Louisiana

Storm History: Saint James Parish, Louisiana

144 episodes, 159 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint James 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
159
Deaths
4
Injuries
75
Damage
$335 million
Episodes
144

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado36375$7.5 million
Excessive Heat2400
Thunderstorm Wind2200$51,000
Hail1400$2,000
Flash Flood1400$135,000
Drought1100$25 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1010$300 million
Tropical Storm600$2.5 million
Flood400
Heavy Snow300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning200$2,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Wind100
Storm Surge/Tide100
Waterspout100
Dense Fog100
Winter Storm100
Tropical Depression100
Sleet100
Coastal Flood100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Saint James Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Saint James ParishEvery warning in Saint James 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.