Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
44
Tornado reports
146
Hail reports
37
Floods since 1996
673
All events
2
Deaths
$56.7M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Bienville Parish
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 44 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F3 Tornado
A 75 year old man drove around a barricade on Hwy. 4 at Saline Creek and was swept off the highway. He was later found deceased. The other occupant, a 70 year old woman was found by first responders clinging to a tree. She was taken to an area hospital suffering from hypothermia.
A shallow dome of artic air spread across northern Louisiana while low pressure formed in the northern Gulf of Mexico pulling warm moist air northward over the top of the cold air. The result was widespread freezing rain, sleet and freezing drizzle. The ice accumulated mainly acr…
Excessive heavy rainfall during the middle and latter part of the month resulted in very high water conditions on Lake Bistineau. The lake rose and crested at 146.5 feet on the evening of the 20th but the lake saw a higher crest early in the month of November from heavy rainfall …
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees were downed southwest of the Mount Lebanon community.
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and power lines downed throughout the town of Gibsland.
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Trees and power lines downed throughout the town of Arcadia.
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Trees and power lines were downed in Castor.
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Trees and power lines were downed in Gibsland.
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down across a power line along Highway 154 near Branch Loop Road.
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Flash Flood Flash Flood
High water covered LA 147 south of Mount Olive.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
The southbound lane of LA 147 south of Arcadia was flooded.
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail reported in Bienville.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed in Ringgold.
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Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 104 mph touched down along Piney Woods Road west of the Bienville community, where several softwood trees were snapped. The tornado then moved over a heavily wooded area inaccessible by vehicle, but a tornadic debris signature (TD…
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Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous trees downed across Bienville Parish.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Numerous roads flooded across Bienville Parish.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees downed on a greenhouse and plant nursery just west of Ashland.
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail reported in Ringgold via social media.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Multiple roads flooded across Bienville Parish.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 0 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1 |
| 2023 | 41 | 2 |
| 2022 | 22 | 2 |
| 2021 | 20 | 2 |
| 2020 | 25 | 2 |
| 2019 | 18 | 2 |
| 2018 | 30 | 2 |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 24 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20 | 0 |
| 2014 | 13 | 0 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | 35 | 1 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 21 | 4 |
| 2008 | 15 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 17 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 12 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 1 |
| 1991 | 16 | 1 |
| 1990 | 11 | 2 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 1 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 2 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 1 |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 2 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4 |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 |
| 1962 | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | 2 | 2 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | 2 | 1 |
| 1958 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |
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