Louisiana

Storm History: West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

298 episodes, 407 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in West Carroll 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
407
Deaths
0
Injuries
51
Damage
$67 million
Episodes
298

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
Hail13302$1.0 million
Tornado113048$52 million
Thunderstorm Wind6901$1.2 million
Flash Flood4100$2.3 million
Drought1700$5.0 million
Ice Storm1100$1.2 million
Heavy Snow500$220,000
Winter Weather400$10,000
Heat300
Tropical Storm300$180,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$3.0 million
Winter Storm200$50,000
High Wind100$150,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$150,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100

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 West Carroll Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in West Carroll ParishEvery warning in West Carroll 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.