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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2012
147 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 147
- Busiest month
- March44 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 21, 201224 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 9, 5:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 5:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 6:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 42 min |
| Jan 17, 9:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 13 min |
| Jan 25, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 48 min |
| Jan 25, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 28 min |
| Jan 25, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 35 min |
| Jan 25, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 12 min |
| Jan 26, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 33 min |
| Jan 26, 7:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 23 min |
| Feb 1, 12:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 32 min |
| Feb 1, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 36 min |
| Feb 1, 1:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 34 min |
| Feb 1, 2:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Feb 3, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Feb 3, 5:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 9:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Feb 3, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 22 min |
| Feb 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 25 min |
| Feb 4, 2:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 26 min |
| Feb 4, 3:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 17 min |
| Feb 18, 8:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 8:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 9:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 9:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 9:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 10:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 18 min |
| Feb 18, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Tangipahoa | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle, Winn | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 27 min |
| Mar 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 24 min |
| Mar 11, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 34 min |
| Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 26 min |
| Mar 20, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Sabine | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 27 min |
| Mar 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 19 min |
| Mar 21, 2:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Winn | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 3:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Winn | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 4:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 25 min |
| Mar 21, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 28 min |
| Mar 21, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Winn | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 24 min |
| Mar 21, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 9:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 10:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 25 min |
| Mar 21, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 2:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 31 min |
| May 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche | 13 min |
| May 11, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 29 min |
| May 31, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 20 min |
| Jun 30, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 12 min |
| Jul 9, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 17 min |
| Aug 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 11:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 9:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 11 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 4:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 22 min |
| Sep 5, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 55 min |
| Sep 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 27 min |
| Oct 18, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Winn | 24 min |
| Dec 10, 6:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 7:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 30 min |
| Dec 10, 7:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 8:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 9:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 26 min |
| Dec 20, 5:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 29 min |
| Dec 25, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 25 min |
| Dec 25, 11:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 37 min |
| Dec 25, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 35 min |
| Dec 25, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 22 min |
| Dec 25, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 20 min |
| Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 33 min |
| Dec 25, 2:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 38 min |
| Dec 25, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 7 min |
| Dec 25, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 43 min |
| Dec 25, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 37 min |
| Dec 25, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles | 25 min |
| Dec 25, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 31 min |
| Dec 25, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles | 28 min |
| Dec 25, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 16 min |
| Dec 25, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 16 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rapides Parish15
- Vermilion Parish13
- Vernon Parish12
- Saint Tammany Parish12
- Natchitoches Parish11
- Avoyelles Parish11
- Acadia Parish11
- Jefferson Davis Parish11
- Cameron Parish10
- Sabine Parish8
- Livingston Parish8
- Washington Parish8
- Jefferson Parish8
- Beauregard Parish7
- Saint Helena Parish7
- Orleans Parish7
- Plaquemines Parish6
- Tangipahoa Parish6
- East Baton Rouge Parish6
- Winn Parish6
- Saint Charles Parish6
- East Feliciana Parish6
- Lafourche Parish6
- Allen Parish5
- Evangeline Parish5
- Saint Landry Parish5
- Iberville Parish5
- Ascension Parish5
- Catahoula Parish4
- Lafayette Parish4
- West Feliciana Parish4
- Concordia Parish3
- De Soto Parish3
- Calcasieu Parish3
- Saint John the Baptist Parish3
- Pointe Coupee Parish3
- Red River Parish2
- Madison Parish2
- Grant Parish2
- Jackson Parish2
18 more counties
- Saint James Parish2
- Franklin Parish2
- Saint Bernard Parish2
- Caddo Parish2
- Ouachita Parish2
- Union Parish2
- Saint Martin Parish1
- West Baton Rouge Parish1
- Tensas Parish1
- Caldwell Parish1
- LaSalle Parish1
- Morehouse Parish1
- West Carroll Parish1
- Assumption Parish1
- Lincoln Parish1
- Richland Parish1
- Bossier Parish1
- Bienville 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. Rebuilt daily.