Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Louisiana, May 2003
13 tornado watches in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20033 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bossier Parish8
- Webster Parish8
- Union Parish8
- Caddo Parish7
- Claiborne Parish7
- Bienville Parish6
- Morehouse Parish6
- Lincoln Parish6
- Ouachita Parish6
- Red River Parish5
- West Carroll Parish5
- Jackson Parish5
- De Soto Parish4
- Natchitoches Parish4
- East Carroll Parish4
- Madison Parish4
- Winn Parish4
- Richland Parish3
- Tensas Parish3
- Caldwell Parish3
- Franklin Parish2
- LaSalle Parish2
- East Feliciana Parish2
- Saint Helena Parish2
- Washington Parish2
- West Feliciana Parish2
- Grant Parish1
- Sabine Parish1
- Catahoula Parish1
- Pointe Coupee Parish1
- East Baton Rouge Parish1
- Tangipahoa Parish1
- West Baton Rouge Parish1
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.