Louisiana

Storm History: Caddo Parish, Louisiana

1,170 episodes, 2,132 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Caddo Parish, Louisiana: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
2,132
Deaths
59
Injuries
268
Damage
$484 million
Episodes
1,170

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail667225$3.4 million
Tornado52514223$205 million
Thunderstorm Wind38744$13 million
Flash Flood27821$12 million
Heat77240
Drought5700$104 million
Flood3000$11 million
Excessive Heat2741
Lightning2027$175,000
Strong Wind1201$668,000
Winter Storm1201
Winter Weather1000
Ice Storm832$133 million
Cold/Wind Chill640$500,000
High Wind401$12,000
Wildfire401$670,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)301
Freezing Fog100
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Storm100$500,000
Heavy Snow100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Caddo Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Caddo ParishEvery warning in Caddo Parish since 1986Every county in Louisiana

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.