Tornadoes · United States · Louisiana

2018 tornadoes in Louisiana

90 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana in 2018, 176 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 13.

2017 2019 The whole country in 2018

The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2018

January 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 22	2:23 AM CST	EF0	Vernon Parish	0.0	10			$15,000

February 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 7	3:48 AM CST	EF1	Vernon Parish	5.0	350			$25,000

March 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 5	6:07 PM CST	EF1	Madison Parish	1.8	120			$50,000

March 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 11	8:10 AM CDT	EF2	Avoyelles Parish	0.4	50		4	$120,000

March 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 28	3:06 PM CDT	EF1	Natchitoches Parish	16.0	1,200		$201,000
March 28	4:47 PM CDT	EF1	Caldwell Parish	2.8	400		$115,000
March 28	5:01 PM CDT	EF1	Richland Parish	5.3	650	4	$230,000
March 28	5:08 PM CDT	EF1	Franklin Parish	3.9	400		$90,000

March 29 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 29	4:21 AM CDT	EF0	Calcasieu Parish	0.9	150	$10,000
March 29	4:36 AM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	6.3	800	$100,000
March 29	4:47 AM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	1.9	425	$100,000
March 29	5:14 AM CDT	EF1	Allen Parish	4.4	900	$300,000

April 6 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 6	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Madison Parish	1.1	25
April 6	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Richland Parish	7.8	50	$15,000
April 6	7:31 PM CDT	EF2	Red River Parish	10.1	1,800	$225,000
April 6	9:14 PM CDT	EF1	Natchitoches Parish	0.7	50	$6,000

April 7 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 7	1:17 AM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	7.9	1,000	$150,000
April 7	1:36 AM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	1.2	600	$50,000
April 7	1:44 AM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	8.9	1,200	$300,000
April 7	2:14 AM CDT	EF0	Allen Parish	0.5	100	$10,000
April 7	5:18 AM CDT	EF1	Saint James Parish	1.3	50

April 13 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
April 13	6:34 PM CDT	EF1	Ouachita Parish	1.7	600		$125,000
April 13	6:43 PM CDT	EF1	Union Parish	3.9	950		$1,000
April 13	7:04 PM CDT	EF1	Union Parish	0.4	200
April 13	7:33 PM CDT	EF2	Caldwell Parish	4.1	340		$50,000
April 13	9:00 PM CDT	EF0	Richland Parish	3.2	400		$25,000
April 13	9:46 PM CDT	EF1	West Carroll Parish	1.9	200		$65,000
April 13	12:10 AM CDT	EF1	Caddo Parish	22.5	1,100	1	$7.0 million
April 13	12:42 AM CDT	EF0	Bossier Parish	5.1	300		$50,000
April 13	12:58 AM CDT	EF1	Webster Parish	2.9	500		$15,000

April 14 21 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 14	1:11 AM CDT	EF1	Claiborne Parish	6.8	1,000	$15,000
April 14	1:47 AM CDT	EF2	Bienville Parish	5.4	210	$125,000
April 14	2:00 AM CDT	EF1	Lincoln Parish	6.5	470	$1.4 million
April 14	2:14 AM CDT	EF1	Lincoln Parish	4.6	865
April 14	2:24 AM CDT	EF1	Lincoln Parish	7.3	1,545	$90,000
April 14	3:21 AM CDT	EF1	Morehouse Parish	3.2	200	$120,000
April 14	3:33 AM CDT	EF0	West Carroll Parish	2.4	200	$75,000
April 14	3:36 AM CDT	EF0	West Carroll Parish	4.4	200	$50,000
April 14	6:03 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Landry Parish	1.3	580	$100,000
April 14	6:37 AM CDT	EF2	Lafayette Parish	4.1	650	$750,000
April 14	7:42 AM CDT	EF0	East Feliciana Parish	1.4	50
April 14	7:45 AM CDT	EF1	East Feliciana Parish	1.7	100
April 14	7:47 AM CDT	EF1	East Feliciana Parish	2.7	75
April 14	7:47 AM CDT	EF1	East Feliciana Parish	1.3	100
April 14	8:11 AM CDT	EF0	East Baton Rouge Parish	2.8	50
April 14	8:20 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Helena Parish	0.4	20
April 14	8:35 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Helena Parish	6.2	120
April 14	8:37 AM CDT	EF0	Tangipahoa Parish	0.7	25
April 14	8:45 AM CDT	EF0	Livingston Parish	2.6	100
April 14	8:50 AM CDT	EF0	Livingston Parish	1.1	50
April 14	9:13 AM CDT	EF0	St. Mary Parish	0.3	40	$500,000

