Alert archive / Louisiana

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.

18 more counties

The latest river flood warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion11 hr
Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu5 days
Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides72 hr
Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion29 hr
Jun 29, 10:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBossier, Webster7 days
Jun 26, 8:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster3 days
Jun 26, 8:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster5 days
Jun 24, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVUnion53 hr
Jun 24, 7:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVClaiborne52 hr
Jun 22, 10:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster9 days
Jun 21, 8:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion29 hr
Jun 18, 10:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa10 hr

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.