Storms in Louisiana in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 139
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 73 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 49 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 13 | $1.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
March 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Louisiana, March 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 18, 1986
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 19, 1986
April 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 4, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 19, 1986
May 1986
- Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 18, 1986
- Hail in Louisiana, May 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 25, 1986
June 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1986
- Hail in Louisiana, July 21, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in Louisiana, August 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 2, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 17, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 23, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1986
October 1986
November 1986
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 4, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 5, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 7, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 22, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 23, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 25, 1986
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1986Tornadoes in Louisiana in 1986Warnings in Louisiana in 198619851987
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.