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Tornadoes in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

90 tornadoes have crossed Acadia Parish since 1950, 2 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 3rd of the 64 counties in Louisiana with a tornado on record, an average of 1.2 a year. They have killed 11 people and injured 140. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
90
Deaths
11
Injuries
140
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, November 7, 1957

The deadliest in Acadia Parish

  1. F3, Acadia and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaNovember 7, 19574 killed, 10 injured
  2. F3, Jefferson Davis, Acadia and West Feliciana parishes, LouisianaOctober 29, 19742 killed, 52 injured
  3. F2, Acadia, Evangeline and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaOctober 29, 20022 killed, 3 injured
  4. EF2, Acadia Parish, LouisianaMarch 5, 20111 killed, 11 injured
  5. EF3, Acadia Parish, LouisianaMay 17, 20201 killed, 9 injured
  6. F1, Acadia Parish, LouisianaJanuary 10, 19751 killed, 8 injured

The strongest

  1. F3, Jefferson Davis and Acadia parishes, LouisianaApril 4, 1952F3, 36.7 mi (59 km)
  2. F3, Jefferson Davis, Acadia and West Feliciana parishes, LouisianaOctober 29, 1974F3, 31.3 mi (50 km)
  3. F3, Acadia and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaFebruary 9, 1983F3, 21.0 mi (34 km)
  4. F3, Acadia and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaNovember 7, 1957F3, 9.2 mi (15 km)
  5. EF3, Acadia Parish, LouisianaMay 17, 2020EF3, 3.9 mi (6 km)
  6. F3, Acadia Parish, LouisianaFebruary 9, 1983F3, 3.0 mi (5 km)
  7. F2, Acadia and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaMay 16, 1953F2, 21.7 mi (35 km)
  8. F2, Acadia and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaMarch 4, 1992F2, 18.0 mi (29 km)
  9. F2, Acadia Parish, LouisianaMay 9, 1975F2, 11.1 mi (18 km)
  10. F2, Acadia, Evangeline and Saint Landry parishes, LouisianaOctober 29, 2002F2, 10.5 mi (17 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 45 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Acadia Parish. Each year links to every tornado in Louisiana that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20262EF1
202433EF1
202311EF1
20212EF0
2020219EF3
20192EF1
20181EF1
20171EF2
20151EF0
20141EF0
20131EF0
20121EF1
20112114EF2
20104EF1
200974EF2
20081EF0
20065F1
20041F0
2002623F2
20011F1
20001F0
19991F2
199832F0
19971F1
199246F2
199035F1
198931F2
19882F1
19871F1
198521F1
198337F3
19811F1
19771F0
19761F1
1975719F2
19741252F3
19731F0
19691F0
19681F2
19671F0
19661F0
19611F1
19572410F3
195313F2
1952110F3

