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The chance of earthquake damage in Jarreau is about the same as Louisiana average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Jarreau is lower than Louisiana average and is higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #335

Jarreau, LA	0.01
Louisiana	0.03
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Jarreau, LA	0.0000
Louisiana	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #366

Jarreau, LA	201.74
Louisiana	235.86
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 1,484 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Jarreau, LA were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	5	Dense Fog:	1	Drought:	13
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	106	Hail:	306	Heat:	3	Heavy Snow:	2
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	8	Ice Storm:	6	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	9
Thunderstorm Winds:	892	Tropical Storm:	9	Wildfire:	0	Winter Storm:	5	Winter Weather:	6
Other:	113

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Jarreau, LA.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Jarreau, LA.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Jarreau, LA.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 72 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Jarreau, LA.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
7.4	1972-02-29	3	30°32'N / 91°23'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	3	250K	0	West Baton Rouge
10.6	1995-12-17	2	30°33'N / 91°33'W		0.20 Mile	20 Yards	0	1	200K	0	Pointe Coupee
		Brief Description: Fifteen mobile homes were destroyed, four sustained major damage and two minor damage. A child was injured when struck by a Christmas tree. A National Weather Service official surveyed the damage area.
12.2	1957-10-15	3	30°34'N / 91°44'W	30°39'N / 91°29'W	15.90 Miles	100 Yards	1	19	250K	0	Pointe Coupee
14.1	1989-06-08	2	30°31'N / 91°15'W	30°31'N / 91°11'W	3.50 Miles	60 Yards	0	2	2.5M	0	West Baton Rouge
14.2	1961-11-13	2	30°36'N / 91°10'W	30°39'N / 91°10'W	3.40 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
16.1	1989-06-08	2	30°23'N / 91°24'W	30°26'N / 91°20'W	5.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	West Baton Rouge
17.0	1984-10-14	3	30°39'N / 91°09'W	30°43'N / 91°06'W	5.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
17.3	1989-06-08	2	30°31'N / 91°11'W	30°33'N / 91°06'W	6.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	58	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
18.9	1989-06-08	2	30°21'N / 91°29'W	30°23'N / 91°24'W	5.00 Miles	77 Yards	2	30	2.5M	0	Iberville
19.0	1992-11-21	2	30°52'N / 91°16'W	30°50'N / 91°08'W	4.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	West Feliciana
19.3	1958-11-14	2	30°28'N / 91°09'W		2.00 Miles	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
20.4	1983-01-31	2	30°23'N / 91°14'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	West Baton Rouge
20.9	1954-02-19	2	30°54'N / 91°35'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	1	4	3K	0	West Feliciana
21.4	1973-04-26	3	30°30'N / 91°05'W		0.30 Mile	70 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
22.7	1984-10-14	3	30°43'N / 91°06'W	30°52'N / 91°02'W	11.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
22.7	1975-05-08	2	30°25'N / 91°11'W	30°24'N / 91°05'W	6.20 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	East Baton Rouge
23.2	1971-09-16	3	30°27'N / 91°02'W	30°33'N / 91°04'W	7.30 Miles	83 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
23.3	1992-11-21	2	30°50'N / 91°08'W	30°52'N / 91°04'W	9.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
25.1	1965-06-27	2	30°21'N / 91°09'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
25.9	1968-11-30	2	30°48'N / 91°48'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	St. Landry
28.9	1957-11-07	3	30°58'N / 91°42'W	31°00'N / 91°40'W	3.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	5	250K	0	Pointe Coupee
29.5	1977-04-20	2	30°25'N / 90°59'W		0.20 Mile	67 Yards	0	1	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
30.4	1989-05-18	2	30°52'N / 91°01'W	30°52'N / 90°55'W	5.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
31.0	1957-10-15	3	30°28'N / 92°05'W	30°34'N / 91°44'W	22.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	10	250K	0	St. Landry
31.2	1986-11-20	2	31°01'N / 91°10'W	31°01'N / 91°04'W	5.00 Miles	173 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Wilkinson
31.5	1983-01-31	2	30°28'N / 91°56'W	30°34'N / 91°54'W	7.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Landry
31.5	1989-06-08	2	30°38'N / 90°54'W	30°40'N / 90°51'W	2.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Livingston
31.6	1952-04-04	2	30°24'N / 91°55'W	30°24'N / 91°48'W	7.20 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	250K	0	St. Martin
31.7	1983-02-09	3	30°34'N / 92°00'W	30°34'N / 91°52'W	7.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	St. Landry
32.3	1973-12-04	2	30°28'N / 91°10'W	30°42'N / 90°34'W	39.10 Miles	80 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
33.5	1989-06-08	2	30°40'N / 90°51'W	30°38'N / 90°50'W	1.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Helena
34.1	1961-03-30	2	30°57'N / 91°55'W	30°54'N / 91°50'W	6.20 Miles	800 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Avoyelles
34.6	1969-12-25	3	30°08'N / 91°21'W	30°11'N / 91°08'W	13.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Iberville
35.1	1972-05-12	2	30°08'N / 91°21'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Iberville
36.7	1983-05-20	3	30°55'N / 91°56'W		2.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Avoyelles
36.7	2001-11-24	2	31°03'N / 91°48'W	31°03'N / 91°48'W	1.00 Mile	10 Yards	0	3	50K	0	Avoyelles
		Brief Description: A short-lived tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring 3 people. One man was thrown from the trailer towards the road in front of the house, and his 15 month old daughter was thrown 50 feet to the right of the trailer. A woman was buried in the rubble. All three suffered minor injuries. Trees and power lines were also blown down.
