Tornadoes · United States · Louisiana

2021 tornadoes in Louisiana

59 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana in 2021, 81 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 11.

2020 2022 The whole country in 2021

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 2021

January 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 6	10:52 PM CST	EF1	Saint Martin Parish	1.2	40			$50,000

February 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 28	6:15 PM CST	EF1	Caddo Parish	1.5	165			$30,000

March 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 17	2:26 PM CDT	EF1	Union Parish	2.6	766			$150,000

March 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	7:22 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Landry Parish	0.9	50			$25,000

March 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	8:08 PM CDT	EF1	De Soto Parish	3.5	480
March 27	8:22 PM CDT	EF1	De Soto Parish	12.0	675			$110,000

March 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	2:18 PM CDT	EF0	Washington Parish	2.5	25
March 30	8:54 PM CDT	EF1	Union Parish	1.2	105			$30,000

April 7 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 7	4:33 PM CDT	EF1	Bossier Parish	0.9	50		$10,000
April 7	4:35 PM CDT	EF1	Red River Parish	13.3	300		$50,000
April 7	6:48 PM CDT	EF0	Ouachita Parish	2.8	50
April 7	7:30 PM CDT	EF1	Morehouse Parish	8.2	75	1	$250,000
April 7	8:06 PM CDT	EF1	Morehouse Parish	2.7	200		$150,000
April 7	8:16 PM CDT	EF1	West Carroll Parish to AR	9.2	50		$500,000
April 7	9:13 PM CDT	EF1	Rapides Parish	0.9	200		$30,000
April 7	9:52 PM CDT	EF1	Avoyelles Parish	1.8	200		$250,000
April 7	10:16 PM CDT	EF1	Avoyelles Parish	3.4	200		$100,000

April 8 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 8	1:18 AM CDT	EF0	Livingston Parish	2.0	25	$5,000
April 8	2:26 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	1.4	25
April 8	2:45 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	1.8	25
April 8	2:51 AM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	6.5	50
April 8	4:00 AM CDT	EF1	Jefferson Parish	2.3	100
April 8	4:24 AM CDT	Unrated	Jefferson Parish	0.8	50

April 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 10	1:26 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Landry Parish	3.6	187			$20,000
April 10	2:06 AM CDT	EF3	Saint Landry Parish	8.7	200	1	7	$1.0 million

May 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 2	4:57 PM CDT	Unrated	Madison Parish	1.4	25
May 2	5:46 PM CDT	Unrated	LaSalle Parish	1.2	25
May 2	6:52 PM CDT	EF0	Union Parish	0.1	80

May 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	1:13 PM CDT	EF0	Richland Parish	8.6	700			$75,000
May 4	1:59 PM CDT	EF1	Madison Parish to MS	17.7	600			$255,000

May 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	2:05 AM CDT	EF0	Orleans Parish	5.3	125			$125,000

May 17 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 17	12:48 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Landry Parish	0.2	10
May 17	1:13 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Landry Parish	0.1	10
May 17	1:14 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson Davis Parish	0.0	10
May 17	1:17 PM CDT	EF0	Calcasieu Parish	1.1	10	$10,000
May 17	2:17 PM CDT	EF0	Acadia Parish	0.1	10	$5,000
May 17	3:30 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson Davis Parish	0.2	10
May 17	4:12 PM CDT	EF0	Acadia Parish	0.1	10

May 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	2:51 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Tammany Parish	1.6	175
May 18	3:16 AM CDT	EF0	Jefferson Parish	0.3	50			$100,000

May 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	7:42 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Charles Parish	0.5	75			$35,000

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	2:53 AM CDT	EF1	Webster Parish	2.5	300			$1.0 million

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	9:06 AM CDT	EF0	Ascension Parish	1.1	25

August 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	6:33 PM CDT	EF1	Saint Tammany Parish	4.9	175			$25,000
August 29	8:56 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	0.9	100			$100,000

September 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 15	4:07 AM CDT	Unrated	Saint Bernard Parish	1.9	25

October 27 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 27	10:35 AM CDT	EF1	Beauregard Parish	1.9	100		$5,000
October 27	11:44 AM CDT	Unrated	Calcasieu Parish	0.6	1
October 27	12:20 PM CDT	EF2	Calcasieu Parish	2.2	300	2	$2.5 million
October 27	12:28 PM CDT	EF1	Calcasieu Parish	0.9	50	1	$1.0 million
October 27	2:47 PM CDT	EF0	Pointe Coupee Parish	10.5	25		$5,000
October 27	4:58 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	0.6	25		$2,000
October 27	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	2.0	25
October 27	6:42 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	1.4	25

November 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 11	1:02 AM CST	EF1	Caddo Parish	0.2	100			$90,000
November 11	2:06 AM CST	EF0	Bienville Parish	1.2	40			$5,000

December 6 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 6	6:55 AM CST	EF0	Vernon Parish	0.2	10	$2,000
December 6	2:40 PM CST	EF0	Washington Parish	0.9	25
December 6	2:56 PM CST	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish	4.2	75	$50,000

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.