Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2012

805 events in 138 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2012, 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 2012 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
805
Deaths
12
Injuries
11
Damage
$811 million
Episodes
138

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 Wind33501$6.5 million
Hail13922$2.0 million
Flash Flood10103$984,000
Tornado4954$189 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)3130$611 million
Drought2500
Tropical Storm2500$1.0 million
Lightning1800$13,000
Storm Surge/Tide1800
Funnel Cloud1600
Astronomical Low Tide1500
Flood1100$8,000
Heavy Rain1000
Strong Wind500$48,000
Coastal Flood400
High Wind100
Excessive Heat110
Heat111

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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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.