Every tornado that crossed Acadia Parish

90 tornadoes, newest first. The 2 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 14, 202610:03 PM CSTEF0Acadia Parish0.130
February 14, 202610:06 PM CSTEF1Acadia Parish0.370
November 5, 20249:41 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish5.0300$150,000
November 5, 20248:07 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish1.01503$100,000
April 10, 20247:27 AM CDTEF1Acadia Parish0.1100$5,000
May 6, 20235:57 AM CDTEF1Acadia Parish5.3751$50,000
May 17, 20214:12 PM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.110
May 17, 20212:17 PM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.110$5,000
May 17, 20208:31 PM CDTEF3Acadia Parish3.910019$500,000
April 23, 20201:51 AM CDTEF1Acadia Parish9.5150$50,000
June 6, 20192:30 AM CDTEF1Acadia Parish0.3202$1,000
June 6, 20191:54 AM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.4115$1,000
December 27, 201810:15 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish0.625$7,000
August 29, 20175:09 PM CDTEF2Acadia Parish2.2175$200,000
May 11, 201510:35 AM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.010
April 4, 20148:11 AM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.850$2,000
October 31, 201311:41 AM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.570$1,000
March 11, 201211:02 PM CDTEF1Acadia Parish1.620$80,000
March 5, 20119:51 AM CSTEF2Acadia Parish7.0250111$15 million
March 5, 20119:44 AM CSTEF0Acadia Parish1.1253$50,000
November 25, 201011:45 PM CSTEF1Acadia Parish3.7200$100,000
November 25, 201011:30 PM CSTEF1Acadia Parish5.050$75,000
November 25, 201011:13 PM CSTEF1Acadia Parish2.4100$125,000
November 25, 201011:00 PM CSTEF0Acadia Parish0.325$10,000
December 24, 20098:05 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish3.125$50,000
December 24, 20097:53 AM CSTEF0Acadia Parish0.725$2,000
December 24, 20097:50 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish1.725$20,000
December 24, 20097:50 AM CSTEF1Acadia Parish1.525$20,000
December 24, 20097:46 AM CSTEF0Acadia Parish2.925$5,000
December 24, 20097:40 AM CSTEF0Acadia Parish2.125$3,000
December 24, 20097:27 AM CSTEF2Acadia Parish6.61004$4.0 million
September 3, 200811:57 AM CDTEF0Acadia Parish0.425$10,000
December 30, 20066:43 AM CSTF1Acadia Parish2.4100$125,000
October 16, 20068:54 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.110
October 16, 20068:50 AM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.510$150,000
October 16, 20068:30 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.110
October 16, 20068:09 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.710
November 22, 20044:42 PM CSTF0Acadia Parish1.010$10,000
October 29, 20022:45 AM CSTF2Acadia Parish10.55023$210,000
October 3, 200212:28 PM CDTF0Acadia Parish1.010$10,000
October 3, 200211:58 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish1.010$30,000
October 3, 200211:43 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish1.010$30,000
October 3, 200211:25 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish1.020$30,000
October 3, 200211:08 AM CDTF1Acadia Parish1.020$500,000
October 13, 20018:45 AM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.510$120,000
April 3, 20006:00 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish7.020$100,000
January 2, 19993:10 AM CSTF2Acadia Parish10.0400$500,000
December 29, 19989:30 AM CSTF0Acadia Parish0.530$10,000
November 10, 19989:45 AM CSTF0Acadia Parish0.230$50,000
September 11, 19985:18 PM CDTF0Acadia Parish2.0302$5.0 million
October 24, 19971:05 AM CDTF1Acadia Parish3.010$80,000
August 10, 19927:00 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.113$500 to $5,000
June 25, 19923:10 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish17.030$500 to $5,000
May 28, 19927:20 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.120
March 4, 199211:50 PM CSTF2Acadia Parish18.01736$500,000 to $5 million
March 29, 19908:30 PM CSTF1Acadia Parish0.323$5,000 to $50,000
February 15, 199011:11 AM CSTF1Acadia Parish0.8405$50,000 to $500,000
January 24, 199010:00 AM CSTF0Acadia Parish0.227$500 to $5,000
August 7, 19892:30 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.230$5,000 to $50,000
July 31, 19896:00 AM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.220$500 to $5,000
May 18, 198911:20 AM CDTF2Acadia Parish1.0401$50,000 to $500,000
October 26, 198812:13 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.540$5,000 to $50,000
April 18, 19885:20 PM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.220$5,000 to $50,000
November 16, 198711:55 AM CSTF1Acadia Parish0.230$50,000 to $500,000
August 2, 19855:30 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.7331$5,000 to $50,000
May 23, 19858:30 AM CDTF1Acadia Parish1.550$5,000 to $50,000
April 7, 19838:39 AM CSTF0Acadia Parish1.020$50 to $500
February 9, 19835:45 PM CSTF3Acadia Parish21.01507$500,000 to $5 million
February 9, 19835:30 PM CSTF3Acadia Parish3.0150$50,000 to $500,000
May 9, 19819:05 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.1120$500 to $5,000
June 6, 19775:15 PM CDTF0Acadia Parish0.117$50 to $500
July 21, 19763:30 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.227$5,000 to $50,000
May 9, 19756:30 PM CDTF2Acadia Parish2.027
May 9, 19756:10 PM CDTF2Acadia Parish11.150
May 9, 19755:30 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish0.110
May 8, 19752:00 AM CDTF2Acadia Parish0.550
April 30, 19754:25 PM CDTF1Acadia Parish1.0271$5,000 to $50,000
January 10, 19757:35 AM CSTF1Acadia Parish13.53718$5,000 to $50,000
January 10, 19757:15 AM CSTF1Jefferson Davis Parish7.633
October 29, 197412:45 AM CSTF3Jefferson Davis Parish31.3200252$5 million to $50 million
September 11, 19732:30 PM CDTF0Acadia Parish8.550$50 to $500
May 26, 19697:05 PM GMT-5F0Acadia Parish0.520
April 23, 19684:00 PM GMT-6F2Acadia Parish1.067$500 to $5,000
April 18, 19676:06 PM GMT-6F0Acadia Parish0.133
May 19, 19669:30 AM GMT-5F0Acadia Parish1.3100
March 29, 196111:30 PM GMT-6F1Acadia Parish3.330$50,000 to $500,000
November 7, 195711:30 PM GMT-6F3Acadia Parish9.2200410$50,000 to $500,000
November 7, 19572:30 PM GMT-6F1Jefferson Davis Parish22.850$5,000 to $50,000
May 16, 19534:30 AM GMT-5F2Acadia Parish21.71503$50,000 to $500,000
April 4, 19522:00 AM GMT-6F3Jefferson Davis Parish36.710010$50,000 to $500,000

Nearby

Warnings in force in Acadia ParishThe forecast for Acadia ParishThe live radar over Acadia ParishEvery county in 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.