Storm History: Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 173
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 34
- Damage
- $135 million
- Episodes
- 149
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 51 | 4 | 34 | $49 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 31 | 0 | 0 | $124,000 |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 | $39,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $628,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 5 | 0 | 0 | $68 million |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $505,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Tornado, May 19, 1983
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2016
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tornado, December 11, 1983
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2018
- Tornado, November 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 3, 2000
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, May 18, 1953
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 24, 1988
- Hail, April 10, 1995
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2012
- Hail, February 14, 2009
- Hail, March 3, 2008
- Hail, March 12, 2003
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Hail, March 30, 1996
- Hail, March 25, 1993
- Hail, April 14, 1991
- Hail, April 13, 1966
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2026
- Hail, March 24, 2025
- Hail, March 1, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 19, 1983
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Tornado, May 18, 1953
- Tornado, June 17, 1968
- Tornado, May 8, 1975
- Tornado, March 28, 1977
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Tornado, December 17, 1995
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Tornado, November 1, 2018
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 31, 2025
- Hail, March 24, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Drought, October 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2024
- Tornado, June 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2024
- Hail, March 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2023
- Drought, August 9, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 11, 2019
- Tornado, May 19, 2019
- Tornado, April 7, 2019
- Tornado, November 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2018
- Tornado, April 14, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2017
- Tornado, April 30, 2017
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2014
- Sleet, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2014
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2012
- Tornado, November 15, 2011
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2011
- Hail, April 21, 2011
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Hail, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2009
- Hail, February 14, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2008
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tropical Depression, August 24, 2008
- Hail, March 3, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, February 12, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Tornado, October 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 30, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 24, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2003
- Hail, March 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 31, 2002
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2001
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Tornado, April 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1999
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Hail, January 2, 1999
- Funnel Cloud, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 10, 1998
- Flood, July 13, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 1996
- Hail, March 30, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Tornado, December 17, 1995
- Hail, July 28, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 1995
- Hail, April 10, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Tornado, January 6, 1995
- Hail, March 25, 1993
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 1991
- Hail, April 14, 1991
- Tornado, March 1, 1991
- Tornado, May 31, 1990
- Tornado, May 27, 1990
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Hail, May 24, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1986
- Tornado, February 12, 1984
- Tornado, December 11, 1983
- Tornado, May 19, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 1983
- Tornado, March 28, 1977
- Tornado, May 8, 1975
- Tornado, June 17, 1968
- Hail, April 13, 1966
- Tornado, May 18, 1953
More
Tornadoes in Saint Helena ParishEvery warning in Saint Helena Parish since 1986Every county in Louisiana
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.