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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2002

34 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
December14 tornado watches
Busiest day
December 19, 20026 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 11 more5 hr
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 19 more6 hr
Mar 30, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 21 more5 hr
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 6 more6 hr
Sep 6, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCOrleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany5 hr
Sep 25, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 5 more10 hr
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 5 more12 hr
Sep 25, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany8 hr
Sep 26, 3:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCOrleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany, Washington6 hr
Oct 2, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 33 more13 hr
Oct 3, 9:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 31 more12 hr
Oct 25, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 6 more5 hr
Oct 27, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 16 more5 hr
Oct 28, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more6 hr
Oct 29, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 20 more6 hr
Nov 5, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 20 more6 hr
Nov 5, 9:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany5 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCaldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Madison and 6 more6 hr
Nov 10, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 6 more6 hr
Nov 11, 2:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCOrleans, Saint Tammany5 hr
Dec 18, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 9 more8 hr
Dec 18, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more6 hr
Dec 19, 12:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline7 hr
Dec 19, 2:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAvoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia and 20 more8 hr
Dec 19, 6:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron and 26 more6 hr
Dec 19, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 2 more5 hr
Dec 19, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Livingston, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 7 more6 hr
Dec 23, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Evangeline and 8 more6 hr
Dec 23, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll and 23 more9 hr
Dec 23, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 12 more8 hr
Dec 24, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 8 more7 hr
Dec 30, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDe Soto, Red River, Sabine6 hr
Dec 30, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 24 more5 hr
Dec 31, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more5 hr

By county

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

24 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 19, 20026tornado watches
  2. December 24, 20023tornado watches
  3. September 25, 20022tornado watches
  4. September 26, 20022tornado watches
  5. October 3, 20022tornado watches
  6. October 29, 20022tornado watches
  7. November 5, 20022tornado watches
  8. November 11, 20022tornado watches
  9. December 31, 20022tornado watches
  10. February 20, 20021tornado watches
  11. March 30, 20021tornado watches
  12. March 31, 20021tornado watches

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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.