Storms in Louisiana in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 105
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 22
- Damage
- $6.0 million
- Episodes
- 44
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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 22 | $6.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 19, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 20, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 23, 1979
February 1979
March 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 2, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 3, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 14, 1979
- Hail in Louisiana, March 22, 1979
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 31, 1979
April 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 2, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 3, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 8, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 21, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 26, 1979
May 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 4, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 11, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 29, 1979
June 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 1, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 24, 1979
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 1, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 6, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 18, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 25, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 5, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1979
September 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 7, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 17, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 19, 1979
October 1979
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 28, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 31, 1979
November 1979
December 1979
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197919781980
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.