Caddo 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.
109
Tornado reports
641
Hail reports
287
Floods since 1996
2,132
All events
59
Deaths
$380.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Caddo Parish
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 109 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.
Supercells developed over the area as a speed max moved out of Texas and across the region. Numerous homes with minor to moderate roof damage. An 18 wheel truck bed overturned. Steel framed hardware store leveled. Numerous trees uprooted or snapped. Damage to Southern University …
Tornado EF3 Tornado
The tornado was a continuation of the Harrison County tornado that produced EF3 damage across portions of Waskom, Texas. The tornado weakened significantly as it cross the Texas/Louisiana line and moved into Caddo Parish. A weakened tornado continued east crossing Greenwood Moori…
Numerous trees and power lines toppled. Several homes suffered minor to moderate structural damage in the Breckenridge subdivision just souwest of Shreveport. Portable storage building businesses were destroyed and two mobile homes were demolished. This tornado moved from Caddo P…
Tornado F3 Tornado
Tornado F3 Tornado
Tornado F3 Tornado
Vehicular high water rescue near Devaughn Street and Rightway Avenue at the underpass along Hearne Avenue in Shreveport. One person was rescued, but a second person was trapped in the same vehicle and drowned.
An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 130 mph touched down in extreme Southwest Caddo Parish near the Four Forks community, where it initially produced minor tree damage along Johns Road just to the south of Keatchie Marshall Road. As the tornado crossed Keatchie Mars…
Strong non-thunderstorm winds estimated near 45 mph associated with a wake low pressure system blew a tree down onto a mobile home on Countryaire Drive in Blanchard, killing a 48 year old male occupant inside.
A damage survey confirmed that straight line winds estimated around 80 mph caused sporadic tree and branch damage along with some minor damage to homes in and near Oil City. One large tree was uprooted onto a home in Oil City, killing a 75 year old man inside.
Unseasonably hot temperatures settled in across Northwest Louisiana during May 15th, with the high temperature in Shreveport climbing to 91 degrees. This temperature was just 3 degrees shy of tying the record high temperature of 94 degrees set back in 1881. A 6 month old girl die…
A 64 year old female was walking in the 1900 block of Weinstock Street and was killed by a tree that fell on top of her.
A lightning strike touched off a fire that killed an elderly couple at their home in Greenwood, Louisiana. Killed in the fire was Ralph Elliott, 83 and his wife Mary, 83.
A 49 year old was killed when a lightning bolt struck nearby where he was standing at East Ridge Country Club on the golf course. Corner reports that the strike did not directly hit the man but was close enough to cause cardiac arrhythmia.
Bitterly cold temperatures swept into the region during the evening hours of January 7th with a hard freeze being observed nearly through the morning hours of January 10th. During this period of time...overnight and early morning low temperatures were well into the teens with day…
An EF0 tornado occurred along Hwy. 170 southeast of Vivian, Louisiana. Several trees were uprooted in the wooded areas along the highway. The indirect fatality occurred when a motorist hit a downed tree that fell across Hwy. 170.
One fatality was reported in Shreveport, Louisiana from excessive heat. A 74 year old man was found dead in his home and it was determined that the death was heat related. Afternoon temperatures in Shreveport, Louisiana at the approximate time of death were near 105 degrees.
A woman died in her home in Shreveport from excessive heat and was found by her son during a daily visit after work. The house was excessively hot and two box fans were running, but an air conditioner was turned off and not used, because she could not afford the cost of electrici…
Two men checking gas meters when ice laden limb fell on them.
An artic airmass spilled southward out of the central plains and into the lower Mississippi Valley. This cold surface airmass was overrun by a warm and humid airmass which combined with a strong upper level storm system across west Texas. The result was widespread freezing rain. …
Middle aged man died from a heat stoke while presumed fishing along the Red River.
July started off where June ended. Another month for the record book concerning the excessive heat wave of 1998. The average temperature was 88.5 degrees or the warmest July on record and the warmest month on record for any year. The previous record was 87.9 degrees in July 1984.…
A Ruston, LA woman was killed and her husband seriously injured when lightning stuck the couple as they were pulling auto parts from a salvage yard. The woman was killed instantly when lightning hit the umbrella she was holding.
A man was struck by lightning and killed instantly as he rode his bicycle in the 2700 block of Alkay Drive.
A man was found dead after his car stalled in high water. He left the vehicle then disappeared when he stepped into a drainage ditch. His body was discovered several miles downstream. The road was barricaded due to flooding by the fire department and the individual was warned by …
Near 100 homes with roof and frame damage. Bus terminal downtown sustained major damage to windows and bus terminal roofing meterial. Several downtown buildings with glass blown out and roof damage. Numerous trees completely blown down or snapped. This tornado moved into Bossier …
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph initially touched down along Wildoak Drive where it uprooted trees and downed branches. It continued to Waterford Drive and Ellerbe Road. There, it damaged a fence and downed a few tree limbs before crossing Ellerbe Road. …
A strong EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down just west of Highway 3132 and Interstate 20 on Dixie Boulevard, where it uprooted a few trees. The tornado continued east northeast crossing Highway 3132 snapping several large branches from trees along …
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 0 |
| 2025 | 83 | 4 |
| 2024 | 69 | 3 |
| 2023 | 111 | 3 |
| 2022 | 54 | 6 |
| 2021 | 42 | 4 |
| 2020 | 49 | 0 |
| 2019 | 62 | 5 |
| 2018 | 72 | 2 |
| 2017 | 65 | 3 |
| 2016 | 68 | 0 |
| 2015 | 75 | 3 |
| 2014 | 35 | 1 |
| 2013 | 68 | 5 |
| 2012 | 38 | 2 |
| 2011 | 51 | 2 |
| 2010 | 52 | 1 |
| 2009 | 77 | 8 |
| 2008 | 39 | 0 |
| 2007 | 36 | 0 |
| 2006 | 12 | 0 |
| 2005 | 41 | 0 |
| 2004 | 33 | 0 |
| 2003 | 21 | 1 |
| 2002 | 25 | 1 |
| 2001 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 56 | 3 |
| 1999 | 43 | 2 |
| 1998 | 45 | 0 |
| 1997 | 53 | 0 |
| 1996 | 62 | 1 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 42 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1992 | 50 | 2 |
| 1991 | 52 | 2 |
| 1990 | 31 | 8 |
| 1989 | 27 | 1 |
| 1988 | 15 | 2 |
| 1987 | 16 | 1 |
| 1986 | 12 | 1 |
| 1985 | 23 | 3 |
| 1984 | 36 | 4 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 2 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 3 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1975 | 19 | 0 |
| 1974 | 10 | 0 |
| 1973 | 7 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 3 | 0 |
| 1970 | 4 | 1 |
| 1969 | 2 | 0 |
| 1968 | 7 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 7 | 2 |
| 1965 | 11 | 5 |
| 1964 | 4 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 6 | 1 |
| 1961 | 5 | 1 |
| 1960 | 3 | 1 |
| 1959 | 2 | 1 |
| 1958 | 3 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
| 1952 | 2 | 2 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |
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