Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Watches / 2012
Tornado Watches in Louisiana, March 2012
8 tornado watches in March 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- March 21, 20125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafourche and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caldwell Parish5
- Cameron Parish5
- Grant Parish5
- LaSalle Parish5
- Ouachita Parish5
- Rapides Parish5
- Allen Parish4
- Beauregard Parish4
- Calcasieu Parish4
- Jackson Parish4
- Jefferson Davis Parish4
- Vernon Parish4
- Winn Parish4
- Bienville Parish3
- Claiborne Parish3
- Lincoln Parish3
- Natchitoches Parish3
- Red River Parish3
- Sabine Parish3
- Union Parish3
- Acadia Parish3
- East Carroll Parish3
- Evangeline Parish3
- Franklin Parish3
- Madison Parish3
- Morehouse Parish3
- Richland Parish3
- Tensas Parish3
- Vermilion Parish3
- West Carroll Parish3
- Bossier Parish2
- Caddo Parish2
- De Soto Parish2
- Webster Parish2
- Avoyelles Parish2
- Catahoula Parish2
- Concordia Parish2
- Iberia Parish2
- Lafayette Parish2
- Saint Landry Parish2
24 more counties
- Saint Martin Parish2
- St. Mary Parish2
- Ascension Parish2
- East Feliciana Parish2
- Lafourche Parish2
- Livingston Parish2
- Saint Helena Parish2
- Saint James Parish2
- Saint John the Baptist Parish2
- Terrebonne Parish2
- Plaquemines Parish2
- Saint Bernard Parish2
- Assumption Parish1
- East Baton Rouge Parish1
- Iberville Parish1
- Pointe Coupee Parish1
- West Baton Rouge Parish1
- West Feliciana Parish1
- Jefferson Parish1
- Orleans Parish1
- Saint Charles Parish1
- Saint Tammany Parish1
- Tangipahoa Parish1
- Washington 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.