April 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	9:47 AM CDT	EF1	Lafourche Parish	7.2	75
April 22	10:25 AM CDT	EF0	Jefferson Parish	1.3	30

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	2:15 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Charles Parish	3.4	100

July 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 8	5:59 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron Parish	0.1	10

August 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 7	3:00 PM CDT	EF0	Cameron Parish	0.1	10

October 31 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 31	9:40 PM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	1.5	280		$5,000
October 31	11:27 PM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	16.4	600		$50,000
October 31	11:29 PM CDT	EF2	Rapides Parish	37.9	500	2	$1.4 million
October 31	11:43 PM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	2.5	300		$5,000
October 31	11:43 PM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	10.1	500		$17,000
October 31	11:50 PM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	6.5	900		$15,000
October 31	12:10 AM CDT	EF1	Rapides Parish	9.5	300		$7,000
October 31	12:15 AM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	0.5	126		$10,000
October 31	12:16 AM CDT	EF0	Cameron Parish	0.1	50		$5,000
October 31	12:17 AM CDT	EF2	Allen Parish	13.3	900		$40,000
October 31	12:22 AM CDT	EF1	Rapides Parish	3.3	600		$10,000
October 31	12:25 AM CDT	EF1	Rapides Parish	9.2	50		$5,000
October 31	12:30 AM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	1.0	75		$5,000
October 31	12:50 AM CDT	EF2	Avoyelles Parish	7.8	800		$410,000

November 1 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 1	1:00 AM CDT	EF2	Avoyelles Parish	5.7	800		$10,000
November 1	1:13 AM CDT	EF1	Avoyelles Parish	12.6	350		$12,000
November 1	1:24 AM CDT	EF1	Catahoula Parish	10.1	900	1	$310,000
November 1	1:30 AM CDT	EF1	Concordia Parish	1.1	150		$40,000
November 1	2:53 AM CDT	EF1	East Feliciana Parish	4.2	100
November 1	3:33 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Helena Parish	1.1	75
November 1	3:36 AM CDT	EF2	Washington Parish	10.9	125	2
November 1	3:53 AM CDT	EF2	Washington Parish	4.3	275
November 1	3:57 AM CDT	EF1	Tangipahoa Parish	0.5	75
November 1	4:23 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	0.3	30

November 5 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 5	4:11 PM CST	EF1	Natchitoches Parish	1.7	200	$50,000
November 5	4:24 PM CST	EF1	Winn Parish	3.1	50
November 5	4:44 PM CST	EF2	Sabine Parish	5.8	475	$125,000
November 5	4:50 PM CST	EF1	Winn Parish	0.4	50
November 5	5:09 PM CST	EF1	Winn Parish	3.1	100
November 5	5:25 PM CST	EF2	Natchitoches Parish	19.6	400	$150,000
November 5	5:30 PM CST	EF1	Winn Parish	1.2	300
November 5	5:35 PM CST	EF1	Bienville Parish	4.1	75

December 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 27	6:12 AM CST	EF1	Vernon Parish	0.3	200			$7,000
December 27	10:15 AM CST	EF1	Acadia Parish	0.6	25			$7,000

Crossed into Louisiana

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Louisiana. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	11:50 PM CDT	EF0	Caddo Parish, TX to LA	10.5	100			$6,000

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.