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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1986

19 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
19
Busiest month
April8 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 12, 19863 tornado warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 1:12 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHVernon18 min
Mar 12, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHGrant, Rapides40 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington60 min
Mar 18, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita60 min
Apr 4, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo60 min
Apr 11, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVOuachita, Richland48 min
Apr 11, 11:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVFranklin35 min
Apr 12, 12:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVMadison, Tensas40 min
Apr 19, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier60 min
Apr 19, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVWinn50 min
Apr 19, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo65 min
Apr 19, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Webster60 min
May 18, 10:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston59 min
May 18, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVFranklin, Madison, Tensas70 min
Jun 27, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster70 min
Nov 4, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion56 min
Nov 7, 7:20 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita60 min
Nov 20, 5:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena54 min
Nov 20, 5:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana54 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.