Alert archive / Louisiana

Tornado Watches in Louisiana

976 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
976
Busiest year
200859 tornado watches
Average year
33over 30 years on file

Over time

By year

Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.

By month of the year

By county

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

24 more counties

The latest tornado watches

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Tammany, Washington9 hr
Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more10 hr
May 6, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCWashington9 hr
May 6, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 18 more9 hr
Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEast Carroll4 hr
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Ouachita and 3 more7 hr
Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEast Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll8 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, East Carroll, Morehouse, Union and 2 more8 hr
Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more7 hr
Mar 15, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 18 more5 hr
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll7 hr
Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more7 hr

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.