37.1	2007-02-13	2	30°13'N / 91°51'W	30°16'N / 91°48'W	4.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	3	1.5M	0K	St. Martin
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Wind speeds were estimated between 110 and 120 mph, or on the low end of EF2. This tornado was spawned by the same storm that produced the Youngsville tornado. The tornado began southwest of the intersection of Poydras Highway and Eunice Road and moved northeast, ending past Nursery Highway. Several brick homes had roofs removed near the highs school, with one home losing most of its second floor. A total of 44 homes were damaged or destroyed, with 80 homes impacted by the tornado. Three injuries occurred in a small brick home where the roof blew off, causing a brick wall and other debris to land on them. Several trees were damaged or uprooted. This was the strongest tornado in southwest Louisiana since the November 23 2004 tornado outbreak. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An approaching cold front resulted in showers and thunderstroms across southwest Louisiana, some of which became severe. Several tornadoes touched down across Acadiana.
38.3	1953-11-21	2	30°11'N / 91°56'W	30°22'N / 91°51'W	13.60 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	St. Martin
38.4	1977-04-21	3	30°18'N / 91°57'W	30°19'N / 91°54'W	3.80 Miles	440 Yards	1	11	2.5M	0	St. Martin
39.7	1975-05-08	2	30°45'N / 90°45'W				0	0	0K	0	St. Helena
40.0	1967-05-01	2	30°05'N / 91°13'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Iberville
40.6	1992-11-21	2	30°05'N / 91°52'W	30°16'N / 91°47'W	13.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	3	250K	0	St. Martin
40.8	1952-04-04	2	30°22'N / 92°08'W	30°24'N / 91°55'W	13.20 Miles	67 Yards	4	33	250K	0	St. Landry
41.0	1974-02-18	2	30°58'N / 91°59'W		0.50 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Avoyelles
41.5	1953-05-16	2	30°25'N / 92°14'W	30°34'N / 91°56'W	20.60 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	St. Landry
41.5	1983-02-09	3	30°25'N / 92°10'W	30°34'N / 92°00'W	13.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	7	2.5M	0	St. Landry
43.1	1971-05-11	2	30°31'N / 92°07'W		0.10 Mile	17 Yards	0	0	0K	0	St. Landry
43.7	1984-06-07	2	31°02'N / 91°59'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Avoyelles
44.1	1969-04-12	3	30°12'N / 90°54'W	30°17'N / 90°45'W	10.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Ascension
44.3	1980-10-18	2	30°19'N / 92°03'W				0	4	250K	0	Lafayette
44.4	1950-03-19	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Ascension
44.4	1965-01-22	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.00 Mile	267 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Ascension
44.4	1976-01-25	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	7	2.5M	0	Ascension
44.5	1982-09-11	2	31°04'N / 91°58'W		0.80 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Avoyelles
44.7	2009-12-24	2	30°46'N / 92°09'W	30°51'N / 92°07'W	6.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	500K	0K	St. Landry
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The Whiteville Tornado touched down near Interstate 49 about 2 miles southwest of the community, then moved north-northeastward. Upon reaching Parish Road 5-230, the tornado destroyed an outbuilding and blew down numerous trees along Bayou Boeuf. A home was damaged south of Highway 182 just east of Bayou Boeuf, and two mobile homes received roof damage along Sonnier Road. The tornado then struck the Resurrection Catholic Church, obliterating the building and damaging several tombstones and tombs in the nearby graveyard. A farm located just north of the church received major damage, with one large rice silo blown 50 yards southwestward into the bayou and another rice silo severely damaged. Two tractor trailers at the farm were also damaged, with one blown by the tornado into a jack-knife position, and the other having a large tree fall onto it. Continuing north-northeastward across open fields, the tornado then blew down numerous trees along WPA Road. No damage occurred for the next few miles as the tornado moved across open farmland and crossed into Avoyelles Parish. