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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2018

20 tornado watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
20
Busiest month
April6 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 14, 20184 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 21, 9:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more6 hr
Feb 21, 9:48 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 17 more7 hr
Feb 24, 11:01 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster8 hr
Mar 28, 12:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 12 more9 hr
Mar 28, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more8 hr
Apr 6, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more8 hr
Apr 13, 1:50 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more8 hr
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more3 hr
Apr 13, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne and 14 more8 hr
Apr 13, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more10 hr
Apr 14, 6:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 22 more7 hr
Oct 13, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River5 hr
Oct 31, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine, Webster9 hr
Oct 31, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 30 more8 hr
Oct 31, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more9 hr
Nov 5, 4:06 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 19 more7 hr
Nov 12, 4:34 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAssumption, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans and 10 more7 hr
Nov 12, 11:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 3 more7 hr
Dec 27, 3:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 10 more10 hr
Dec 27, 9:29 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 27 more9 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 14, 20184tornado watches
  2. March 28, 20182tornado watches
  3. November 1, 20182tornado watches
  4. November 12, 20182tornado watches
  5. December 27, 20182tornado watches
  6. January 22, 20181tornado watches
  7. February 21, 20181tornado watches
  8. February 24, 20181tornado watches
  9. April 6, 20181tornado watches
  10. April 13, 20181tornado watches
  11. October 13, 20181tornado watches
  12. October 31, 20181tornado 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.