Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2002
20 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- March8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 26, 20024 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bossier | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Avoyelles, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Saint Bernard | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Carroll, Franklin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, De Soto, Sabine, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caddo, De Soto | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Sabine and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ascension, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 18 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Beauregard Parish7
- Calcasieu Parish7
- Cameron Parish7
- Bienville Parish6
- Catahoula Parish6
- Claiborne Parish6
- Concordia Parish6
- De Soto Parish6
- Franklin Parish6
- Lincoln Parish6
- Richland Parish6
- Vermilion Parish6
- Vernon Parish6
- Bossier Parish5
- Caddo Parish5
- Jackson Parish5
- LaSalle Parish5
- Morehouse Parish5
- Ouachita Parish5
- Red River Parish5
- Sabine Parish5
- Union Parish5
- Webster Parish5
- East Carroll Parish5
- Allen Parish5
- Jefferson Davis Parish5
- Lafayette Parish5
- Saint Landry Parish5
- Caldwell Parish4
- Natchitoches Parish4
- Winn Parish4
- Rapides Parish4
- West Carroll Parish4
- Acadia Parish4
- Avoyelles Parish4
- Evangeline Parish4
- Madison Parish4
- Tensas Parish4
- Pointe Coupee Parish4
- Grant Parish3
24 more counties
- Ascension Parish3
- East Baton Rouge Parish3
- East Feliciana Parish3
- Iberia Parish3
- Iberville Parish3
- Livingston Parish3
- Saint Helena Parish3
- Saint James Parish3
- Saint Martin Parish3
- Tangipahoa Parish3
- West Baton Rouge Parish3
- West Feliciana Parish3
- Assumption Parish2
- St. Mary Parish2
- Saint Bernard Parish2
- Lafourche Parish2
- Saint Charles Parish2
- Saint John the Baptist Parish2
- Saint Tammany Parish2
- Terrebonne Parish2
- Washington Parish2
- Jefferson Parish1
- Orleans Parish1
- Plaquemines Parish1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.