Bossier City, LA Tornado History — 190 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Bossier City, LA had?
Bossier City has had 190 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 16 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Bossier City?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Bossier City was an EF1 on September 24, 2025.
When is tornado season in Bossier City?
April is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Bossier City, with 52 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near Bossier City
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 78 total, averaging 3.9 per year over this window.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Casualties on Record Near Bossier City
44 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Bossier City since 1950, across 10 events. 693 injuries have been reported across all events. 1950 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F4 on February 12, 1950, which caused 18 fatalities along a 82.6-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Bossier City
About Tornadoes in Bossier City
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Observers around Bossier City have been keeping a careful watch on tornadoes since mid-century, and the ledger maintained by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center shows how early the threat announced itself: on February 12, 1950, an F4 carved an 82.6-mile track across northwest Louisiana, killing 18 people and injuring 77. On December 3, 1978, an F4 roared into Bossier City itself, a 400-yard-wide storm that killed 2 people and injured 266. The F4 of April 3, 1999 killed 7 people and injured 102 along a 19.3-mile path. In the modern era, an EF3 moved through the area on January 20, 2010, and an EF2 on December 13, 2022 killed 2 people.
The calendar spread in those dates tells its own story. Bossier City lies where humid Gulf of Mexico air streams north across Louisiana through much of the year, so the ingredients for rotating storms are not confined to spring. April and May bring the classic collision of Gulf moisture, cold fronts, and strong jet-stream winds, while late fall and winter carry a pulse of their own: potent storm systems pull the jet stream south over still-mild, moisture-rich air, spinning up tornadoes in months when much of the country has gone quiet. That alternating rhythm — a spring peak, then a cool-season echo through November, December, and midwinter — runs through this area's history, and the event list elsewhere on this page traces it in detail.