Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2008

1,000 events in 157 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,000
Deaths
17
Injuries
34
Damage
$2.4 billion
Episodes
157

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 Wind33301$787,000
Hail18400$4.7 million
Tropical Storm8817$208 million
Tornado82214$403 million
Flash Flood7600$21 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)3992$1.8 billion
Storm Surge/Tide3600
Winter Weather3410$10,000
Strong Wind3400$1.5 million
Tropical Depression2700
Heavy Snow2300
Lightning1804$231,000
Funnel Cloud1100
Ice Storm300$500,000
Flood300
Heavy Rain300
Excessive Heat220
Winter Storm200$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill120
Dense Fog106$20,000

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.