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.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
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
- Tropical storms
- 30
- Tornadoes
- 120
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Kinder
The strongest storm to pass near Kinder was Laura in 2020, a Category 3 hurricane with 124 mph winds when its centre passed 26 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Carmen in 1974, whose centre came within 2 miles. The record near Kinder begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Delta in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane 9 miles away. Of the 42 systems, 10 have come since 2000. Of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site, 50% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Kinder. The highest rating among the 120 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on November 21, 1992, came within 14 miles. The deadliest, an EF2 on September 3, 2008, killed 2 people. Of the 120, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 66 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on November 5, 2024. Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 55% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Kinder. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 23 times since 1991, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 79% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Kinder.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Kinder
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 9 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 26 mi | Category 3 (124 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | BarryJul 14 | overhead | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 30 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2011 | LeeSep 4 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 2 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 68 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 26 | 72 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | JuanOct 30 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 15 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1982 | ChrisSep 11 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ClaudetteJul 25 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 8 | 2 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 49 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 70 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | BerthaAug 10 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 38 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | overhead | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1954 | BarbaraJul 29 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 20 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormSep 24 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormAug 15 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormOct 3 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 19 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 27 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1918 | Unnamed 1918 stormAug 6 | 41 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 20 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 68 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 46 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 18 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 14 | 38 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 30 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 11 | 59 mi | Tropical 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+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1992 | F3 | 14 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 17, 1973 | F3 | 25 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 12, 1971 | F3 | 25 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 1, 1967 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 4, 1952 | F3 | 21 mi | 36.7 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Sep 3, 2008 | EF2 | 21 mi | 7.06 mi | 2 / 2 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF2 | 20 mi | 12.43 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Oct 25, 2022 | EF2 | 11 mi | 0.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 31, 2018 | EF2 | 24 mi | 13.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 29, 2017 | EF2 | 23 mi | 2.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 2017 | EF2 | 23 mi | 3.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 2, 1999 | F2 | 25 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 120, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kinder
The Storm Prediction Center has 23 hail reports within 10 miles of Kinder since 1991, made on 21 separate days. Of these, 12 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on May 26, 2001. The most recent report is from May 6, 2025.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kinder
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oberlin Fire Twr, LA, 9 miles northeast of Kinder at 65 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 39°F. January is the wettest at 6.4 inches of precipitation on average and March the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 61.9 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 50% of the year's precipitation (31.0 of 61.9 inches). September has brought the most of the 42 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (20); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 79 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 19 nights a year. That 61.9 inches is more than at 47 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (58%). Basile, 16 miles east, has its own station (Eunice, LA): 57.8 inches a year, 4.1 less than here, and an August average high of 93°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 39 | 6.4 | 7 |
| Feb | 63 | 43 | 4.7 | 7 |
| Mar | 70 | 50 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Apr | 77 | 56 | 5.1 | 5 |
| May | 83 | 64 | 5.1 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 70 | 5.8 | 8 |
| Jul | 90 | 72 | 5.6 | 8 |
| Aug | 91 | 72 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Sep | 87 | 67 | 5.1 | 6 |
| Oct | 79 | 57 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Nov | 69 | 47 | 4.8 | 5 |
| Dec | 61 | 42 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Year | 77 | 56 | 61.9 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Oberlin Fire Twr, LA (65 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 Kinder
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 69 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kinder: 58 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods and 3 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $20.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on April 15, 2023. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 47 have had fewer than Kinder.
August 13, 2016: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Kinder — $15.0 million damage.
NWS: “Local media and law enforcement reported numerous streets were flooded an impassable during the late morning of the 13th. Around Jennings the exit ramps from Interstate 10 were flooded and some sections the interstate itself had water over it.”
October 26, 2006: flood 1 mile from the centre of Kinder — $3.0 million damage.
NWS: “Upward of 14 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours across southern Allen Parish. The heaviest hit area was Kinder.”
March 11, 2016: flood 9 miles from the centre of Kinder — $850,000 damage.
NWS: “The flood wave from the heavy rain event during the 9th and 10th moved down the Calcasieu River flooding structures near Oakdale and Oberlin. At Oakdale 30 homes flooded, 2 flooded at Oberlin, and 3 flooded at Indian Village.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Kinder's ZIP code 70648 have filed 90 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Delta in 2020: 13 claims (14% of all) and $331,000, then Flooding in 1989 with 11 and Hurricane Rita in 2005 with 10. 49% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 219 Louisiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 70 have fewer than Kinder.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Delta2020 | 13 | $331,000 |
| Flooding1989 | 11 | $139,000 |
| Hurricane Rita2005 | 10 | $203,000 |
Allen Parish, which includes Kinder, has been named in 40 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1979, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 24 hurricanes, 5 floods, 3 coastal storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida, on August 29, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Allen Parish a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail and coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.0 million a year, the 38th highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.8 million (35%), 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 Kinder
- Elton, LA10 mi
- Oberlin, LA11 mi
- Basile, LA16 mi
- Ragley, LA17 mi
- Welsh, LA17 mi
- Iowa, LA19 mi
- Jennings, LA21 mi
- Iota, LA25 mi
- Longville, LA25 mi
- Oakdale, LA25 mi
- Eunice, LA26 mi
- Mamou, LA27 mi
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