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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kinder, LA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

42 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Kinder, Louisiana since 1851, 12 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delta in 2020. Since 1950, 120 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
12

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
30

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
120

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Kinder

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Kinder, Louisiana, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020DeltaOct 109 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 4
2020LauraAug 2726 miCategory 3 (124 mph)Category 4
2019BarryJul 14overheadTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
2017HarveyAug 3016 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
2017CindyJun 2255 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
2011LeeSep 464 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2008GustavSep 234 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 4
2007HumbertoSep 1325 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
2005RitaSep 2468 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 5
2002LiliOct 327 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1994JohnSep 861 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 5
1992AndrewAug 2672 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 5
1985JuanOct 3043 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1985DannyAug 1518 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1982ChrisSep 1137 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1979ClaudetteJul 2563 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1974CarmenSep 85 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 4
1971EdithSep 1646 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 5
1965BetsySep 1070 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 4
1957BerthaAug 1070 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1957AudreyJun 2738 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1955Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27overheadTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1954BarbaraJul 2937 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1947Unnamed 1947 stormSep 2039 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 4
1940Unnamed 1940 stormSep 2416 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1938Unnamed 1938 stormAug 1539 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1937Unnamed 1937 stormOct 370 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1970 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1926Unnamed 1926 stormAug 2721 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1920Unnamed 1920 stormSep 2267 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1918Unnamed 1918 stormAug 641 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 3
1908Unnamed 1908 stormAug 17 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1905Unnamed 1905 stormSep 2946 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1898Unnamed 1898 stormSep 2020 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 1368 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 1
1886Unnamed 1886 stormOct 1346 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 3
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 1510 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 2
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1568 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1875Unnamed 1875 stormSep 1817 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 3
1865Unnamed 1865 stormSep 1438 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 2
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 3031 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 1159 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Kinder: 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 Kinder

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s35
  • 2000s20
  • 1990s22(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s12(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s6(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Kinder, Louisiana
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 21, 1992F314 mi6 mi0 / 2
Apr 17, 1973F325 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Feb 12, 1971F325 mi3.6 mi0 / 1
May 1, 1967F313 mi5.2 mi0 / 2
Apr 4, 1952F321 mi36.7 mi0 / 10
Sep 3, 2008EF221 mi7.06 mi2 / 0
Jan 24, 2023EF220 mi12.43 mi0 / 3
Oct 25, 2022EF211 mi0.44 mi0 / 0
Oct 31, 2018EF224 mi13.27 mi0 / 0
Aug 29, 2017EF223 mi2.18 mi0 / 0
Mar 29, 2017EF223 mi3.57 mi0 / 0
Jan 2, 1999F225 mi10 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 120, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Kinder while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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