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Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2020

29 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
29
Busiest month
April12 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 11, 20203 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 10, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 1 more11 hr
Jan 11, 12:28 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 24 more8 hr
Jan 11, 2:37 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more8 hr
Jan 11, 5:18 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more7 hr
Feb 5, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 24 more6 hr
Mar 4, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Madison and 9 more8 hr
Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Webster8 hr
Mar 28, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEast Carroll, Madison7 hr
Apr 12, 5:52 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more8 hr
Apr 12, 10:41 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more10 hr
Apr 12, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 16 more9 hr
Apr 19, 8:41 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 18 more6 hr
Apr 19, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more9 hr
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 39 more9 hr
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 9 more5 hr
Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, De Soto, Evangeline, Grant, Natchitoches and 4 more6 hr
Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 17 more9 hr
Apr 22, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin and 12 more9 hr
Apr 23, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 5 more4 hr
Apr 24, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster7 hr
May 16, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union, Webster6 hr
Aug 26, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 34 more6 hr
Aug 26, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more11 hr
Aug 27, 7:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula and 44 more8 hr
Sep 23, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAvoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee and 4 more7 hr
Oct 28, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 3 more11 hr
Dec 23, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 25 more5 hr
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCSaint Tammany7 hr
Dec 31, 1:27 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 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 11, 20203tornado watches
  2. April 12, 20203tornado watches
  3. April 19, 20203tornado watches
  4. April 22, 20202tornado watches
  5. April 23, 20202tornado watches
  6. August 27, 20202tornado watches
  7. December 24, 20202tornado watches
  8. January 10, 20201tornado watches
  9. February 5, 20201tornado watches
  10. March 4, 20201tornado watches
  11. March 19, 20201tornado watches
  12. March 29, 20201tornado 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.