River Flood Warnings in Louisiana
3,267 river flood 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 3,267
- Busiest year
- 2021311 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 163over 20 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 Tammany Parish535
- Calcasieu Parish517
- Webster Parish269
- Allen Parish255
- Beauregard Parish192
- Bossier Parish191
- East Baton Rouge Parish170
- Acadia Parish169
- Vermilion Parish166
- Rapides Parish156
- Tangipahoa Parish155
- Jefferson Davis Parish152
- Lafayette Parish143
- Washington Parish143
- Bienville Parish131
- Livingston Parish121
- Saint Landry Parish106
- Vernon Parish102
- Evangeline Parish100
- Red River Parish91
- Caddo Parish89
- Saint Helena Parish78
- Saint Martin Parish77
- Caldwell Parish70
- Grant Parish69
- De Soto Parish65
- Ascension Parish61
- St. Mary Parish57
- Concordia Parish54
- Winn Parish54
- LaSalle Parish47
- Franklin Parish46
- Union Parish42
- Ouachita Parish41
- Pointe Coupee Parish38
- West Feliciana Parish36
- Natchitoches Parish35
- Madison Parish34
- Tensas Parish34
- Catahoula Parish27
18 more counties
- West Baton Rouge Parish24
- Lincoln Parish24
- East Carroll Parish23
- Avoyelles Parish17
- Saint John the Baptist Parish15
- Orleans Parish14
- Saint Bernard Parish13
- Jefferson Parish11
- Plaquemines Parish11
- Saint Charles Parish11
- Saint James Parish11
- Iberville Parish10
- Iberia Parish9
- Claiborne Parish7
- Cameron Parish4
- Richland Parish3
- East Feliciana Parish2
- Morehouse Parish1
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 11 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 72 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 29 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 7 days |
| Jun 26, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Webster | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 8:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 5 days |
| Jun 24, 7:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 53 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 52 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 9 days |
| Jun 21, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 29 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 10 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.