Tornado History Map

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across West Baton Rouge Parish from 1957 to 2020, 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 West Baton Rouge Parish

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana between 1957 and 2020. They killed 2 people and injured 96. The busiest month is June, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 29 February 1972. The most recent was on 24 June 2020.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 96injuries
  • 572per 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 West Baton Rouge Parish?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0436%
F1 / EF1327%
F2 / EF2327%
F3 / EF319%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

West Baton Rouge Parish tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1980s.1950s11970s21980s51990s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s5
1990s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jun.Jan2Feb2Mar2Apr0May1Jun3Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar2
Apr0
May1
Jun3
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for West Baton Rouge Parish

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Louisiana tornado8 June 1989, F2, 2 deaths, 30 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Strongest: Louisiana tornado29 February 1972, F3, 3 injuries, 1 mile long
  • Most recent: Louisiana tornado24 June 2020, EF0, 0.7 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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