Louisiana

Storm History: Tensas Parish, Louisiana

278 episodes, 367 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tensas 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
367
Deaths
0
Injuries
13
Damage
$93 million
Episodes
278

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
Tornado113011$61 million
Hail8802$3.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind8000$2.0 million
Flash Flood4000$2.0 million
Drought1700$5.2 million
Ice Storm600$800,000
Heavy Snow600$300,000
Flood300$5.6 million
Heat300
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$12 million
Tropical Storm200$135,000
Sleet200$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$200,000
Excessive Heat100
Lightning100$20,000
Strong Wind100$3,000
Winter Storm100$50,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Tensas Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Tensas ParishEvery warning in Tensas 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.