Tensas Parish, Louisiana tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Tensas Parish from 1966 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 Tensas Parish

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Tensas Parish, Louisiana between 1966 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 21 November 1992. The most recent was on 16 December 2019.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 21injuries
  • 514per 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 Tensas Parish?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0826%
F1 / EF11032%
F2 / EF2826%
F3 / EF3516%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Tensas Parish tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 1990s.1960s11970s31980s71990s102000s52010s5

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s3
1980s7
1990s10
2000s5
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan2Feb0Mar5Apr7May3Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep2Oct1Nov4Dec6
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar5
Apr7
May3
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep2
Oct1
Nov4
Dec6

Records for Tensas Parish

  • Strongest and Longest path: Louisiana tornado21 November 1992, F3, 11 injuries, 38 miles long
  • Most recent: Louisiana tornado16 December 2019, EF1, 11.7 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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