Storms in Louisiana in 2018

741 events in 136 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2018, 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 2018 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: 741
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 19
Damage: $18 million
Episodes: 136

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	250	2	4	$586,000
Tornado	105	1	13	$16 million
Flash Flood	87	0	0	$1.1 million
Drought	60	0	0
Heat	59	1	0
Hail	56	0	0	$119,000
Winter Weather	46	0	0
Astronomical Low Tide	25	0	0
Heavy Snow	13	0	0	$210,000
Flood	10	0	0
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Lightning	6	0	0	$100,000
Winter Storm	5	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	5	0	0
Strong Wind	4	1	0	$25,000
Coastal Flood	2	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	4	2
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

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.