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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2012

34 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
March8 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 21, 20125 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
Jan 22, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more7 hr
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 24 more7 hr
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 41 more7 hr
Jan 26, 4:18 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 5 more7 hr
Feb 18, 9:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson and 15 more7 hr
Feb 18, 4:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCLafourche, Plaquemines, Terrebonne4 hr
Mar 11, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 18 more7 hr
Mar 11, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula and 20 more8 hr
Mar 20, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 18 more7 hr
Mar 20, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon4 hr
Mar 20, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 17 more7 hr
Mar 21, 5:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula and 33 more7 hr
Mar 21, 10:07 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafourche and 17 more8 hr
Mar 21, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPlaquemines, Saint Bernard9 hr
Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine7 hr
Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell and 36 more9 hr
Apr 5, 3:56 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more6 hr
Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 5 more9 hr
Aug 28, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more21 hr
Aug 29, 6:36 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more9 hr
Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Livingston and 12 more8 hr
Aug 29, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 12 more8 hr
Aug 30, 7:13 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington9 hr
Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCWashington6 hr
Sep 30, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more3 hr
Sep 30, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCConcordia, Madison, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany and 3 more8 hr
Oct 17, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more8 hr
Nov 11, 12:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Dec 10, 5:44 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 10 more5 hr
Dec 10, 8:51 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more6 hr
Dec 20, 4:23 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 9 more9 hr
Dec 25, 7:28 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 19 more6 hr
Dec 25, 9:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more8 hr
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCAscension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 20 more9 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. March 21, 20125tornado watches
  2. August 30, 20123tornado watches
  3. December 25, 20123tornado watches
  4. January 25, 20122tornado watches
  5. February 18, 20122tornado watches
  6. March 11, 20122tornado watches
  7. April 5, 20122tornado watches
  8. August 28, 20122tornado watches
  9. August 29, 20122tornado watches
  10. September 30, 20122tornado watches
  11. December 10, 20122tornado watches
  12. January 23, 20121tornado 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.