Jefferson Parish tornado history

70 tornadoes touched Jefferson Parish, Louisiana between 1950 and 2025 — about 0.9 a year. The strongest was rated EF3 (Mar 22, 2022). Tornadoes here killed 5 and injured 88 people.

70tornadoes since 1950

EF3strongest rating

5killed · 88 injured

18.1 milongest path · 1950

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F032

(E)F124

(E)F211

(E)F31

(E)F40

(E)F50

unrated2

By month

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Peak month: April.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Mar 22, 2022	EF3	11.5 mi	320 yd	2	1
Apr 8, 1993	F2	6 mi	250 yd	39	3
Mar 10, 1971	F2	7.5 mi	300 yd	7	1
Oct 3, 1964	F2	14.2 mi	83 yd	5	0
Dec 14, 2022	EF2	10.6 mi	200 yd	10	0
Feb 2, 2006	F2	5.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Feb 13, 2007	EF2	2.3 mi	50 yd	9	0
Apr 22, 1983	F2	2 mi	100 yd	3	0
Sep 27, 1951	F2	1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Oct 13, 1970	F2	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 16, 1972	F2	0.5 mi	67 yd	2	0
Oct 29, 1974	F2	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
May 2, 2025	EF0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Sep 2, 2023	EF0	0.7 mi	75 yd	0	0
Jan 24, 2023	unrated	2.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 14, 2022	EF2	10.6 mi	200 yd	10	0
Mar 22, 2022	EF3	11.5 mi	320 yd	2	1
May 18, 2021	EF0	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 2021	EF1	2.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 2021	unrated	0.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2020	EF1	7 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 21, 2019	EF0	1.4 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 7, 2019	EF0	2.6 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 22, 2018	EF0	1.3 mi	30 yd	0	0

Deadliest: Apr 8, 1993, F2, 3 killed.

Nearby counties

Lafourche Parish, LA41 Plaquemines Parish, LA37 St. Charles Parish, LA23 Orleans Parish, LA24 Terrebonne Parish, LA37 St. John the Baptist Parish, LA23 St. Bernard Parish, LA16 St. James Parish, LA10

Questions

How many tornadoes has Jefferson Parish, Louisiana had?

70 tornadoes touched Jefferson Parish, Louisiana between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 0.9 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Jefferson Parish?

The strongest rating recorded was EF3 on Mar 22, 2022, with a 11.5-mile path and 1 deaths.

When is tornado season in Jefferson Parish?

Most of its tornadoes happened in April (12 of 70). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).