57
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$306K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: 57 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,659 nationally and #60 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in West Baton Rouge Parish is the 1990s, when 16 of the county's 57 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 West Baton Rouge Parish archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 54.8% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,659 for this hazard and #60 within Louisiana, putting it in the 15.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in West Baton Rouge Parish with 15 recorded events, while Oct 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2024 | BUECHE | 61 | 1 | 2 | $30K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | ADDIS | 50 | $0 |
| Feb 14, 2026 | PORT ALLEN | 52 | $10K |
| May 14, 2024 | SUNRISE | 61 | $3K |
| May 14, 2024 | BUECHE | 61 | $30K |
| May 14, 2024 | ERWINVILLE | 70 | $0 |
| May 13, 2024 | CAREY | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2023 | OINCLARE | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2020 | OINCLARE | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | KABUS | 52 | $30K |
| Apr 23, 2020 | ANCHORAGE | 52 | $20K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Downburst wind damage occurred in the Brusley and Addis areas. An apartment building had portion of its roof blown off and some brick veneer peeled off. A commercial building was also damage. Several trees were snapped along with power poles.
Thunderstorm winds damaged the structure of a building by moving it 3 to 5 feet off of its foundation, blew a third of the roof off of a home, caused minor roof damage to a couple of buildings, and overturned a rental truck.
A railroad company security personnel reported that at least 40 vehicles had windshields blown completely out and hundreds of vehicles sustained wind damage at the offloading facility at the Port of Baton Rouge. The wind damage was apparently the result of a strong downburst associated with decaying convection. All of the glass damage was on vehicles facing northeast.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
57 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in West Baton Rouge Parish between 1959 and 2026, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in West Baton Rouge Parish?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in West Baton Rouge Parish measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for West Baton Rouge 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.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/louisiana/west-baton-rouge-parish/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.