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Louisiana storm events

Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Louisiana between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.

31,889
Storm events
2,727
Tornadoes
335
Hurricanes
1,330
Deaths

Significant recent events in Louisiana

Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.

November 5, 2025 · De Soto, Louisiana
Dense Fog Dense Fog1 death, 1 injury
October 18, 2025 · Union, Louisiana
Lightning Lightning1 death
Lightning struck an elevated deer stand south of Highway 2 just southeast of the Weldon community. A 17 year old male hunter was in the stand when it was struck and caught fire, and did not survive.
July 10, 2025 · East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lightning Lightning$1.8M damage
St. George Fire Department responded to a structure fire of a 2 story apartment in the 10700 block of Industriplex Boulevard. SGFD investigators responded to the scene and concluded that the fire was caused by a lightning strike.
January 22, 2025 · Eastern Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped into the 10 to 15 degree range across the parish.
January 22, 2025 · Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped deep into the single digit range across the parish …
January 21, 2025 · Eastern Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. 62 yr old Female - perished in a fire caused by a space heater.
January 21, 2025 · Western Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. Highest reported amount was 9.8 inches. Some pictures on social media appeared to show closer to one foot of snow. 62 yr old Female - perished in a fire caused by a …
January 21, 2025 · Upper Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. Highest reported amount was 9 inches in Belle Chasse.
January 21, 2025 · Central Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon.
January 21, 2025 · Lower Plaquemines, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon.
January 21, 2025 · Upper St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. The highest reported amount was 11.5 inches in Chalmette.
January 21, 2025 · Lower St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow1 death
Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon.
January 9, 2025 · Rapides, Louisiana
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill1 death
Low temperatures fell into the upper 20s for 4 nights in a row at Alexandria. A unhoused male was found deceased from the cold temperatures.
September 11, 2024 · Lower Terrebonne, Louisiana
Hurricane (Typhoon) Hurricane (Typhoon)$20.0M damage
Francine made landfall in far southwestern Terrebonne Parish as a category 2 hurricane with estimated winds of 100 mph and higher gusts. The wind resulted in widespread damage to trees and powerlines, and damaged several structures as well. The wind tore the roof of a church and …
September 11, 2024 · Upper Terrebonne, Louisiana
Hurricane (Typhoon) Hurricane (Typhoon)3 injuries, $20.0M damage
Francine made landfall in far southwestern Terrebonne Parish as a category 2 hurricane with estimated winds of 100 mph and higher gusts. The wind resulted in widespread damage to trees and powerlines, and damaged several structures as well. The wind tore the roof of a church and …

Counties and zones

Click a county for its full storm history. Some entries are NWS forecast zones rather than civil counties.

Acadia (402) Allen (329) Ascension (232) Assumption (141) Avoyelles (352) Beauregard (479) Bienville (654) Bossier (1,281) Caddo (2,076) Calcasieu (1,007) Caldwell (410) Cameron (341) Catahoula (361) Central Plaquemines Parish (33) Central Tangipahoa Parish (32) Claiborne (578) Coastal Jefferson Parish (30) Concordia (355) De Soto (777) East Baton Rouge (681) East Cameron (95) East Carroll (361) East Feliciana (207) Eastern Ascension Parish (37) Eastern Orleans Parish (41) Evangeline (267) Franklin (511) Grant (496) Iberia (278) Iberville (235) Jackson (507) Jefferson (481) Jefferson Davis (328) La Salle (400) Lafayette (383) Lafourche (238) Laz038>040 - 056>070 (1) Laz067 - 070 (1) Lincoln (624) Livingston (415) Lower Iberia Parish (7) Lower Jefferson (60) Lower Jefferson Parish (35) Lower Lafourche (87) Lower Plaquemines (96) Lower St. Bernard (58) Lower St. Bernard Parish (32) Lower St. Martin (27) Lower St. Mary Parish (5) Lower Tangipahoa Parish (40) Lower Terrebonne (88) Lower Vermilion Parish (16) Madison (395) Morehouse (569) Natchitoches (879) Northern Acadia Parish (2) Northern Calcasieu Parish (3) Northern Jefferson Davis Parish (3) Northern Livingston Parish (36) Northern St. Tammany Parish (36) Northern Tangipahoa (41) Northwest St. Tammany Parish (3) Orleans (535) Ouachita (979) Plaquemines (171) Pointe Coupee (279) Rapdies (1) Rapides (701) Red River (478) Richland (450) Sabine (640) Sabine and Natchitoches (1) Southeast St. Tammany Parish (44) Southern Acadia Parish (2) Southern Calcasieu Parish (4) Southern Jefferson Davis Parish (3) Southern Livingston Parish (39) Southern Tangipahoa (16) Southwestern St. Tammany Parish (41) St. Bernard (118) St. Charles (341) St. Helena (168) St. James (150) St. John the Baptist (188) St. Landry (444) St. Martin (184) St. Mary (259) St. Tammany (761) Tangipahoa (495) Tensas (357) Terrebonne (256) Union (805) Upper Iberia Parish (4) Upper Jefferson (57) Upper Jefferson Parish (36) Upper Lafourche (68) Upper Plaquemines (43) Upper Plaquemines Parish (33) Upper St. Bernard (46) Upper St. Bernard Parish (32) Upper St. Martin (36) Upper St. Mary Parish (3) Upper Terrebonne (70) Upper Vermilion Parish (2) Vermilion (356) Vernon (438) Washington (348) Webster (886) West Baton Rouge (165) West Cameron (91) West Carroll (399) West Feliciana (191) Western Ascension Parish (38) Western Orleans Parish (38) Winn (571)