Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 1987

289 events in 57 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1987, 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 1987 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

Open the live radar over Louisiana

The year

Events
289
Deaths
4
Injuries
124
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
57

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind179213
Hail8400
Tornado262111$55 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1987

February 1987

March 1987

April 1987

May 1987

June 1987

July 1987

August 1987

September 1987

October 1987

November 1987

December 1987

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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.