Tornado History Map

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana tornado history

40 tornadoes recorded in or across Plaquemines Parish from 1950 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Plaquemines Parish

The Storm Prediction Center records 40 tornadoes whose paths touched Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana between 1950 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 30 October 1967. The most recent was on 4 March 2025.

  • 40tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 19injuries
  • 513per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Plaquemines Parish?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01640%
F1 / EF11845%
F2 / EF2410%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating25%

Plaquemines Parish tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2000s.1950s41960s91970s21980s21990s22000s122010s52020s4

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s9
1970s2
1980s2
1990s2
2000s12
2010s5
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Mar.Jan2Feb1Mar8Apr4May5Jun4Jul1Aug0Sep2Oct4Nov5Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb1
Mar8
Apr4
May5
Jun4
Jul1
Aug0
Sep2
Oct4
Nov5
Dec4

Records for Plaquemines Parish

  • Strongest: Louisiana tornado30 October 1967, F2, 5 injuries, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: Louisiana tornado19 March 1950, F0, 18.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Louisiana tornado4 March 2025, EF1, 2.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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