Storms in Louisiana in 1978

Events

98

Deaths

4

Injuries

291

Damage

$261 million

Episodes

41

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.

January 1978

• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, January 7, 1978$3,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 16, 19782 events
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 25, 19782 events

February 1978

• Tornadoes in Louisiana, February 12, 19781 injured · $253,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Hail in Louisiana, February 17, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, February 25, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 28, 19781 event

April 1978

• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 17, 197814 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 24, 19781 in hail · 2 events

May 1978

• Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 19781.75 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 197863 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail in Louisiana, May 6, 19781.75 in hail · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 7, 19784 injured · $7.5 million · F2 · 13 events
• Hail in Louisiana, May 8, 19782.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 11, 19783 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 12, 1978$250,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Hail in Louisiana, May 16, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 17, 19781.75 in hail · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 28, 19781 event

June 1978

• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 19782.75 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 13, 19781 event
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 29, 1978F0 · 4 events

July 1978

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 14, 19781 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 15, 1978$25,000 · F2 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 23, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 31, 197852 kt wind · 1 event

August 1978

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 19781 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 11, 19780.75 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 17, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 19781 event
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 22, 19782 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 28, 1978$25,000 · F0 · 5 events

September 1978

• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, September 3, 1978F0 · 3 events
• Tornado in Louisiana, September 14, 19782 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event

November 1978

• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 26, 1978$50,000 · F1 · 4 events

December 1978

• Tornadoes in Louisiana, December 3, 19784 deaths · 270 injured · $250 million · F4 · 8 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 6, 19781 event
• Tornado in Louisiana, December 7, 1978F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 31, 19781 event

Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197819771979

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.