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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1996
45 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 45
- Busiest month
- April15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 31, 19968 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 38 min |
| Jan 23, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 27 min |
| Jan 23, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Jan 26, 10:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 66 min |
| Feb 27, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 1:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Richland | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 33 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 46 min |
| Nov 7, 5:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Red River | 40 min |
| Nov 24, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 65 min |
| Nov 24, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 61 min |
| Nov 24, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 8:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 54 min |
| Nov 24, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston | 28 min |
| Nov 24, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Tammany Parish5
- Tangipahoa Parish4
- Madison Parish3
- Caddo Parish2
- De Soto Parish2
- Washington Parish2
- Saint Helena Parish2
- Morehouse Parish2
- West Carroll Parish2
- East Carroll Parish2
- Richland Parish2
- Catahoula Parish2
- Sabine Parish2
- Tensas Parish2
- Natchitoches Parish2
- Bossier Parish1
- Claiborne Parish1
- Allen Parish1
- Vermilion Parish1
- Union Parish1
- Beauregard Parish1
- Rapides Parish1
- Concordia Parish1
- Calcasieu Parish1
- Lafayette Parish1
- Red River Parish1
- Saint Charles Parish1
- Jefferson Davis Parish1
- East Feliciana Parish1
- Livingston 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.