Hurricane Laura
Aug 20, 2020 to Aug 29, 2020Peak 150 mph937 mb
Hurricane Laura passed within 50 miles of 57 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a Category 4 on August 27, 2020.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Laura · 2020
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020, about 10 hours before landfall in Cameron Parish, LA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 57
- AR, LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 104
- AR, LA, MS, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 6
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Vernon Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Union County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Dallas County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Grant County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Ouachita County | AR | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 2.3 | Category 1 |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 4.9 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hot Spring County | AR | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union Parish | LA | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | AR | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | AR | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 9.9 | Category 1 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 11.4 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 11.4 | Category 3 |
| Grant Parish | LA | 11.5 | Category 1 |
| Webster Parish | LA | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 13.1 | Category 2 |
| Clark County | AR | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 15.5 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 17.0 | Category 1 |
| Sabine County | TX | 17.6 | Category 2 |
| Garland County | AR | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | AR | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nevada County | AR | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 21.8 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | TX | 24.0 | Category 4 |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 25.1 | Category 1 |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 33.0 | Category 4 |
| Jasper County | TX | 33.5 | Category 2 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 33.8 | Category 4 |
| Lincoln County | AR | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | AR | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 36.0 | Category 1 |
| Ashley County | AR | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Drew County | AR | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 39.7 | Category 3 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 39.8 | Category 3 |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hempstead County | AR | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AR | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 43.2 | Category 2 |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 45.1 | Category 3 |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 45.3 | Category 1 |
| Hardin County | TX | 46.0 | Category 3 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 48.1 | Category 3 |
| Angelina County | TX | 49.5 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | AR | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | AR | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | TX | 52.7 | Category 1 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | TX | 59.6 | Category 1 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 59.8 | Category 1 |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 60.4 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 61.2 | Category 4 |
| Marion County | TX | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 63.7 | Category 4 |
| Little River County | AR | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 64.3 | Category 1 |
| Galveston County | TX | 65.8 | Category 4 |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 65.8 | Category 1 |
| Howard County | AR | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cass County | TX | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 68.7 | Category 4 |
| Chicot County | AR | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bowie County | TX | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 71.8 | Category 4 |
| Scott County | AR | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | AR | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 73.7 | Category 3 |
| Rusk County | TX | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 78.5 | Category 4 |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 78.8 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | AR | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 82.7 | Category 4 |
| Madison Parish | LA | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 87.9 | Category 2 |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gregg County | TX | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 91.1 | Category 3 |
| Trinity County | TX | 91.3 | Category 2 |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 91.9 | Category 2 |
| Issaquena County | MS | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 94.3 | Category 1 |
| Cherokee County | TX | 95.1 | Category 2 |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 95.2 | Category 3 |
| Harris County | TX | 96.5 | Category 4 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 97.7 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | TX | 98.7 | Category 2 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.