West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

What hazards hit West Baton Rouge Parish most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 57 since 1959. 46% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1959 fell in April and May. 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 West Baton Rouge Parish had?

NOAA records 11 tornadoes in West Baton Rouge Parish from 1957 to 2020, the strongest rated F3, with 0 deaths and 7 injuries recorded in the county. That is 29th of 64 Louisiana counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. 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 11 tornadoes whose track touched West Baton Rouge Parish since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 11, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 2 people, 0 of them in West Baton Rouge Parish.

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 West Baton Rouge Parish?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the February 14, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($10,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

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 West Baton Rouge 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?

46% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1959 fell in April and May. The two busiest months are in violet.

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

Federal disaster declarations for West Baton Rouge Parish

FEMA's register lists 38 declarations that include West Baton Rouge Parish: 20 major disasters, 18 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (22) and coastal storm (4).

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 West Baton Rouge Parish had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 12 flood or flash flood records for West Baton Rouge Parish from 1997 to 2025, on 8 days, with 1 death. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), West Baton Rouge Parish ranks 777th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $7.4 million on 285 claims filed in West Baton Rouge Parish; the most in one year was 34 in 1980. 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 West Baton Rouge Parish

FEMA's National Risk Index rates West Baton Rouge Parish Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $13.4 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 West Baton Rouge Parish

1. East Baton Rouge Parish 735
2. Pointe Coupee Parish 297
3. Iberville Parish 239
4. East Feliciana Parish 218
5. West Feliciana Parish 201
6. West Baton Rouge Parish 168

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 West Baton Rouge ParishThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download West Baton Rouge Parish's FEMA declarations (CSV)38 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis