Storm History: Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint John the Baptist 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
- 194
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 138
- Damage
- $992 million
- Episodes
- 170
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 | 47 | 2 | 83 | $61 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | $228,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 16 | 2 | 0 | $924 million |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Flash Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $342,000 |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 7 | 55 | $4.0 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Tornado, December 6, 1983
- Tornado, August 25, 1992
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 28, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Tornado, June 30, 2003
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 5, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Tornado, May 19, 1980
- Tornado, May 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 6, 1983
- Tornado, August 25, 1992
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 1957
- Tornado, November 22, 1961
- Tornado, March 10, 1971
- Tornado, November 29, 1977
- Tornado, February 15, 1987
- Tornado, September 10, 1998
- Tornado, April 10, 2024
Every tornado in Saint John the Baptist Parish, with its track
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Storm Surge/Tide, June 16, 2024
- Tornado, April 10, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Tornado, January 8, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Flood, December 30, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Coastal Flood, May 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 28, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 20, 2020
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2020
- Flood, July 15, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 11, 2019
- Tornado, April 7, 2019
- Storm Surge/Tide, October 9, 2018
- Tornado, June 5, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2017
- Tornado, June 19, 2017
- Tornado, May 19, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, October 25, 2015
- Hail, April 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2014
- Tornado, May 28, 2014
- Sleet, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2013
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 29, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Tornado, May 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 9, 2009
- Tornado, April 2, 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
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2007
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2004
- Tornado, October 9, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 27, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2003
- Tornado, June 30, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 26, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 19, 1998
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 12, 1998
- Tornado, September 10, 1998
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Lightning, June 23, 1998
- Flood, March 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 1997
- Flood, April 1, 1997
- Flood, March 5, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 1996
- Coastal Flood, October 5, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 1996
- Hail, April 14, 1996
- High Wind, March 18, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1995
- Hail, January 13, 1995
- Tornado, May 28, 1994
- Tornado, August 25, 1992
- Hail, March 25, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 1991
- Tornado, September 2, 1990
- Tornado, May 27, 1990
- Hail, April 4, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 1988
- Hail, March 27, 1987
- Tornado, February 15, 1987
- Tornado, August 23, 1986
- Tornado, November 28, 1985
- Tornado, December 6, 1983
- Tornado, July 10, 1981
- Tornado, April 30, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 1980
- Tornado, May 19, 1980
- Tornado, November 29, 1977
- Tornado, June 23, 1974
- Tornado, March 10, 1971
- Tornado, November 22, 1961
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 1960
- Tornado, March 31, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Saint John the Baptist ParishEvery warning in Saint John the Baptist 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.