NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Port Allen, 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
57 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Port Allen, Louisiana since 1851, 15 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 112 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 15
- Tropical storms
- 42
- Tornadoes
- 112
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Port Allen
The strongest storm to pass near Port Allen was Carmen in 1974, a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds when its centre passed 64 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1947, whose centre came within 7 miles. The record near Port Allen begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 49 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 57 systems, 11 have come since 2000. Port Allen has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 55% of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site. The highest rating among the 112 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 6 times; the most recent, on October 14, 1984, came within 14 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on June 8, 1989, killed 2 people. Of the 112, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 52 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 21. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 65% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Port Allen. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 85 times since 1960, with stones up to 3.75 inches. Port Allen has more hail reports within 10 miles than 81% of the 245 Louisiana cities.
Compare Port Allen's storm record with another city →
Tropical storms and hurricanes near Port Allen
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 29 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | IsaacAug 30 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 1 | 37 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2003 | BillJun 30 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 66 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 26 | 23 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1988 | BerylAug 9 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanOct 29 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 15 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1977 | BabeSep 5 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 8 | 64 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 13 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 10 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 15 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | ArleneMay 31 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 13 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 2 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 4 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 19 | 7 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormOct 3 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 16 | 10 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 19 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1931 | Unnamed 1931 stormJul 15 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 22 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 26 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 67 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 13 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 14 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 9 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 20 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 7 | 61 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 17 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 1 | 24 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormSep 6 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 2 | 7 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 11 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Port Allen: 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 Port Allen
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s23
- 2000s16
- 1990s12
- 1980s18(1 EF3+)
- 1970s18(3 EF3+)
- 1960s5(1 EF3+)
- 1950s7(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 1957 | F3 | 18 mi | 37.9 mi | 1 / 29 |
| Oct 14, 1984 | F3 | 14 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 26, 1973 | F3 | 11 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 29, 1972 | F3 | 8 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Sep 16, 1971 | F3 | 13 mi | 7.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Dec 25, 1969 | F3 | 22 mi | 13.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 8, 1989 | F2 | 5 mi | 10 mi | 2 / 30 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | EF2 | 23 mi | 19 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Dec 17, 1995 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 8, 1989 | F2 | 24 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1989 | F2 | 3 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 60 |
| Jan 31, 1983 | F2 | 7 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 112, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Port Allen
The Storm Prediction Center has 85 hail reports within 10 miles of Port Allen since 1960, made on 56 separate days. Of these, 56 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.75 inches, fell on June 20, 2023, the most recent report. May has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Port Allen
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brusly 2 W, LA, 6 miles south of Port Allen at 20 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 40°F. June is the wettest at 6.7 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 64.6 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (32.8 of 64.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 57 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 85 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 26 nights a year. That 64.6 inches is more than at 68 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (84%). Baton Rouge, 10 miles east, has its own station (Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, LA): 60.6 inches a year, 4.0 less than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 40 | 6.1 | 8 |
| Feb | 66 | 43 | 5.1 | 6 |
| Mar | 73 | 49 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Apr | 79 | 55 | 5.5 | 5 |
| May | 85 | 64 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 90 | 70 | 6.7 | 9 |
| Jul | 91 | 72 | 5.1 | 8 |
| Aug | 92 | 71 | 6.4 | 7 |
| Sep | 88 | 67 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Oct | 81 | 56 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Nov | 71 | 46 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Dec | 64 | 41 | 5.4 | 7 |
| Year | 78 | 56 | 64.6 | 78 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brusly 2 W, LA (20 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 Port Allen
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 219 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Port Allen: 127 thunderstorm wind reports, 67 flash floods, 19 lightning strikes, 5 heavy rain events and 1 flood. They killed 4 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $9.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on April 10, 2021. April has had the most flash floods, 14 of 67. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 215 have had fewer than Port Allen.
May 13, 2024: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Port Allen — 1 killed, 2 injured, $30,000 damage.
NWS: “A tree fell down on a mobile home on Rougon Rd.”
June 6, 2019: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Port Allen — 1 killed, $750,000 damage.
May 30, 2010: lightning strike 6 miles from the centre of Port Allen — 1 killed.
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 Port Allen's ZIP code 70767 have filed 152 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $3.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 26 claims (17% of all) and $362,000, then Mid-summer severe storms in 2016 with 24 and Hurricane Gustav in 2008 with 11. The year with the most claims was 2016, with 26. 47% 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, 94 have fewer than Port Allen.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 26 | $362,000 |
| Mid-summer severe storms2016 | 24 | $689,000 |
| Hurricane Gustav2008 | 11 | $182,000 |
West Baton Rouge Parish, which includes Port Allen, has been named in 38 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 22 hurricanes, 4 coastal storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida, on August 29, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives West Baton Rouge Parish a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and tornadoes; Relatively Low for strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail, inland flooding and coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $13.4 million a year, the 41st highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.3 million (24%), is from hurricanes.
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 Port Allen
- Brusly, LA6 mi
- Addis, LA9 mi
- Baton Rouge, LA10 mi
- Baker, LA10 mi
- Plaquemine, LA14 mi
- Zachary, LA15 mi
- Maringouin, LA15 mi
- Ventress, LA16 mi
- Saint Gabriel, LA18 mi
- Greenwell Springs, LA19 mi
- New Roads, LA19 mi
- Slaughter, LA19 mi
All Louisiana cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Port Allen with another place →