Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2009

915 events in 185 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2009, 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 2009 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
915
Deaths
9
Injuries
35
Damage
$783 million
Episodes
185

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 Wind32504$840,000
Hail18102$702 million
Flash Flood16410$6.7 million
Tornado82427$49 million
Flood4400$24 million
Lightning2212$168,000
Funnel Cloud2100
Winter Storm1700
Heavy Rain1400
Tropical Storm1410
Strong Wind900$55,000
Winter Weather800
High Wind710$297,000
Storm Surge/Tide300$2,000
Heavy Snow200
Coastal Flood100
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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November 2009

December 2009

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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.