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful upper level storm system moved across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley from Wednesday, December 23, 2009, through Thursday, December 24, 2009. Numerous showers and elevated thunderstorms, including some supercells, repeatedly developed and moved northward across much of southwest Louisiana and the northern Gulf of Mexico from late Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. As the main upper level system approached Louisiana early Thursday morning, a squall line developed across east Texas and moved rapidly eastward across Louisiana, causing several reports of wind damage in southern Louisiana. Meanwhile, some of the elevated supercells became surface-based and tracked north-northeastward across south-central and east-central Louisiana, spawning at least a dozen tornadoes. In addition, the widespread rainfall caused flooding in some of these same areas. In total, at least 12 tornadoes affected portions of Vermilion, Acadia, St. Landry, Evangeline, and Avoyelles Parishes within a two hour timespan from 7-9 AM. Seven tornadoes affected Acadia Parish alone, the biggest single outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded in that parish. Three tornadoes were rated EF2, three were rated EF1, and six were rated EF0. Other tornadoes likely occurred that were reported by area residents but could not be confirmed by NWS storm surveys. These included a likely tornado just east of I-49 in extreme northeastern Evangeline Parish, a possible tornado about 8 miles southwest of Gueydan, and another east of Palmetto in far northeastern St. Landry Parish. This was the largest outbreak of tornadoes in the NWS Lake Charles county warning area since November 23, 2004.
44.9	1965-01-08	2	30°18'N / 92°03'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Lafayette
45.2	1957-11-13	3	30°21'N / 92°07'W	30°22'N / 92°04'W	3.60 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Plaquemines
45.5	1990-05-12	2	31°16'N / 91°24'W	31°18'N / 91°05'W	19.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Wilkinson
46.2	2002-10-29	2	30°36'N / 92°10'W	30°38'N / 92°12'W	5.00 Miles	20 Yards	0	0	5.0M	0	St. Landry
		Brief Description: A strong tornado moved across the small community of Prairie Ronde, destroying the school. Several neighboring houses also received major damage.
47.1	1992-06-13	2	30°14'N / 92°06'W	30°19'N / 92°03'W	6.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Lafayette
47.2	1987-02-15	2	29°58'N / 91°12'W	30°00'N / 91°10'W	3.00 Miles	173 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Assumption
47.3	1974-10-29	3	30°11'N / 92°04'W	30°12'N / 91°57'W	7.30 Miles	167 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Lafayette
47.5	1975-04-30	2	30°02'N / 91°53'W	30°05'N / 91°47'W	7.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Iberia
47.5	1953-02-06	3	30°29'N / 90°42'W	30°30'N / 90°33'W	9.10 Miles	400 Yards	2	21	2.5M	0	Livingston
47.6	1953-11-21	2	30°06'N / 91°59'W	30°11'N / 91°56'W	6.80 Miles	300 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Lafayette
48.1	1957-11-07	3	30°21'N / 92°10'W	30°21'N / 92°07'W	3.30 Miles	200 Yards	2	5	250K	0	St. Landry
48.4	1992-11-01	2	30°05'N / 91°54'W		0.50 Mile	40 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Martin
48.4	1983-02-09	3	30°24'N / 92°11'W	30°25'N / 92°10'W	1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Acadia
48.9	1983-01-31	3	30°56'N / 92°10'W	30°59'N / 92°07'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	1	2	250K	0	Avoyelles
49.0	1964-11-27	2	31°08'N / 92°00'W	31°12'N / 91°55'W	6.90 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Avoyelles
49.0	1992-11-21	2	30°03'N / 91°55'W	30°05'N / 91°52'W	2.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Iberia
49.6	1982-01-30	2	29°59'N / 91°04'W		3.00 Miles	10 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Assumption

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.