Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Watches / 2012
Tornado Watches in Louisiana, August 2012
7 tornado watches in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 30, 20123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Livingston and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 9 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Washington | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington Parish7
- Saint Tammany Parish6
- Tangipahoa Parish6
- Jefferson Parish5
- Orleans Parish5
- Plaquemines Parish5
- Saint Bernard Parish5
- Saint Charles Parish5
- Saint John the Baptist Parish5
- Lafourche Parish4
- Ascension Parish4
- East Baton Rouge Parish4
- East Feliciana Parish4
- Livingston Parish4
- Saint Helena Parish4
- West Baton Rouge Parish4
- West Feliciana Parish4
- Terrebonne Parish3
- Iberville Parish3
- Pointe Coupee Parish3
- Saint James Parish3
- Assumption Parish2
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.