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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2003

42 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches: 42
Busiest month: May13 tornado watches
Busiest day: November 18, 20034 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
Feb 15, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Washington	6 hr
Feb 21, 9:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 11 more	6 hr
Feb 21, 3:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more	6 hr
Feb 21, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more	6 hr
Feb 22, 12:35 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany	5 hr
Mar 5, 2:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 10 more	5 hr
Mar 18, 11:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Grant, Natchitoches and 2 more	5 hr
Mar 18, 2:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 28 more	7 hr
Mar 18, 5:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 4 more	6 hr
Mar 18, 10:25 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Washington	7 hr
Apr 6, 10:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more	6 hr
Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 26 more	5 hr
Apr 6, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Evangeline and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 24, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	7 hr
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin and 14 more	6 hr
Apr 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland and 2 more	4 hr
May 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	6 hr
May 5, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, Webster and 1 more	5 hr
May 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Claiborne, East Carroll, Morehouse, Union, Webster and 1 more	7 hr
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
May 7, 4:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, East Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse and 4 more	6 hr
May 7, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and 1 more	5 hr
May 13, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more	5 hr
May 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more	6 hr
May 16, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 8 more	5 hr
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more	6 hr
May 17, 4:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 6 more	5 hr
May 17, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Washington, West Feliciana	6 hr
May 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Madison, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Tensas and 3 more	5 hr
Jun 30, 6:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more	9 hr
Jun 30, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist and 3 more	6 hr
Nov 17, 8:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Calcasieu	5 hr
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Calcasieu	5 hr
Nov 17, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	6 hr
Nov 17, 9:25 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 12 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 11:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 2 more	5 hr
Nov 18, 2:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more	6 hr
Nov 18, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 11 more	5 hr
Nov 26, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Caddo	5 hr
Nov 26, 9:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and 19 more	5 hr
Nov 27, 3:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 16 more	5 hr
Nov 27, 5:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 11 more	6 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.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2002 2004

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.