Storm History: Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ouachita 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
- 1,004
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $318 million
- Episodes
- 649
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 265 | 1 | 3 | $1.3 million |
| Tornado | 242 | 2 | 19 | $266 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 171 | 1 | 3 | $4.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 118 | 3 | 0 | $36 million |
| Heat | 66 | 2 | 0 | |
| Drought | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 27 | 2 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $6.0 million |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Lightning | 7 | 0 | 1 | $348,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $314,000 |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 8, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2008
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1997
- Flood, October 19, 2009
- Tornado, April 1, 1983
- Tornado, December 2, 1983
- Tornado, December 21, 2013
- Hail, April 22, 2015
- Tornado, March 30, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 1994
- Tornado, April 9, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Tornado, April 30, 1954
- Tornado, July 10, 1965
- Tornado, March 18, 1986
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Hail, January 22, 1999
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Hail, April 11, 1986
- Hail, May 4, 1974
- Hail, December 9, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2003
- Hail, February 9, 1990
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Hail, March 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2024
- Hail, March 5, 1998
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, July 3, 1992
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 1, 1983
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Tornado, February 1, 1968
- Tornado, March 11, 1968
- Tornado, November 27, 1968
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, May 2, 1984
- Tornado, May 7, 1984
- Tornado, November 3, 1992
- Tornado, January 20, 2010
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, November 29, 2022
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 30, 1954
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2026
- Hail, May 10, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, April 29, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 26, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 18, 2025
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2025
- Heat, August 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2025
- Heat, August 13, 2025
- Heat, August 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Heat, July 27, 2025
- Heat, July 20, 2025
- Heat, July 17, 2025
- Heat, July 15, 2025
- Heat, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2025
- High Wind, March 12, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2025
- Tornado, January 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2024
- Heat, August 7, 2024
- Heat, August 3, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 5, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 28, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Tornado, April 8, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Hail, December 9, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, September 6, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 18, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2023
- Heat, August 7, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2023
- Heat, July 29, 2023
- Heat, July 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2023
- Heat, July 13, 2023
- Heat, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Heat, June 15, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Hail, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, January 2, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Tornado, November 29, 2022
- Tornado, November 4, 2022
- Heat, August 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Heat, August 3, 2022
- Heat, July 24, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2022
- Heat, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 13, 2022
- Heat, July 11, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2022
- Heat, July 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2022
- Heat, June 22, 2022
- Heat, June 17, 2022
- Heat, June 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Heat, September 1, 2021
- Heat, August 24, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2021
- Heat, August 21, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2021
- Heat, July 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2021
- Heat, June 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Hail, May 4, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Tornado, April 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2020
- Heat, September 1, 2020
- Heat, August 29, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 27, 2020
- Heat, August 16, 2020
- Heat, July 14, 2020
- Excessive Heat, July 11, 2020
- Heat, July 10, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, December 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Heat, August 17, 2019
- Heat, August 13, 2019
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Heat, July 17, 2019
- Strong Wind, July 13, 2019
- Heat, July 9, 2019
- Heat, June 21, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 8, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2019
- Hail, April 4, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2018
- Heat, July 19, 2018
- Heat, July 15, 2018
- Heat, July 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2018
- Heat, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, April 13, 2018
- Tornado, April 6, 2018
- Hail, April 3, 2018
- Flood, April 1, 2018
- Tornado, March 28, 2018
- Flood, March 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Drought, November 30, 2017
- Heat, August 19, 2017
- Heat, July 26, 2017
- Heat, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 26, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Tornado, March 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Heat, August 24, 2016
- Heat, August 9, 2016
- Heat, August 3, 2016
- Heat, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2016
- Heat, July 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Heat, July 8, 2016
- Heat, July 3, 2016
- Flood, June 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2016
- Hail, April 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Hail, March 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 8, 2016
- Tornado, December 27, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Heat, August 5, 2015
- Heat, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2015
- Tornado, May 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2015
- Hail, April 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2015
- Hail, December 23, 2014
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2014
- Hail, June 8, 2014
- Hail, April 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Tornado, December 21, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2012
- Hail, October 17, 2012
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2012
- Hail, July 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2012
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Tornado, April 3, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Ouachita ParishEvery warning in Ouachita 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.