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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2017

33 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
33
Busiest month
April9 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 21, 20174 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 2, 6:12 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 27 more10 hr
Jan 2, 11:22 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 21 more9 hr
Jan 20, 7:32 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 9 more6 hr
Jan 20, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville and 17 more8 hr
Jan 21, 3:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 22 more6 hr
Jan 21, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more7 hr
Jan 21, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more4 hr
Feb 7, 7:54 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula and 31 more11 hr
Feb 14, 9:38 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 5 more5 hr
Mar 24, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaldwell, De Soto, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more6 hr
Mar 24, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more6 hr
Mar 29, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Grant and 7 more7 hr
Mar 29, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 31 more8 hr
Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more5 hr
Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 28 more7 hr
Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 8 more9 hr
Apr 2, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche and 12 more10 hr
Apr 26, 10:08 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 3 more7 hr
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula and 24 more5 hr
Apr 30, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 21 more7 hr
Apr 30, 7:32 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 14 more7 hr
May 3, 7:32 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 24 more9 hr
Jun 20, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche and 12 more12 hr
Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 24 more9 hr
Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 30 more10 hr
Jun 22, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 15 more9 hr
Aug 25, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCameron, Vermilion12 hr
Aug 26, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalcasieu, Cameron13 hr
Aug 27, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion13 hr
Aug 28, 1:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion10 hr
Aug 28, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge and 20 more12 hr
Aug 30, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Madison and 8 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. January 21, 20174tornado watches
  2. April 2, 20173tornado watches
  3. January 2, 20172tornado watches
  4. March 25, 20172tornado watches
  5. April 3, 20172tornado watches
  6. April 26, 20172tornado watches
  7. April 30, 20172tornado watches
  8. June 21, 20172tornado watches
  9. June 22, 20172tornado watches
  10. August 28, 20172tornado watches
  11. January 22, 20171tornado watches
  12. February 7, 20171tornado 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.