West Feliciana Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within West Feliciana Parish: 1.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by USGS Conterminous (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 23, 2005Tropical Storm, West Feliciana$5.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tropical depression moving west through the Turks and Caicos Islands developed into Tropical Storm Rita on the afternoon of September 18th. Rita moved west through the central Bahamas on the 19th and strengthened into a category 2 hurricane on the 20th while moving across the Florida Straits. After entering the Gulf of Mexico on the 21st, Rita rapidly intensified as it moved west northwest. Rita strengthened to a category 5 storm on the afternoon of the 21st and reached its peak intensity the next day 570 miles east southeast of Galveston, Texas with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph and a minimum central pressure of 897 mb. Rita turned northwest and weakened to a category 3…

2. Oct 2, 2002Hurricane (Typhoon), West Feliciana$5.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Lili, a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, during the daylight hours of October 2, 2002 moved steadily northwest around 15 mph toward the Louisiana coast during the evening hour. The hurricane weakened rapidly to a Saffir Simpson Scale Category 1 Hurricane by the time it made landfall during the morning of October 3rd along the south central Louisiana coast. The hurricane continued to moved north northwest across south central Louisiana before turning northeast across the northern portion of the state. Due to the rapid weakening, no sustained hurricane force winds were measured in southeast Louisiana. However, storm surge was significant across the southeast…

3. Aug 12, 2016Flash Flood$5.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Ten to fifteen inches of rainfall over a 2 day period led to widespread flash flooding in West Feliciana Parish. Road closures due to high water were common and approximately 130 homes and businesses suffered various degrees of damage due to the flash flooding.

4. Aug 29, 2021Hurricane (Typhoon), West Feliciana$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The parish suffered mainly minor wind impacts with a few trees down and some minor structural damage to roofs. At the peak, approximately 30% of the parish was without power.

5. Oct 9, 2020Tropical Storm, West Feliciana$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Delta produced tropical storm force winds and wind gusts resulting in minor to moderate impacts across the parish. Peak wind gusts were estimated in the 60 to 70 mph range, though higher gusts may have occurred across the far western portion of the parish closest to Delta's center. Numerous trees, power lines and power poles were downed in the parish. At least one home was damaged by a falling tree. A sheriff's deputy was injured when his vehicle struck a fallen tree. Another sheriff was also injured by a falling tree.

6. Aug 28, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), West Feliciana$1.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes on record to impact the coast of the United States. It will likely be recorded as one the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States to date resulting in catastrophic damage and numerous casualties in southeast Louisiana and along the Mississippi coast. Damage and casualties resulting from Hurricane Katrina extended as far east as Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. Katrina developed from a tropical depression southeast of the Bahamas on August 24th. After moving through the Bahamas as a tropical storm, Katrina strengthened to a category 1 hurricane prior to landfall in south Florida…

7. Mar 13, 1999Flash Flood$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall amounts of 4 to 7 inches fell in an eight hour period causing a flash flood that resulted in the damage or destruction of five bridges in West Feliciana and East Feliciana Parishes. The heavy rain caused the Amite River to rise to near flood stage and washed debris into the river which jammed into the support pilings of the Louisiana Highway 10 bridge near Darlington. The middle two spans of the structure collapsed into the river as the pilings eventually fractured under the stress of the debris being pushed into the supports by the rapid flow of the river. A bridge over Polly Creek near Plettenburg also collapsed when the creek turned into a torrent during the…

8. Aug 28, 2012Hurricane (Typhoon), West Feliciana$585,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on August 26, moving northwest after crossing Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Straits. Isaac strengthened into a hurricane on the morning of the 28th when it was 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish as a Category 1 Hurricane near Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River on the evening of the 28th. A second landfall occurred near Port Fourchon the following morning. The storm weakened to a tropical storm on the afternoon of the 29th about 50 miles west southwest of New Orleans, and weakened further to a tropical depression on the afternoon of the 30th near Monroe,…

9. Sep 1, 2008Hurricane (Typhoon), West Feliciana$520,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Gustav affected 37 homes with 4 homes being destroyed, 5 receiving major damage, and 2 minor damage. Several businesses also received damage and numerous trees and utility poles were knocked down. The damage was caused by high winds associated with Gustav.

10. Apr 1, 1997Flood, West Feliciana$475,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Flooding along the Mississippi River, which crested in March, slowly receded with nearly all forecast points in southeast Louisiana below floodstage by April 22, 1997. The Corps of Engineers began closing the gates on the Bonnet Carre Spillway by the middle of the month as water levels dropped. Throughout the episode of high water, the river remained confined within the river flood protection levees. The most significant structural damage occurred at the Louisiana State Penitentiary near Angola, West Feliciana Parish, where floodwaters damaged one outer levee. The high water levels and greater than normal flow, restricted barge and ship traffic, as well as contributing to several…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

107°FJun 2, 2011

All-time low

8°F3 times, most recently Dec 24, 1989

Warmest night

84°FAug 12, 2019

Coldest day

17°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

9.85 inOct 4, 1964

Snowiest day

3.2 inJan 23, 1948

Hottest year

2023mean 70.9°F

Coldest year

1976mean 64.7°F

Wettest year

198886.05 in

Driest year

200031.75 in

Station New Roads 5 Ne (USC00166686), 45 ft elevation, 12.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1942 to October 19, 2026; 95.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00166686.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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