Tornado events in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 79 tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 11 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 21 tornado events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

Mar 11 2026

TornadoEF1

1 mile E of LEWISTON

TornadoEF0

2 miles E of LORANGER

TornadoEF0

3 miles WNW of ARCOLA

TornadoEF0

5 miles NNW of BAPTIST

TornadoEF1

3 miles W of FLUKER

Feb 15 2026

TornadoEF1

6 miles SSE of HUSSER. Damage estimate: $110 thousand

Oct 26 2025

TornadoEF1

3 miles ENE of HAMMOND MUNI ARPT. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Oct 6 2025

TornadoEF1

2 miles NE of LEES LNDG. Damage estimate: $30 thousand

TornadoEF0

5 miles N of ROBERT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

TornadoEF1

1 mile NW of HAMMOND MUNI ARPT. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Mar 15 2025

TornadoEF1

2 miles ENE of KENTWOOD. Damage estimate: $500 thousand

Jun 4 2024

TornadoEF1

3 miles NW of GULLETT

TornadoEF1

2 miles SE of GREENLAW

Feb 8 2023

TornadoEF2

2 miles NNW of FLUKER. Damage estimate: $150 thousand

Dec 14 2022

TornadoEF1

4 miles SSE of LORANGER. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Mar 30 2022

TornadoEF1

1 mile SSW of ROSELAND. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Dec 16 2019

TornadoEF1

3 miles E of BOLIVAR

Jan 19 2019

TornadoEF1

4 miles E of WILMER

Nov 1 2018

TornadoEF1

1 mile NNW of CAMPBELL

TornadoEF1

1 mile SW of KENTWOOD

Apr 14 2018

TornadoEF0

At ARCOLA

TornadoEF0

4 miles WNW of ARCOLA

Feb 7 2017

TornadoEF2

4 miles W of STRADER

Jan 2 2017

TornadoEF1

4 miles E of MANCHAC

TornadoEF1

2 miles NNW of LEWISTON

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
1960s	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1970s	0	4	2	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	14
1980s	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	6
1990s	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	8
2000s	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	11
2010s	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	2	15
2020s	0	0	2	1	2	5	6 (part of the year)				16

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan6 events
Feb12 events
Mar17 events
Apr8 events
May4 events
Jun3 events
Jul2 events
Aug2 events
Sep9 events
Oct7 events
Nov4 events
Dec5 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	23
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	43
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	12
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	1
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	0

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Tangipahoa Parish beside the total of the counties of Louisiana and of the United States
Measure	Tangipahoa	All counties of Louisiana	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	79	2,801	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	10.0	6.5	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	5.8	6.1	2.4

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
31 Mar 2016	Tornado	EF1	none	0	0	County
21 Jan 2016	Tornado	EF1	none	0	0	County
31 Oct 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
17 May 2015	Tornado	EF1	$100 thousand	0	2	County
23 Dec 2014	Tornado	EF2	$400 thousand	0	0	County
20 Jan 2010	Tornado	EF1	$100 thousand	0	0	County
26 Mar 2009	Tornado	EF1	$60 thousand	0	0	County
17 Feb 2008	Tornado	EF1	$15 thousand	0	0	County
12 Feb 2008	Tornado	EF1	$25 thousand	1	0	County
15 Nov 2006	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	2	County
27 Oct 2006	Tornado	F0	$200 thousand	0	0	County
6 Apr 2005	Tornado	F0	$2 thousand	0	0	County
12 Mar 2001	Tornado	F0	$28 thousand	0	0	County
12 Mar 2001	Tornado	F0	$2 thousand	0	0	County
29 Jan 2001	Tornado	F0	$18 thousand	0	0	County
20 Aug 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
22 Jul 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
9 Mar 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 Nov 1998	Tornado	F1	$50 thousand	0	1	County
11 Apr 1997	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
7 Mar 1995	Tornado	F1	$30 thousand	0	0	County
9 Mar 1994	Tornado	F1	$50 thousand	0	0	County
26 Aug 1992	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
15 Feb 1992	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Feb 1992	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	10	County
8 Jun 1989	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	1	County
17 Mar 1987	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Feb 1987	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	3	County
11 Dec 1983	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
3 Sep 1983	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	0	County
20 Mar 1983	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
8 Sep 1977	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
5 Sep 1977	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	1	County
5 Sep 1977	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	1	County
5 Sep 1977	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
21 Feb 1976	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
12 Apr 1974	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
6 Feb 1974	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
4 Dec 1973	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	3	County
12 May 1972	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
7 May 1972	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
19 Sep 1971	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
16 Sep 1971	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
16 Sep 1971	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
11 May 1971	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
2 Jul 1963	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
27 Apr 1962	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 Sep 1961	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
9 Apr 1961	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
29 Mar 1960	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
16 Oct 1957	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
6 Feb 1953	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	0	0	County
23 Apr 1952	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
6 Feb 1951	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: New Orleans/Baton Rouge (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana". https://countyhazards.com/county/la/tangipahoa/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Tangipahoa Parish?: March has 17 of the 79 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Louisiana?: NCEI has 2,801 tornado events on record for Louisiana from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Tangipahoa Parish compare with the other counties of Louisiana?: The counties of Louisiana have 6.5 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Tangipahoa Parish has 10.0.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Tangipahoa Parish?: 66 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 13 events have a higher rating.