Storms in Louisiana in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 133
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 2 | 11 | $2.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1980
March 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 12, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 17, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 20, 1980
- Hail in Louisiana, March 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 29, 1980
April 1980
- Hail in Louisiana, April 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 11, 1980
- Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 13, 1980
- Hail in Louisiana, April 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 18, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 25, 1980
May 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 14, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 16, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 21, 1980
June 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 19, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 20, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 1980
- Hail in Louisiana, June 27, 1980
July 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 2, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 17, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 18, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 25, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 27, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 31, 1980
August 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 9, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, August 26, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 27, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Louisiana in 198019791981
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.