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2006 tornadoes in Louisiana

41 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana in 2006, 26 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 9.

2005 2007 The whole country in 2006

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Louisiana in 2006

January 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 13	4:20 AM CST	F1	Concordia Parish	2.0	100		1	$450,000

February 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 2	2:34 AM CST	F1	Jefferson Parish	3.5	150		1	$750,000
February 2	2:39 AM CST	F2	Orleans Parish	5.5	150			$100,000

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Union Parish	6.8	250			$70,000

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Lafayette Parish	0.2	10			$50,000

May 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 2	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Saint James Parish	0.2	25			$1,000

May 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	2:47 PM CDT	F0	Plaquemines Parish	0.2	20

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	10:17 PM CDT	F1	Washington Parish	0.3	30			$10,000

May 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	4:27 PM CDT	F2	Catahoula Parish	8.0	250	$250,000
May 10	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Tensas Parish	2.0	50	$60,000
May 10	5:03 PM CDT	F0	Adams to MS	5.0	50

July 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 26	5:55 AM CDT	F0	Vermilion Parish	0.2	10

September 21 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 21	2:30 PM CDT	F0	Vermilion Parish	1.0	20	$10,000
September 21	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Vermilion Parish	1.0	20	$10,000
September 21	6:48 PM CDT	F1	Vermilion Parish	2.0	50	$100,000
September 21	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Saint Martin Parish	1.0	20

October 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 12	4:05 PM CDT	F0	Beauregard Parish	0.1	10
October 12	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Allen Parish	0.1	10			$3,000

October 16 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 16	2:58 AM CDT	F1	Lafourche Parish	0.8	40	3	$40,000
October 16	3:35 AM CDT	F1	Iberville Parish	2.2	40	1	$50,000
October 16	3:55 AM CDT	F0	Cameron Parish	0.1	10
October 16	8:09 AM CDT	F0	Acadia Parish	0.7	10
October 16	8:28 AM CDT	F0	Vermilion Parish	0.3	20		$50,000
October 16	8:30 AM CDT	F0	Acadia Parish	0.1	10
October 16	8:50 AM CDT	F1	Acadia Parish	0.5	10		$150,000
October 16	8:54 AM CDT	F0	Acadia Parish	0.1	10
October 16	9:30 AM CDT	F0	Avoyelles Parish	0.1	10		$3,000
October 16	10:40 AM CDT	F0	Natchitoches Parish	3.0	150
October 16	11:10 AM CDT	F0	Vernon Parish	0.1	10
October 16	11:39 AM CDT	F1	Natchitoches Parish	4.0	100		$250,000
October 16	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Caldwell Parish	1.1	200		$200,000
October 16	3:03 PM CDT	F0	Richland Parish	0.5	30

October 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 27	4:40 AM CDT	F0	East Baton Rouge Parish	1.8	75			$250,000
October 27	5:40 AM CDT	F0	Tangipahoa Parish	2.5	75			$200,000

November 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 14	4:00 PM CST	F1	Washington Parish	0.5	50			$50,000
November 14	4:10 PM CST	F1	Washington Parish	0.5	50			$20,000

November 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 15	1:55 AM CST	F2	Saint Helena Parish	6.0	100	1	2	$500,000
November 15	2:50 AM CST	F2	Washington Parish to MS	22.2	440		1	$690,000
November 15	5:07 AM CST	F1	Plaquemines Parish	0.5	35			$10,000

December 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 21	9:00 AM CST	F0	Jefferson Parish	0.2	20			$4,000

December 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 30	6:43 AM CST	F1	Acadia Parish	2.4	100			$125,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Louisiana since 1950 Warnings in force in Louisiana The live radar over Louisiana

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.