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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2021

143 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
143
Busiest month
May44 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 17, 202127 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 7, 12:57 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Helena18 min
Feb 11, 9:10 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington28 min
Feb 28, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo38 min
Feb 28, 8:08 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster52 min
Mar 17, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion43 min
Mar 17, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union47 min
Mar 17, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union48 min
Mar 17, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana45 min
Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion10 min
Mar 23, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry35 min
Mar 23, 6:36 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry24 min
Mar 23, 8:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry29 min
Mar 23, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion36 min
Mar 23, 8:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion37 min
Mar 27, 7:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSHVCaddo, De Soto51 min
Mar 27, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo41 min
Mar 27, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto49 min
Mar 27, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Webster19 min
Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll47 min
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVUnion31 min
Mar 30, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse44 min
Apr 7, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River40 min
Apr 7, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster19 min
Apr 7, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Red River25 min
Apr 7, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Webster14 min
Apr 7, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union52 min
Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse47 min
Apr 7, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll55 min
Apr 7, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides19 min
Apr 7, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles31 min
Apr 7, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles19 min
Apr 7, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANConcordia31 min
Apr 7, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWest Feliciana53 min
Apr 8, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington33 min
Apr 8, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena25 min
Apr 8, 2:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany30 min
Apr 8, 2:56 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany34 min
Apr 8, 3:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist14 min
Apr 8, 4:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson12 min
Apr 8, 4:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson23 min
Apr 10, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides22 min
Apr 10, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles35 min
Apr 10, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry23 min
Apr 10, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry18 min
Apr 10, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry33 min
Apr 10, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana45 min
Apr 10, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany10 min
Apr 10, 2:11 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry34 min
Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint James, Saint John the Baptist19 min
Apr 16, 9:34 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines11 min
Apr 23, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon25 min
Apr 23, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard33 min
Apr 23, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides, Vernon34 min
Apr 23, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard31 min
Apr 23, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston, West Baton Rouge28 min
May 2, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison39 min
May 4, 11:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon23 min
May 9, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse39 min
May 10, 3:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard18 min
May 10, 9:38 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist20 min
May 11, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans14 min
May 11, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, St. Mary33 min
May 12, 2:08 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard12 min
May 17, 5:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron27 min
May 17, 5:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu32 min
May 17, 8:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon30 min
May 17, 9:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard25 min
May 17, 9:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu38 min
May 17, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu30 min
May 17, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron29 min
May 17, 11:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis23 min
May 17, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis8 min
May 17, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis34 min
May 17, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis26 min
May 17, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion26 min
May 17, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu31 min
May 17, 2:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHAcadia33 min
May 17, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry38 min
May 17, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin37 min
May 17, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia33 min
May 17, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin32 min
May 17, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis25 min
May 17, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia16 min
May 17, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia38 min
May 17, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia37 min
May 17, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry33 min
May 17, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Saint Landry31 min
May 17, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin29 min
May 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin35 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville25 min
May 17, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin27 min
May 17, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion26 min
May 17, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Vermilion29 min
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa12 min
May 18, 2:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany26 min
May 18, 3:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles16 min
May 19, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis16 min
May 20, 7:39 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson8 min
May 20, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana13 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron30 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron27 min
Jun 4, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron26 min
Jun 6, 9:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston, Saint James, Tangipahoa14 min
Jun 6, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron27 min
Jun 6, 9:23 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLIXPlaquemines23 min
Jun 6, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines32 min
Jun 18, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany14 min
Aug 29, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany35 min
Aug 29, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany36 min
Aug 29, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany38 min
Sep 14, 1:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron28 min
Sep 14, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne37 min
Sep 15, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard31 min
Sep 15, 4:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard13 min
Sep 15, 6:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany23 min
Oct 27, 9:21 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu24 min
Oct 27, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu34 min
Oct 27, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu36 min
Oct 27, 10:39 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHBeauregard36 min
Oct 27, 11:46 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu17 min
Oct 27, 11:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu37 min
Oct 27, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron35 min
Oct 27, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon17 min
Oct 27, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana43 min
Oct 27, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana42 min
Oct 27, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa42 min
Oct 27, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion10 min
Oct 27, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANConcordia16 min
Oct 27, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana26 min
Oct 27, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche32 min
Nov 11, 12:50 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVCaddo25 min
Nov 11, 1:14 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo22 min
Nov 11, 2:05 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Red River25 min
Dec 6, 6:06 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVSabine24 min
Dec 6, 6:37 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHVernon23 min
Dec 6, 7:10 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides, Vernon35 min
Dec 6, 8:09 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides15 min
Dec 6, 1:22 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington68 min
Dec 6, 2:24 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington21 min
Dec 6, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington55 min
Dec 6, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany39 min
Dec 6, 2:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany49 min
Dec 6, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany30 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

14 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 17, 202127tornado warnings
  2. October 27, 202115tornado warnings
  3. April 8, 202114tornado warnings
  4. December 6, 202110tornado warnings
  5. April 10, 20219tornado warnings
  6. May 18, 20216tornado warnings
  7. March 17, 20215tornado warnings
  8. March 23, 20215tornado warnings
  9. April 7, 20215tornado warnings
  10. April 24, 20215tornado warnings
  11. March 28, 20214tornado warnings
  12. June 6, 20214tornado warnings

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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.