Storm History: Saint James Parish, Louisiana
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 36 | 3 | 75 | $7.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | $25 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 10 | 1 | 0 | $300 million |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 28, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Tornado, May 28, 2014
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, March 20, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2008
- Tornado, March 25, 2009
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 episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 11, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- Tornado, February 14, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 24, 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 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 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
- 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
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2023
- Tornado, June 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Coastal Flood, May 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 28, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2019
- Tornado, June 6, 2019
- Tornado, May 4, 2019
- Tornado, April 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Tornado, May 19, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2015
- Hail, April 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2014
- Tornado, May 28, 2014
- Sleet, January 28, 2014
- Hail, February 22, 2013
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Hail, May 3, 2009
- Tornado, March 25, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2008
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tropical Depression, August 24, 2008
- Tornado, July 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2005
- Lightning, June 17, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2004
- Hail, April 7, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2002
- Tornado, March 20, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2001
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Dense Fog, October 16, 2000
- Waterspout, August 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 26, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 1999
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Hail, January 2, 1999
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 12, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 1997
- Hail, May 28, 1997
- Tornado, May 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 1997
- Tornado, April 11, 1997
- Flood, April 1, 1997
- Flood, March 5, 1997
- Flood, December 29, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 1996
- Lightning, August 25, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 1996
- Flood, August 10, 1996
- Hail, April 14, 1996
- Hail, April 14, 1996
- Hail, April 5, 1996
- High Wind, March 18, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 1995
- Hail, April 10, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Tornado, May 28, 1994
- Tornado, June 13, 1992
- Tornado, March 1, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 1990
- Tornado, May 27, 1990
- Tornado, May 4, 1989
- Hail, May 21, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 23, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 1979
- Hail, April 23, 1969
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.