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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2015

32 tornado watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
32
Busiest month
April9 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 24, 20153 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 3, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 22 more7 hr
Apr 9, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more7 hr
Apr 19, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more6 hr
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon5 hr
Apr 24, 12:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more5 hr
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans and 6 more5 hr
Apr 24, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 7 more5 hr
Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 14 more4 hr
Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine6 hr
Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 36 more7 hr
May 10, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more5 hr
May 24, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 3 more6 hr
May 24, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caldwell and 41 more8 hr
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more6 hr
May 25, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more9 hr
May 25, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 32 more6 hr
Oct 25, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 3 more7 hr
Oct 26, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Bernard7 hr
Oct 31, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more5 hr
Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron, Concordia and 27 more8 hr
Nov 17, 8:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 25 more7 hr
Nov 17, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 12 more7 hr
Nov 17, 3:33 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 6 more4 hr
Nov 17, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 25 more7 hr
Nov 18, 2:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard6 hr
Dec 23, 12:06 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 9 more7 hr
Dec 23, 6:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more7 hr
Dec 23, 11:57 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll9 hr
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine10 hr
Dec 27, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 21 more7 hr
Dec 27, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville and 38 more7 hr
Dec 28, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAssumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 7 more8 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. April 24, 20153tornado watches
  2. November 17, 20153tornado watches
  3. December 23, 20153tornado watches
  4. April 27, 20152tornado watches
  5. May 24, 20152tornado watches
  6. May 25, 20152tornado watches
  7. October 26, 20152tornado watches
  8. October 31, 20152tornado watches
  9. November 18, 20152tornado watches
  10. December 27, 20152tornado watches
  11. December 28, 20152tornado watches
  12. January 3, 20151tornado 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.