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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2016
24 tornado watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- March8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20162 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Union and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Claiborne, East Carroll, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Union and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plaquemines | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Tammany Parish11
- Tangipahoa Parish11
- Washington Parish11
- Union Parish10
- Saint Helena Parish9
- Tensas Parish9
- Lincoln Parish9
- Catahoula Parish8
- Concordia Parish8
- East Baton Rouge Parish8
- East Feliciana Parish8
- Livingston Parish8
- Saint John the Baptist Parish8
- West Baton Rouge Parish8
- East Carroll Parish8
- Claiborne Parish8
- Ouachita Parish8
- Ascension Parish7
- Iberville Parish7
- Pointe Coupee Parish7
- Saint James Parish7
- West Feliciana Parish7
- Franklin Parish7
- Madison Parish7
- Acadia Parish6
- Saint Landry Parish6
- Vermilion Parish6
- Assumption Parish6
- Iberia Parish6
- Plaquemines Parish6
- Saint Martin Parish6
- St. Mary Parish6
- Richland Parish6
- West Carroll Parish6
- Bossier Parish6
- Caddo Parish6
- Webster Parish6
- Morehouse Parish6
- Avoyelles Parish5
- Caldwell Parish5
24 more counties
- Grant Parish5
- LaSalle Parish5
- Natchitoches Parish5
- Winn Parish5
- Jefferson Parish5
- Lafayette Parish5
- Lafourche Parish5
- Orleans Parish5
- Saint Bernard Parish5
- Saint Charles Parish5
- Bienville Parish5
- Jackson Parish5
- Red River Parish5
- Allen Parish4
- Beauregard Parish4
- Calcasieu Parish4
- Evangeline Parish4
- Jefferson Davis Parish4
- Rapides Parish4
- Sabine Parish4
- Terrebonne Parish4
- De Soto Parish4
- Cameron Parish3
- Vernon Parish3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.