Storm History: West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in West Baton Rouge 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
- 168
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $47 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 | 40 | 2 | 9 | $7.1 million |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | $128,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | $3.8 million |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $535,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 6 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $84,000 |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 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.
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2008
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Tornado, February 29, 1972
- Tornado, March 1, 1991
- Tornado, January 18, 1995
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Flood, April 1, 1997
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 1999
- Hail, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, May 13, 2024
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, March 11, 2026
- Tornado, February 14, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 13, 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 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
- Tornado, June 19, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2020
- Tornado, June 24, 2020
- Hail, April 23, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 11, 2019
- Tornado, April 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2017
- Hail, March 25, 2017
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Hail, March 17, 2016
- Hail, September 6, 2015
- Tornado, April 27, 2015
- Sleet, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2013
- Tornado, December 10, 2012
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Hail, April 15, 2011
- Hail, February 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2009
- Hail, July 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
- Tornado, May 14, 2008
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Hail, March 3, 2008
- Heavy Rain, May 4, 2007
- Hail, May 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2006
- Hail, September 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 31, 2002
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Drought, December 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 1999
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1998
- Drought, June 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 1997
- Flood, April 1, 1997
- Flood, March 5, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 1996
- Hail, March 5, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 1996
- Hail, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Tornado, January 18, 1995
- Hail, January 13, 1995
- Tornado, January 6, 1995
- Tornado, June 13, 1992
- Hail, March 25, 1992
- Hail, April 28, 1991
- Tornado, March 1, 1991
- Tornado, May 31, 1990
- Tornado, May 27, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1989
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Tornado, May 18, 1989
- Hail, May 10, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1985
- Hail, May 21, 1985
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, February 12, 1984
- Hail, June 25, 1983
- Tornado, May 21, 1983
- Hail, April 6, 1983
- Tornado, February 5, 1983
- Tornado, January 31, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1980
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, May 24, 1973
- Tornado, February 29, 1972
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 1968
- Hail, April 13, 1966
- Hail, December 3, 1962
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, October 16, 1957
More
Tornadoes in West Baton Rouge ParishEvery warning in West Baton Rouge 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.