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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1998
58 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 58
- Busiest month
- September15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 11, 199810 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 7, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 19 min |
| Jan 11, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 60 min |
| Jan 12, 12:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 50 min |
| Jan 12, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 3:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 10:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 9:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 12:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Mar 6, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 4:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Iberville | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 5:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Winn | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Tensas | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 7:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 46 min |
| Sep 11, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 33 min |
| Sep 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 36 min |
| Sep 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 41 min |
| Sep 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Sep 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 53 min |
| Sep 12, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Sep 12, 9:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Oct 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee | 47 min |
| Oct 6, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Assumption | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 20, 11:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Vermilion Parish5
- Natchitoches Parish4
- Beauregard Parish4
- Allen Parish4
- Orleans Parish4
- Saint Tammany Parish3
- Evangeline Parish3
- Jefferson Parish3
- Saint Bernard Parish3
- Sabine Parish2
- Vernon Parish2
- Avoyelles Parish2
- Tensas Parish2
- Lafayette Parish2
- Iberville Parish2
- Calcasieu Parish2
- Catahoula Parish2
- Concordia Parish2
- Lafourche Parish2
- Saint Charles Parish2
- Jefferson Davis Parish2
- Washington Parish2
- Grant Parish1
- LaSalle Parish1
- Saint Landry Parish1
- Richland Parish1
- Franklin Parish1
- Saint Martin Parish1
- Ascension Parish1
- Bienville Parish1
- Jackson Parish1
- Winn Parish1
- Ouachita Parish1
- Cameron Parish1
- Plaquemines Parish1
- Acadia Parish1
- Rapides Parish1
- Pointe Coupee Parish1
- Assumption Parish1
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.