Storms in Louisiana in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 131
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 53
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 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 35 | 1 | 52 | $16 million |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 18, 1973
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 20, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 31, 1973
February 1973
March 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, March 3, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, March 4, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, March 6, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, March 15, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 24, 1973
April 1973
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 15, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 17, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, April 22, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, April 23, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 24, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 26, 1973
May 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 7, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, May 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 23, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 1973
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 7, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 10, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, June 17, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, June 20, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 21, 1973
July 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 15, 1973
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 23, 1973
September 1973
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 4, 1973
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 5, 1973
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 1973
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 12, 1973
October 1973
November 1973
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 20, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, November 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 27, 1973
December 1973
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Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197319721974
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.