Thunderstorm Wind in Red River Parish, Louisiana

Thunderstorm Wind in Red River Parish, Louisiana: 174 recorded events between 1974 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #1,279 nationally and #32 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Red River Parish is the 1990s, when 60 of the county's 174 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 Red River Parish archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 53.9% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,279 for this hazard and #32 within Louisiana, putting it in the 59.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Red River Parish with 33 recorded events, while Sep 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.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Red River Parish, Louisiana?

174 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Red River Parish between 1974 and 2026, causing 1 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Red River Parish?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Red River Parish measured 100.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Red River 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.