Tornado History Map

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across St. Charles Parish from 1953 to 2023, 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. Charles Parish

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched St. Charles Parish, Louisiana between 1953 and 2023. They killed 1 person and injured 19. The busiest month is November, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 28 January 1966. The most recent was on 20 June 2023.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 19injuries
  • 864per 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. Charles Parish?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01354%
F1 / EF1729%
F2 / EF2313%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

St. Charles Parish tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1950s11960s21980s21990s42000s52010s62020s4

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1980s2
1990s4
2000s5
2010s6
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Nov.Jan1Feb2Mar1Apr2May3Jun2Jul1Aug1Sep0Oct2Nov5Dec4
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb2
Mar1
Apr2
May3
Jun2
Jul1
Aug1
Sep0
Oct2
Nov5
Dec4

Records for St. Charles Parish

  • Deadliest: Louisiana tornado14 December 2022, EF2, 1 death, 8 injuries, 9.9 miles long
  • Strongest: Louisiana tornado28 January 1966, F3, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Louisiana tornado21 December 1969, F1, 5 injuries, 16.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Louisiana tornado20 June 2023, EF2, 3.8 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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