Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 1998
24 tornado watches in 1998. 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 in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- February7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 10, 19985 tornado watches
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 7, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Bernard | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sabine | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, De Soto and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Tammany | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 8 more | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Red River, Webster | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caddo | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 15 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant Parish9
- Vernon Parish8
- Tensas Parish8
- Winn Parish8
- Allen Parish7
- Beauregard Parish7
- Sabine Parish7
- Avoyelles Parish7
- Saint Landry Parish7
- Catahoula Parish7
- Franklin Parish7
- Madison Parish7
- Saint Tammany Parish7
- Calcasieu Parish6
- Cameron Parish6
- Concordia Parish6
- Evangeline Parish6
- Jefferson Davis Parish6
- Lafayette Parish6
- Vermilion Parish6
- Caldwell Parish6
- East Carroll Parish6
- Jackson Parish6
- LaSalle Parish6
- Natchitoches Parish6
- Red River Parish6
- Richland Parish6
- Ascension Parish6
- Assumption Parish6
- East Baton Rouge Parish6
- East Feliciana Parish6
- Iberia Parish6
- Iberville Parish6
- Lafourche Parish6
- Livingston Parish6
- Saint Charles Parish6
- Saint Helena Parish6
- Saint James Parish6
- Saint John the Baptist Parish6
- Saint Martin Parish6
24 more counties
- St. Mary Parish6
- Tangipahoa Parish6
- Washington Parish6
- West Baton Rouge Parish6
- West Feliciana Parish6
- Acadia Parish5
- Bienville Parish5
- Lincoln Parish5
- Ouachita Parish5
- Union Parish5
- Pointe Coupee Parish5
- Terrebonne Parish5
- Jefferson Parish5
- Orleans Parish5
- Saint Bernard Parish4
- Rapides Parish4
- Bossier Parish4
- Claiborne Parish4
- De Soto Parish4
- Morehouse Parish4
- Webster Parish4
- West Carroll Parish4
- Plaquemines Parish4
- Caddo Parish4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19971999
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.