Mar 15, 2025
A potent weather system impacted the local area, producing a rare EF-4 tornado. Only a few tornadoes that strong have developed in the local forecast area. That tornado started its path in northern Tangipahoa Parish and continued on its 60+ mile long path. The environment needed for violent and long lived tornadoes, were in place right as a cold front approached from the west.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1256185). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Orleans County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.