Heavy Rain in Louisiana

Events

140

Deaths

1

Injuries

0

Damage

$75,000

• Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, August 28 to 31, 202130 deaths · $12 billion · EF1 · 54 eventsThe ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23rd.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, July 19 to 21, 20124 deaths · $1.0 million · EF1 · 21 eventsA 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 Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 26 to 27, 20112 deaths · 2 injured · $16 million · EF2 · 63 eventsA 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 Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 14 to 16, 20081 death · $541,000 · EF1 · 32 eventsWidespread heavy rainfall and strong to severe thunderstorms affected much of southeast Louisiana over a two day period.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 20 to 28, 20121 injured · $11 million · EF2 · 19 eventsA cold front slowly moved into Southeast Texas and then into far west sections of Louisiana during the 20th. The cold front stalled upon entering Louisiana and then slowly moved back west through the evening before finally moving east in the morning of the 21st.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 11 to 19, 2012$169 million · EF1 · 14 eventsA weak frontal boundary entered Louisiana on the 11th and slowly moved into deep south central Louisiana during the early morning hours of the 12th.
• Heavy Rain in Louisiana, May 19, 20151 death · 1 eventA teenage boy was playing in flood waters in South Central Louisiana when he was sucked into a drain.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 28, 2009$1.3 million · 53 kt wind · 17 eventsA mesoscale convective complex formed across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas during the predawn hours of July 28th and spread southeast towards the Interstate 20 corridor of northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana during the day.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Louisiana, December 7 to 8, 2009$2.0 million · 6 eventsA series of upper level disturbances interacting with a stalled frontal boundary in the northern Gulf of Mexico produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across south-central Louisiana from late on December 7, 2009 through the morning hours on December 8, 2009.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Louisiana, October 31, 2013$454,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsA line of thunderstorms rolled out of Texas into Louisiana causing wind damage and multiple tornadoes.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 2 to 5, 2012$1.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 14 eventsMultiple upper level disturbances crossed Louisiana during early April while a front remained in the area. This resulted in severe weather occurring from the 2nd through the 5th.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Louisiana, September 20 to 21, 2013$1.8 million · 3 eventsA frontal boundary advanced toward Southwest Louisiana while deep moisture was drawn north ahead of the front. A couple of days of rain lead to higher amounts of rainfall.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 20111 injured · $161,000 · EF1 · 16 eventsA powerful storm system moving through the middle Mississippi River Valley pushed a strong cold front through southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana. Numerous thunderstorms developed in advance of the cold front.
• Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in Louisiana, August 18 to 19, 2010$901,000 · 4 eventsThe remnant circulation of Tropical Depression 5 moved northwest into Avoyelles Parish and stalled during the early morning hours on August 18.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Louisiana, October 26 to 27, 2009$600,000 · 5 eventsA cold front moving slowly eastward across southern Louisiana brought widespread showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall to the entire area.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 8, 2009$591,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsAn area of rain and thunderstorms moved across extreme southeast Louisiana from near Assumption Parish to Lake Pontchartrain and the New Orleans area. Heavy rainfall of 3 to 8 inches fell during the overnight and morning hours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, April 18 to 19, 201910 injured · $5,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 eventsAn unstable air mass moved into South Louisiana ahead of an upper level disturbance that was moving out of Texas. A weak line of storms moved into Southeast Texas then into Louisiana and strengthened. This produced flooding and a few reports of damage.
• Flash Flood and Coastal Flood in Louisiana, July 6 to 8, 2010$500,000 · 3 eventsA small tropical low moved inland along the south central Louisiana coast from late in the evening hours on July 5 into the early morning hours of July 6, then continued northwest across southwest Louisiana into east Texas from July 7 into July 8.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 22 to 23, 2013$315,000 · 89 kt wind · 7 eventsA few isolated severe storms occurred across Louisiana as a weak disturbance traveled across the region.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, June 1 to 2, 2024$132,000 · 1 in hail · 21 eventsA moist and unstable airmass interacted with upper disturbances that passed across the region during the first and second of June. Scattered severe weather and flooding resulted from this interaction both afternoons.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 14, 2020$74,000 · EF1 · 7 eventsA complex of severe thunderstorms delivered damaging winds and flash flooding across Louisiana on May 14th.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Louisiana, August 18 to 19, 2010$256,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 eventsThe remnants of Tropical Depression 5 pushed northward over the western portion of the region during the period. This caused some torrential downpours which produced some flooding over portions of northeast Louisiana.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 17 to 18, 2015$96,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 eventsDaytime heating combined with a moist airmass to bring storms during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 17th.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 14, 2014$90,000 · 65 kt wind · 9 eventsA complex weather setup developed as a potent storm system combined with deep moisture and a old outflow boundary to bring multiple rounds of rain and some severe weather.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Louisiana, July 27, 2021$75,000 · 5 eventsIn the evening hours on July 27th, 2021, a disorganized cluster of showers and storms along a southward surging outflow boundary pushed heavy thunderstorms into portions of southern and southeastern Louisiana.

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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.