Storms in Louisiana in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1970, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Louisiana in 1970 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 52
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $933,000
- Episodes
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 16 | 1 | 6 | $933,000 |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1970
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 5, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 10, 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 29, 1970
February 1970
March 1970
April 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 19, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 25, 1970
May 1970
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, May 24, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 25, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 1970
June 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 1, 1970
- Hail in Louisiana, June 4, 1970
- Hail in Louisiana, June 25, 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 27, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 4, 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 8, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 9, 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 24, 1970
August 1970
October 1970
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 11, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 23, 1970
November 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197019691971
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.