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Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2025
119 tornado warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 119
- Busiest month
- March48 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 15, 202516 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
27 of 120 tornado warnings covering Louisiana in 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 26 of 43 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 11 minutes after it went out.
Louisiana, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 120 | 27 | 78% | 43 | 60% | 11 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Lake Charles, LA: tornado warnings | 44 | 3 | 93% | 7 | 43% | 12 min |
| NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings | 100 | 43 | 57% | 114 | 78% | 22 min |
| NWS Shreveport, LA: tornado warnings | 97 | 28 | 71% | 53 | 74% | 19 min |
| NWS New Orleans, LA: tornado warnings | 62 | 11 | 82% | 29 | 66% | 13 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 5, 12:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 27 min |
| Jan 5, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Jan 5, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 21 min |
| Jan 5, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Jan 5, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 15 min |
| Feb 12, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 10 min |
| Feb 12, 1:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 5 min |
| Feb 12, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 46 days |
| Feb 15, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 12:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 11 min |
| Feb 16, 12:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 8:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 39 min |
| Mar 4, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 10:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Webster | 19 min |
| Mar 4, 10:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 10:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 11:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 12:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 9 min |
| Mar 4, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 17 min |
| Mar 4, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Livingston, Saint James | 23 min |
| Mar 4, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 19 min |
| Mar 15, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Winn | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Winn | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 8:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Winn | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 8:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 12 min |
| Mar 23, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 5 min |
| Mar 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 8 min |
| Mar 28, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 12 min |
| Mar 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 8 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 13 min |
| Apr 23, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 11 min |
| May 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 29 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| May 2, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 27 min |
| May 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 46 min |
| May 6, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 22 min |
| May 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 26 min |
| May 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 47 min |
| May 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 17 min |
| May 6, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 26 min |
| May 9, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 27 min |
| May 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 20 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 41 min |
| May 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 43 min |
| May 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 28 min |
| May 20, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant | 15 min |
| May 26, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 11 min |
| May 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 15 min |
| May 27, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 17 min |
| Jun 13, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 13 min |
| Jul 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 12 min |
| Aug 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 17 min |
| Sep 24, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 7 min |
| Sep 24, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 12 min |
| Sep 24, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 8 min |
| Oct 6, 4:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 18 min |
| Oct 6, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Oct 25, 6:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 23 min |
| Oct 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 16 min |
| Oct 25, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 18 min |
| Oct 26, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 4:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 5:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 16 min |
| Nov 24, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 23 min |
| Nov 25, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tangipahoa Parish12
- Washington Parish11
- Caddo Parish10
- Calcasieu Parish10
- Ouachita Parish9
- Jackson Parish8
- Bossier Parish8
- Sabine Parish7
- Caldwell Parish7
- Beauregard Parish7
- Union Parish6
- Rapides Parish6
- Winn Parish6
- Vernon Parish5
- Saint Tammany Parish5
- Saint Landry Parish5
- East Carroll Parish4
- Morehouse Parish4
- West Carroll Parish4
- Grant Parish4
- LaSalle Parish4
- Webster Parish4
- Cameron Parish4
- Livingston Parish4
- Saint Helena Parish4
- Vermilion Parish4
- Avoyelles Parish3
- Claiborne Parish3
- Natchitoches Parish3
- Ascension Parish3
- Lincoln Parish3
- Evangeline Parish3
- Acadia Parish3
- Jefferson Davis Parish3
- Terrebonne Parish3
- Madison Parish2
- Saint James Parish2
- Saint John the Baptist Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Pointe Coupee Parish2
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.