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Louisiana tornado and storm history

Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Louisiana between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.

2,801
Tornado reports
32,966
Storm events
335
Hurricane reports
1,341
Deaths, all storms

Every tornado track in Louisiana

2,780 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.

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Tornadoes by decade in Louisiana

All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.

DecadeAll reportsStrong (F2+)All per yearStrong per year
1950s14072168
1960s17664186
1970s2971093312
1980s3371053410
1990s39659447
2000s44154445
2010s55875568

The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.

Significant recent events in Louisiana

Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.

June 18, 2026 · Terrebonne, Louisiana
Tornado EF1 Tornado$2.0M damage
A NWS survey team concluded an EF-1 tornado tracked from Evelyn Ave towards Woodhaven Dr and Roberta Grove Blvd. Several businesses in the Lynn Park Shopping Center (at the corner of Prospect Ave and Grand Caillou Rd) sustained damage to almost every window and had partially coll…
June 18, 2026 · Avoyelles, Louisiana
Flash Flood Flash Flood$5.0M damage
Heavy rain trained across Avoyelles Parish for several hours while the remnant circulation of Arthur passed to the north. Widespread flooding occurred with numerous structures inundated. Numerous rescues were also conducted. Cottonport received a storm total 37.58 inches of rain …
April 4, 2026 · Coastal Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Rip Current Rip Current1 death
A 17-year-old male was swimming with friends near the jetties at Grand Isle Beach when he was pulled offshore by a rip current and submerged. At approximately 2:11 PM CDT, the U.S. Coast Guard received a report from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO) of a swimmer in dis…
January 25, 2026 · Franklin, Louisiana
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Wind chills across the parish fell as low as -5 degrees during the early morning of January 26th. A 78 year old female died of hypothermia due to exposure.
January 24, 2026 · De Soto, Louisiana
Winter Storm Winter Storm1 death
January 24, 2026 · Caddo, Louisiana
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill2 deaths
January 24, 2026 · De Soto, Louisiana
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill3 deaths
January 24, 2026 · Jackson, Louisiana
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill1 death
January 24, 2026 · Sabine, Louisiana
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill1 death
November 5, 2025 · De Soto, Louisiana
Dense Fog Dense Fog1 death, 1 injury
October 18, 2025 · Union, Louisiana
Lightning Lightning1 death
Lightning struck an elevated deer stand south of Highway 2 just southeast of the Weldon community. A 17 year old male hunter was in the stand when it was struck and caught fire, and did not survive.
July 10, 2025 · East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lightning Lightning$1.8M damage
St. George Fire Department responded to a structure fire of a 2 story apartment in the 10700 block of Industriplex Boulevard. SGFD investigators responded to the scene and concluded that the fire was caused by a lightning strike.
January 22, 2025 · Eastern Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped into the 10 to 15 degree range across the parish.
January 22, 2025 · Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped deep into the single digit range across the parish …
January 21, 2025 · Eastern Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. 62 yr old Female - perished in a fire caused by a space heater.

Counties and zones

Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.

Acadia (410) Allen (338) Ascension (236) Assumption (148) Avoyelles (367) Beauregard (499) Bienville (673) Bossier (1,334) Caddo (2,132) Calcasieu (1,032) Caldwell (421) Cameron (350) Catahoula (376) Central Plaquemines Parish (35) Central Tangipahoa Parish (33) Claiborne (599) Coastal Jefferson Parish (34) Concordia (363) De Soto (801) East Baton Rouge (713) East Cameron (112) East Carroll (367) East Feliciana (218) Eastern Ascension Parish (39) Eastern Orleans Parish (43) Evangeline (276) Franklin (518) Grant (515) Iberia (286) Iberville (239) Jackson (519) Jefferson (490) Jefferson Davis (336) La Salle (415) Lafayette (391) Lafourche (245) Lincoln (641) Livingston (432) Lower Iberia Parish (7) Lower Jefferson (60) Lower Jefferson Parish (37) Lower Lafourche (89) Lower Plaquemines (98) Lower St. Bernard (58) Lower St. Bernard Parish (34) Lower St. Martin (28) Lower St. Mary Parish (15) Lower Tangipahoa Parish (42) Lower Terrebonne (90) Lower Vermilion Parish (32) Madison (403) Morehouse (578) Natchitoches (903) Northern Acadia Parish (2) Northern Calcasieu Parish (3) Northern Jefferson Davis Parish (3) Northern Livingston Parish (37) Northern St. Tammany Parish (38) Northern Tangipahoa (43) Northwest St. Tammany Parish (3) Orleans (545) Ouachita (1,004) Plaquemines (173) Pointe Coupee (297) Rapdies (1) Rapides (727) Red River (498) Richland (461) Sabine (661) Sabine and Natchitoches (1) Southeast St. Tammany Parish (46) Southern Acadia Parish (2) Southern Calcasieu Parish (4) Southern Jefferson Davis Parish (3) Southern Livingston Parish (41) Southern Tangipahoa (16) Southwestern St. Tammany Parish (43) St. Bernard (123) St. Charles (365) St. Helena (173) St. James (159) St. John the Baptist (194) St. Landry (457) St. Martin (191) St. Mary (263) St. Tammany (802) Tangipahoa (530) Tensas (367) Terrebonne (278) Union (817) Upper Iberia Parish (4) Upper Jefferson (57) Upper Jefferson Parish (39) Upper Lafourche (70) Upper Plaquemines (43) Upper Plaquemines Parish (35) Upper St. Bernard (46) Upper St. Bernard Parish (34) Upper St. Martin (36) Upper St. Mary Parish (3) Upper Terrebonne (74) Upper Vermilion Parish (2) Vermilion (363) Vernon (450) Washington (366) Webster (910) West Baton Rouge (168) West Cameron (108) West Carroll (407) West Feliciana (201) Western Ascension Parish (40) Western Orleans Parish (40) Winn (594)