Storms in Louisiana in 2004

636 events in 484 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2004, 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 2004 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: 636
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 37
Damage: $39 million
Episodes: 484

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	299	0	2	$4.3 million
Hail	125	0	0	$1,000
Flash Flood	59	0	0	$7.0 million
Tornado	30	1	32	$11 million
Storm Surge/Tide	26	0	0
Tropical Storm	20	0	0	$15,000
Winter Storm	17	0	0
Lightning	15	2	3	$481,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	14	0	0	$16 million
Flood	13	0	0	$505,000
Funnel Cloud	13	0	0
Winter Weather	4	0	0
Drought	1	0	0	$200,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.