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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mansura, LA

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

38 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Mansura, Louisiana since 1851, 7 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 92 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
7

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
31

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
92

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

4 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mansura

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Mansura, Louisiana, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaAug 3071 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
2020DeltaOct 1017 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
2020LauraAug 2774 miCategory 2 (102 mph)Category 4
2019BarryJul 1461 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
2017HarveyAug 3070 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
2012IsaacAug 3015 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
2011LeeSep 553 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2008GustavSep 228 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 4
2007HumbertoSep 1350 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
2002LiliOct 313 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 4
1994JohnSep 822 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 5
1992AndrewAug 2629 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 5
1985JuanOct 2954 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1985ElenaSep 255 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 3
1985DannyAug 1618 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1974CarmenSep 851 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1971EdithSep 1647 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 5
1965BetsySep 1012 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1964HildaOct 475 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 4
1959ArleneMay 3160 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1957AudreyJun 2766 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
1955Unnamed 1955 stormAug 2746 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1947Unnamed 1947 stormSep 2020 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1646 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 2
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1933 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1931Unnamed 1931 stormJul 1622 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1926Unnamed 1926 stormAug 2623 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 3
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1662 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1920Unnamed 1920 stormSep 226 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 2
1909Unnamed 1909 stormSep 2125 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 3
1908Unnamed 1908 stormAug 163 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1905Unnamed 1905 stormSep 2931 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1898Unnamed 1898 stormSep 2018 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2062 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 3
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 1510 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 3061 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1860Unnamed 1860 stormOct 263 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 2
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 1129 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 4

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

By decade

  • 2020s19
  • 2010s18
  • 2000s18
  • 1990s9
  • 1980s12(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s4(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Mansura, Louisiana
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jan 31, 1983F37 mi5 mi1 / 2
May 20, 1983F313 mi2 mi0 / 0
Nov 7, 1957F322 mi3.6 mi0 / 5
Apr 22, 2020EF217 mi8.98 mi1 / 0
Oct 23, 1957F214 mi18.3 mi1 / 1
Apr 23, 2020EF211 mi3.62 mi0 / 0
Nov 1, 2018EF2in town5.66 mi0 / 0
Oct 31, 2018EF26 mi7.81 mi0 / 0
Mar 11, 2018EF210 mi0.39 mi0 / 4
Dec 24, 2009EF216 mi5.67 mi0 / 0
Nov 24, 2001F215 mi1 mi0 / 3
Nov 6, 2000F212 mi3 mi0 / 3

The strongest 12 of 92, 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 Mansura 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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