Storms in Louisiana in 1998

852 events in 517 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1998, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Louisiana in 1998 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

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The year

Events: 852
Deaths: 27
Injuries: 84
Damage: $366 million
Episodes: 517

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	280	0	36	$34 million
Hail	178	0	2	$1.0 million
Drought	135	0	0	$230 million
Flash Flood	52	0	1	$2.6 million
Tropical Storm	42	0	3	$21 million
Flood	28	1	0	$70,000
Tornado	26	1	12	$41 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	24	0	0	$30 million
Ice Storm	24	1	0	$5.1 million
Lightning	22	3	30	$535,000
Storm Surge/Tide	17	0	0
Heat	8	20	0
High Wind	7	1	0	$255,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Coastal Flood	2	0	0	$125,000
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0
Waterspout	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 1998

December 1998

Every year in Louisiana Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Louisiana in 1998 Warnings in Louisiana in 1998 1997 1999

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.