Tornado History Map

St. James Parish, Louisiana tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across St. James Parish from 2002 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 St. James Parish

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched St. James Parish, Louisiana between 2002 and 2025. They killed 3 people and injured 75. The busiest month is February, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 23 February 2016. The most recent was on 4 March 2025.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 75injuries
  • 462per 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 St. James Parish?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0545%
F1 / EF1436%
F2 / EF219%
F3 / EF319%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

St. James Parish tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.2000s32010s62020s2

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

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PeriodCount
2000s3
2010s6
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Feb.Jan0Feb3Mar2Apr2May2Jun1Jul1Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb3
Mar2
Apr2
May2
Jun1
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for St. James Parish

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Louisiana tornado23 February 2016, EF2, 2 deaths, 75 injuries, 13 miles long
  • Strongest: Louisiana tornado23 February 2016, EF3, 7.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Louisiana tornado4 March 2025, EF0, 1.4 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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