Storms in Louisiana in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 64
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 37
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 12 | 37 | $16 million |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 4, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, February 12, 1971
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, February 21, 1971
March 1971
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 10, 1971
- Hail in Louisiana, March 28, 1971
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1971
April 1971
May 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 6, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 7, 1971
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, May 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Hail in Louisiana, June 1, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 1971
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 22, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 23, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 24, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 26, 1971
July 1971
August 1971
September 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197119701972
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.