Louisiana

Storm History: Franklin Parish, Louisiana

351 episodes, 518 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
518
Deaths
3
Injuries
22
Damage
$108 million
Episodes
351

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
Tornado147218$83 million
Hail14002$4.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind10901$4.5 million
Flash Flood7000$4.0 million
Drought1900$5.5 million
Ice Storm710$900,000
Heavy Snow600$476,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$4.6 million
Heat300
Tropical Storm301$215,000
Strong Wind200$25,000
Sleet200$50,000
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Depression100
Cold/Wind Chill100$300,000
Excessive Heat100
Dust Devil100$10,000
Flood100$8,000
Winter Storm100$50,000

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 Franklin Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin ParishEvery warning in Franklin 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.