, 9:51 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	10 hr
Dec 18, 9:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	12 hr
Dec 20, 1:55 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Dec 21, 12:52 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	7 hr
Dec 22, 11:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Dec 23, 12:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	51 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	21
Tornado Warning	7
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	13
Mesoscale Discussion	27
Special Weather Statement	27
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	10
River Flood Warning	9
Flash Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	8
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	2
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Hard Freeze Warning	3
Wind Chill Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	10
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	17
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2016 2018

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.