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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1997

42 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
42
Busiest month
May14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 2, 19979 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
Jan 23, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto, Sabine37 min
Jan 23, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto, Red River46 min
Jan 27, 3:46 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard59 min
Feb 26, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, Winn42 min
Mar 2, 12:28 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster32 min
Apr 4, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVWebster38 min
Apr 11, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche34 min
Apr 11, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa26 min
Apr 11, 12:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa33 min
Apr 22, 8:01 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln44 min
Apr 22, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln31 min
Apr 26, 6:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVermilion59 min
May 2, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto45 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion33 min
May 2, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita42 min
May 2, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse66 min
May 2, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll49 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse45 min
May 2, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll32 min
May 2, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine29 min
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches31 min
May 3, 3:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa35 min
May 27, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita48 min
May 27, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland40 min
May 28, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron69 min
May 28, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche35 min
Jul 7, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Bernard38 min
Jul 18, 4:04 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines26 min
Jul 18, 4:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines17 min
Jul 18, 5:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines34 min
Oct 23, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto40 min
Oct 23, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard66 min
Oct 23, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen55 min
Oct 23, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine35 min
Oct 23, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches26 min
Oct 24, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline, Jefferson Davis58 min
Oct 24, 1:56 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVermilion64 min
Nov 1, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington43 min
Nov 21, 1:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany49 min
Nov 28, 5:09 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVRed River36 min
Nov 28, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBienville50 min
Dec 3, 5:57 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu33 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.

  1. May 2, 19979tornado warnings
  2. October 24, 19977tornado warnings
  3. May 28, 19974tornado warnings
  4. April 11, 19973tornado warnings
  5. July 18, 19973tornado warnings
  6. January 24, 19972tornado warnings
  7. April 22, 19972tornado warnings
  8. November 28, 19972tornado warnings
  9. January 27, 19971tornado warnings
  10. February 27, 19971tornado warnings
  11. March 2, 19971tornado warnings
  12. April 4, 19971tornado warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.