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Baton Rouge storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Baton Rouge, LA, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

Live alerts for Baton Rouge, LA

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    Severe weather in Baton Rouge by the numbers

    10.4severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    3.4hail days a year
    30storm reports in the last 12 months
    3.75″biggest hail since 2016 (Jun 20, 2023)
    25tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF3

    Baton Rouge gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 336 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 84 hail reports, 227 damaging-wind reports and 25 tornado reports. On average that is 10.4 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in April, May, June, when 55% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 2 hail reports, 27 wind reports and 1 tornado report around Baton Rouge; the largest hail was 1.00″ (quarter) on May 8, 2026.

    Latest storm reports near Baton Rouge

    DateReportWhere
    Sep 21, 2026Damaging wind19 mi W · Iberville Co.
    Sep 7, 2026Damaging wind5 mi SW · West Baton Rouge Co.
    Aug 26, 2026Damaging wind4 mi NE · East Baton Rouge Co.
    Aug 25, 2026Damaging wind19 mi E · Livingston Co.
    Aug 21, 2026Damaging wind2 mi E · East Baton Rouge Co.
    Jul 8, 2026Damaging wind9 mi E · East Baton Rouge Co.
    Jul 7, 2026Damaging wind16 mi SE · Ascension Co.
    Jul 5, 2026Damaging wind4 mi S · East Baton Rouge Co.
    May 8, 2026Hail 1.00″24 mi N · East Feliciana Co.
    Apr 24, 2026Damaging wind14 mi NE · East Baton Rouge Co.

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    01734516816: 8 hail16: 16 damaging wind16: 5 tornado1617: 7 hail17: 9 damaging wind17: 5 tornado1718: 1 hail18: 9 damaging wind18: 1 tornado1819: 6 hail19: 20 damaging wind19: 4 tornado1920: 14 hail20: 20 damaging wind20: 3 tornado2021: 1 hail21: 14 damaging wind21: 1 tornado2122: 1 hail22: 6 damaging wind2223: 13 hail23: 36 damaging wind23: 1 tornado2324: 15 hail24: 49 damaging wind24: 4 tornado2425: 16 hail25: 21 damaging wind2526: 2 hail26: 27 damaging wind26: 1 tornado26
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    Storm season in Baton Rouge

    017345269Jan: 10JanFeb: 26FebMar: 38MarApr: 53AprMay: 69MayJun: 62JunJul: 21JulAug: 27AugSep: 11SepOct: 4OctNov: 5NovDec: 10Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge averages 3.4 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 3.75 inches — about the size of a tea cup — reported 4 miles from the city centre on Jun 20, 2023. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Baton Rouge

    There have been 25 tornado reports within 25 miles of Baton Rouge since 2016; the strongest was rated EF3 (Feb 7, 2017, 21 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Baton Rouge

    Does Baton Rouge get a lot of severe storms?

    Baton Rouge averages 10.4 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Baton Rouge?

    Most severe-weather reports around Baton Rouge come in April, May, June.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Baton Rouge?

    3.75 inches (tea cup size) on Jun 20, 2023, 4 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Baton Rouge?

    Yes — 25 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF3 on Feb 7, 2017.

    How do I get storm alerts for Baton Rouge?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Baton Rouge, LA. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Baton Rouge, LA. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Sep 29, 2026.