Hail in Louisiana
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Louisiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Louisiana.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 6,412
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $229 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, October 29, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 19, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 11, 2020An upper level longwave trough emerged out of the Intermountain West and into the Central and Southern Plains during the daytime and evening hours of January 10th.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, March 8 to 12, 2016A strong upper level low pressure system settled over northern Mexico on March 8th, and became stationary through March 12th as it was cut off from the upper level jet stream, with a blocking upper ridge having developed over Florida and the western Atlantic.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, July 19 to 21, 2012A microburst affects one location and then lines of severe storms affect Southwest Louisiana two days in a row during late July. A pair of hot and humid days both gave way to lines of thunderstorms late in the day.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, December 13, 2022A strong upper level low pressure system shifted northeast out of the Central Rockies across Eastern Colorado and Northwest Kansas during the day on December 13th, which allowed for surface low pressure to develop along an attendant cold front that extended south across Western…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 24 to 25, 2019A strong closed upper level low pressure system advanced east across Central Texas during the evening hours of April 24th, which helped to mix a warm front north into portions of Deep East Texas and Northcentral Louisiana.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 7, 2017Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front across southeast Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and the adjacent coastal waters.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 13, 2007Isolated supercell thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours over sections of southeast Louisiana well in advance of a squall line associated with a strong upper air storm system and cold front moving through the lower Mississippi Valley.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 26 to 27, 2011A very volatile atmosphere developed during the late afternoon...evening and overnight hours of April 26th across the Four State Region. An area of low pressure moved from the Texas Hill Country into Northeast Texas during the afternoon.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, November 21, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 29, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 2 to 3, 2017A cold front and upper trough pushed through the region with severe storms ahead of the system. The very soupy air mass also produced high amounts of rainfall that lead to flooding.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, November 21, 1997A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado as it moved into St. Tammany Parish. The tornado was first observed by the State Police on Interstate Highway 12 west of Covington.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 28, 2017Overnight showers and thunderstorms which held together into the morning hours of Sunday May 28th, moved into Northern Louisiana from the northwest during the morning hours after daybreak.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 10, 2021A cold front and associated short wave pushed across Louisiana early in the morning producing showers and storms. A pair of tornadoes occurred along with an isolated hail report.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 18, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 2020Warm, moist, and unstable air surged north into East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the evening through the early morning hours of April 11th-12th, along a warm front that lifted north across much of East Texas into North Louisiana.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 2 to 3, 2009A very unstable airmass developed across the four state region during the afternoon hours of May 2nd. A weak cold front had moved southward during the morning hours into southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas and had stalled.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 10, 1971
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 9 to 10, 2024A strong upper low moved across the region and interacted with a frontal boundary that was moving south across the area. Flooding, high wind gusts, hail, and tornadoes occurred in Louisiana as a result of this system.
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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.