NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Grand Cane, LA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
16 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Grand Cane, Louisiana since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Laura in 2020. Since 1950, 152 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 14 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 15
- Tornadoes
- 152
- EF3 or stronger
- 14
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
35 deaths in all
What the records show for Grand Cane
The strongest storm to pass near Grand Cane was Laura in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds when its centre passed 41 miles away. The record near Grand Cane begins with an unnamed storm in 1865; the most recent system was Laura in 2020. The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 4 systems. Of the 16 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site, 80% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Grand Cane. The strongest of the 152 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on February 12, 1950; its path came within 6 miles, and it killed 18 people. Of the 152, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 73 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on May 6, 2025. Grand Cane has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 82% of the 245 Louisiana cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 90 times since 1957, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Grand Cane has more hail reports within 10 miles than 83% of the 245 Louisiana cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Grand Cane
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 41 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | BarryJul 14 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 2 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 5 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 20 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormAug 9 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1918 | Unnamed 1918 stormAug 7 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 14 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Grand Cane: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Grand Cane
By decade
- 2020s36
- 2010s28
- 2000s9(2 EF3+)
- 1990s27(1 EF3+)
- 1980s15(4 EF3+)
- 1970s12(2 EF3+)
- 1960s15(2 EF3+)
- 1950s10(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1950 | F4 | 6 mi | 82.6 mi | 18 / 77 |
| Feb 12, 1950 | F3 | 23 mi | 74.5 mi | 5 / 25 |
| Nov 15, 1987 | F3 | 11 mi | 48 mi | 1 / 116 |
| Apr 23, 2000 | F3 | 21 mi | 19.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 2000 | F3 | 17 mi | 32.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 3, 1999 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 2, 1984 | F3 | 13 mi | 61 mi | 0 / 9 |
| Apr 25, 1982 | F3 | 11 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 25, 1982 | F3 | 11 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 1974 | F3 | 22 mi | 44.7 mi | 0 / 18 |
| Apr 19, 1970 | F3 | 16 mi | 6.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Feb 11, 1965 | F3 | 14 mi | 33 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 152, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Grand Cane
The Storm Prediction Center has 90 hail reports within 10 miles of Grand Cane since 1957, made on 79 separate days. Of these, 57 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on April 23, 2000. The most recent report is from May 1, 2025. April has the most reports, 23.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Grand Cane
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mansfield 4 NW, LA, 3 miles southeast of Grand Cane at 322 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 57°F and 36°F. March is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 53.6 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 43% of the year's precipitation (22.9 of 53.6 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 16 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 3.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 93 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 39 nights a year. That 53.6 inches is more than at 5 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (6%). Stonewall, 12 miles north, has its own station (Shreveport Sthrn Hills, LA): 55.6 inches a year, 2.0 more than here, and the same July average high, 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 36 | 4.9 | 6 |
| Feb | 62 | 40 | 5.2 | 6 |
| Mar | 70 | 46 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Apr | 76 | 53 | 5.2 | 5 |
| May | 83 | 62 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Jun | 90 | 70 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Jul | 93 | 72 | 2.6 | 4 |
| Aug | 93 | 72 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Sep | 88 | 65 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Oct | 79 | 55 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Nov | 68 | 44 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Dec | 60 | 38 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Year | 77 | 54 | 53.6 | 61 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Mansfield 4 NW, LA (322 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Grand Cane
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 115 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Grand Cane: 100 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $552,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on May 17, 2002. March has had the most flash floods, 3 of 13. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 104 have had fewer than Grand Cane.
April 22, 2020: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Grand Cane — 1 killed.
May 28, 2017: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Grand Cane — 1 injured.
NWS: “A large tree fell on a home near the intersection of Highway 171 and Highway 5 in the Kickapoo community. A baby of unknown age and gender in the mobile home was injured but survived.”
May 17, 2002: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Grand Cane — $140,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
De Soto Parish, which includes Grand Cane, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1991, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 hurricanes, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 coastal storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 18, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives De Soto Parish a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $9.1 million a year, the 47th highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.1 million (45%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Grand Cane
- Mansfield, LA8 mi
- Stonewall, LA12 mi
- Logansport, LA14 mi
- Keithville, LA15 mi
- Joaquin, TX19 mi
- Elm Grove, LA22 mi
- Shreveport, LA24 mi
- De Berry, TX26 mi
- Greenwood, LA27 mi
- Shelbyville, TX27 mi
- Barksdale Afb, LA27 mi
- Coushatta, LA28 mi
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