Storms in Louisiana in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 403
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 139
- Damage
- $149 million
- Episodes
- 56
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 | 235 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 71 | 5 | 139 | $149 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1983
February 1983
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 1, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 9, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 21, 1983
March 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 4, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 16, 1983
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, March 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 23, 1983
April 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 5, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, April 6, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 7, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, April 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 22, 1983
May 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 7, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, May 15, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 19, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 20, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 21, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 23, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, May 26, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 4, 1983
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 16, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 25, 1983
July 1983
August 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 10, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 19, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 25, 1983
September 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 18, 1983
November 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 14, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 22, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 23, 1983
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 27, 1983
December 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, December 2, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, December 3, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, December 5, 1983
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 6, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, December 10, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, December 11, 1983
- Hail in Louisiana, December 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, December 27, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, December 28, 1983
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Louisiana in 198319821984
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.