Red Flag Warnings in Louisiana
91 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 91
- Busiest year
- 202342 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 8over 11 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.
- Allen Parish34
- Beauregard Parish32
- Evangeline Parish32
- Vernon Parish32
- Rapides Parish31
- Saint Landry Parish31
- Avoyelles Parish30
- Lafayette Parish26
- Saint Martin Parish26
- Calcasieu Parish26
- Jefferson Davis Parish26
- Concordia Parish24
- Acadia Parish24
- Catahoula Parish22
- Richland Parish22
- Cameron Parish22
- East Baton Rouge Parish20
- East Feliciana Parish20
- Pointe Coupee Parish20
- Saint Helena Parish20
- Washington Parish20
- West Baton Rouge Parish20
- West Feliciana Parish20
- Tensas Parish20
- Franklin Parish19
- Madison Parish19
- Morehouse Parish19
- Livingston Parish19
- Saint Tammany Parish19
- Tangipahoa Parish19
- Iberville Parish18
- East Carroll Parish18
- West Carroll Parish18
- Assumption Parish17
- Saint James Parish17
- Saint John the Baptist Parish17
- Ascension Parish17
- Iberia Parish17
- St. Mary Parish17
- Vermilion Parish17
21 more counties
- Saint Bernard Parish11
- Bossier Parish10
- Caddo Parish10
- Jefferson Parish10
- Orleans Parish10
- Plaquemines Parish10
- De Soto Parish9
- Bienville Parish8
- Claiborne Parish8
- Natchitoches Parish8
- Red River Parish8
- Sabine Parish8
- Webster Parish8
- Caldwell Parish7
- Grant Parish7
- Jackson Parish7
- LaSalle Parish7
- Lincoln Parish7
- Ouachita Parish7
- Union Parish7
- Winn Parish7
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:03 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:53 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:32 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:43 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:47 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:10 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more | 32 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. Rebuilt daily.