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.
- Washington Parish318
- Tangipahoa Parish310
- Saint Tammany Parish306
- Grant Parish302
- Madison Parish301
- Saint Helena Parish301
- LaSalle Parish300
- Tensas Parish300
- Concordia Parish299
- East Feliciana Parish291
- Livingston Parish290
- Rapides Parish290
- Catahoula Parish288
- Franklin Parish287
- Winn Parish287
- Caldwell Parish283
- Ouachita Parish283
- Natchitoches Parish281
- East Carroll Parish279
- West Feliciana Parish279
- East Baton Rouge Parish278
- Union Parish277
- Jackson Parish276
- West Baton Rouge Parish274
- Pointe Coupee Parish273
- Lincoln Parish272
- Richland Parish272
- Sabine Parish268
- Ascension Parish267
- Allen Parish266
- Avoyelles Parish266
- Evangeline Parish265
- West Carroll Parish264
- Saint Landry Parish263
- Claiborne Parish262
- Bienville Parish261
- Vernon Parish260
- Morehouse Parish258
- Beauregard Parish257
- Iberville Parish257
24 more counties
- De Soto Parish254
- Red River Parish254
- Webster Parish252
- Bossier Parish249
- Caddo Parish246
- Orleans Parish246
- Saint John the Baptist Parish245
- Saint James Parish243
- Saint Charles Parish236
- Acadia Parish235
- Jefferson Davis Parish233
- Saint Martin Parish232
- Assumption Parish231
- Saint Bernard Parish231
- Calcasieu Parish229
- Jefferson Parish226
- Lafayette Parish221
- Lafourche Parish218
- Vermilion Parish210
- Iberia Parish209
- St. Mary Parish205
- Plaquemines Parish202
- Cameron Parish199
- Terrebonne Parish198
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Tammany, Washington | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more | 10 hr |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Washington | 9 hr |
| May 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Ouachita and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, East Carroll, Morehouse, Union and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
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.