Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

What hazards hit Terrebonne Parish most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 131 since 1964. The rank column places the county among Louisiana's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Terrebonne Parish had?

NOAA records 45 tornadoes in Terrebonne Parish from 1952 to 2026, the strongest rated F3, with 0 deaths and 47 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 37 tornadoes whose track touched Terrebonne Parish since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 45: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Louisiana.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Terrebonne Parish?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the June 18, 2026 tornado ($10,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

An EF-0 tornado touched down near Megan Drive, off of Coteau Rd, in northeast Terrebonne Parish. This tornado caused predominantly tree damage with some additional visible roof and siding damage to a couple homes. This tornado exited Terrebonne Parish, entering Lafourche Parish at Bayou Blue Road near Peaceful Lane.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1346212)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Terrebonne Parish's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

Records by month in Terrebonne Parish. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Terrebonne Parish

FEMA's register lists 53 declarations that include Terrebonne Parish: 32 major disasters, 21 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (31) and flood (8).

The 40 most recent of 53 are listed; the CSV has every one.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has Terrebonne Parish had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 39 flood or flash flood records for Terrebonne Parish from 1996 to 2026, on 30 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Terrebonne Parish ranks 37th of 2,942 U.S. counties. The 100 counties with the most claims

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $327 million on 13,501 claims filed in Terrebonne Parish; the most in one year was 2,920 in 2005. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Terrebonne Parish

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Terrebonne Parish Relatively Moderate overall, with an expected annual loss of $141 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Terrebonne Parish

1. Terrebonne Parish 442
2. Lafourche Parish 434
3. St. Mary Parish 281
4. Assumption Parish 164

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in LouisianaEvery Louisiana tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in LouisianaThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Louisiana recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Terrebonne ParishThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Terrebonne Parish's FEMA declarations (CSV)53 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis