Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings / 1999
Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, May 1999
16 tornado warnings in May 1999. 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 May 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 5, 19995 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 46 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 49 min |
| May 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 5, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 61 min |
| May 5, 6:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 49 min |
| May 5, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 51 min |
| May 10, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 19 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 19 min |
| May 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 45 min |
| May 30, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Caddo Parish1
- Bossier Parish1
- Bienville Parish1
- Lincoln Parish1
- Claiborne Parish1
- Union Parish1
- East Carroll Parish1
- Richland Parish1
- West Carroll Parish1
- Evangeline Parish1
- Avoyelles Parish1
- Saint Martin Parish1
- Saint Charles Parish1
- Lafourche Parish1
- Iberville Parish1
- West Baton Rouge Parish1
- Terrebonne Parish1
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.