Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana

40

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

51

Direct injuries

$7.6M

Property damage

Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana: 40 recorded events between 1953 and 2024. The strongest on record measured F3. That places the county #620 nationally and #31 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana: events per decade

Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana: recorded events per decade
Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for tornado in Richland Parish is the 2010s, when 10 of the county's 40 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Richland Parish archive, tornado makes up 9.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #620 for this hazard and #31 within Louisiana, putting it in the 78.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

1Jan
0Feb
9Mar
15Apr
6May
4Jun
0Jul
0Aug
0Sep
1Oct
2Nov
2Dec

Apr is the peak month for tornado in Richland Parish with 15 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

Tornado tracks

Paths crossing this county

DateScalePath lengthMax widthOrigin
1973-01-18EF338.0 mi73 ydCrossed in
1983-04-01EF36.0 mi250 ydCrossed in
1983-04-01EF321.0 mi300 ydCrossed in
1953-05-17EF341.6 mi100 ydTouched down here
1953-03-22EF2234.7 mi200 ydCrossed in
2020-04-12EF29.5 mi700 ydCrossed in
1983-11-19EF23.0 mi100 ydTouched down here
1976-03-20EF217.0 mi67 ydTouched down here
1975-04-30EF25.1 mi50 ydTouched down here
1975-04-30EF20.1 mi50 ydTouched down here
Source: NOAA SPC SVRGIS tornado tracks · path geometry intersected with county boundaries

Significant events

Deadliest on record

DateLocationScaleDeathsInjuriesDamage
Dec 4, 1973F2023$2.5M
May 17, 1953F3017$250K
Mar 28, 2018NEW LIGHTEF104$200K
Apr 30, 1975F203$25K
Mar 29, 1974F102$25K
Mar 7, 1995AltoF101$0
Apr 5, 1956F101$250K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Dec 28, 2024WARDENEF0$25K
Mar 30, 2022DEHLCOEF0$50K
Mar 30, 2022GIRARDEF1$50K
May 4, 2021ALTOEF0$75K
Apr 12, 2020CUTHBERTEF0$1K
Apr 12, 2020CUTHBERTEF1$9K
Apr 12, 2020BOEUFF RIVEREF1$3K
May 19, 2019NEW LIGHTEF1$100K
May 8, 2019JONESBURGEF1$50K
May 8, 2019CREW LAKEEF1$180K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many tornado events are on record in Richland Parish, Louisiana?

40 tornado events are recorded in Richland Parish between 1953 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest tornado recorded in Richland Parish?

The strongest tornado on record in Richland Parish measured F3.

Where does the tornado data for Richland Parish come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.

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“Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/louisiana/richland-parish/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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