Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2017

825 events in 107 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2017, 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 2017 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
825
Deaths
7
Injuries
55
Damage
$108 million
Episodes
107

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 Wind25700$269,000
Hail12800$188,000
Flash Flood12600$6.6 million
Tornado101654$100 million
Heat5100
Winter Weather3800
Drought2700$30,000
Storm Surge/Tide2200
Tropical Storm2200$25,000
Heavy Snow2000$10,000
Heavy Rain800
Astronomical Low Tide700
Sleet600$300,000
Funnel Cloud300
Coastal Flood300
Strong Wind211$100
Flood200
High Wind100
Lightning100

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.