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Tornadoes in Allen Parish, Louisiana

28 tornadoes have crossed Allen Parish since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 46th of the 64 counties in Louisiana with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.7 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 5. 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
28
Deaths
0
Injuries
5
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, May 1, 1967

The strongest

  1. F3, Allen Parish, LouisianaMay 1, 1967F3, 5.2 mi (8 km)
  2. EF2, Allen and Evangeline parishes, LouisianaOctober 31, 2018EF2, 13.3 mi (21 km)
  3. EF2, Allen Parish, LouisianaMarch 29, 2017EF2, 3.6 mi (6 km)
  4. F2, Allen Parish, LouisianaMay 18, 1953F2, 0.5 mi (1 km)
  5. EF2, Allen Parish, LouisianaOctober 25, 2022EF2, 0.4 mi (1 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 20 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Allen Parish. Each year links to every tornado in Louisiana that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20261EF1
20221EF2
20201EF1
20192EF1
20184EF2
20171EF2
20131EF0
20121EF0
20093EF0
20081EF0
20061F0
19992F1
19982F0
199511F1
19911F0
19831F0
197311F1
19721F0
196712F3
195311F2

Every tornado that crossed Allen Parish

28 tornadoes, newest first. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 14, 20269:05 PM CSTEF1Allen Parish0.250
October 25, 20224:39 AM CDTEF2Allen Parish0.4170$150,000
May 17, 20205:41 PM CDTEF1Allen Parish4.325$10,000
May 19, 20195:03 AM CDTEF1Allen Parish1.3900$50,000
May 19, 20194:40 AM CDTEF1Allen Parish2.350$7,000
October 31, 201812:17 AM CDTEF2Allen Parish13.3900$40,000
October 31, 201811:43 PM CDTEF1Beauregard Parish10.1500$17,000
April 7, 20182:14 AM CDTEF0Allen Parish0.5100$10,000
March 29, 20185:14 AM CDTEF1Allen Parish4.4900$300,000
March 29, 20178:11 PM CDTEF2Allen Parish3.6100$125,000
October 31, 201310:14 AM CDTEF0Allen Parish0.875
February 1, 201212:30 AM CSTEF0Allen Parish3.720$20,000
October 22, 20091:15 PM CDTEF0Allen Parish7.250$5,000
October 22, 20091:05 PM CDTEF0Allen Parish0.325$5,000
October 22, 200912:55 PM CDTEF0Allen Parish1.0100$10,000
September 2, 20087:08 PM CDTEF0Allen Parish2.950$30,000
October 12, 20064:30 PM CDTF0Allen Parish0.110$3,000
January 29, 19992:30 PM CSTF0Allen Parish2.0100$10,000
January 2, 19992:20 AM CSTF1Allen Parish2.0200$50,000
September 12, 19988:38 AM CDTF0Allen Parish1.030$10,000
September 11, 19986:15 PM CDTF0Allen Parish1.030$10,000
May 18, 19953:30 PM CDTF1Allen Parish0.5301
May 4, 19912:48 AM CDTF0Allen Parish0.217$5,000 to $50,000
June 16, 19836:30 PM CDTF0Allen Parish0.550under $50
November 20, 197311:25 AM CSTF1Beauregard Parish51.01001$5,000 to $50,000
March 24, 19729:45 PM CSTF0Allen Parish0.127$50 to $500
May 1, 19677:15 PM GMT-5F3Allen Parish5.27502$5,000 to $50,000
May 18, 19531:00 PM GMT-5F2Allen Parish0.5331$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

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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.