Storm History: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Plaquemines 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
- 243
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $1.8 million
- Episodes
- 177
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 70 | 0 | 11 | $1.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | $620,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1993
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, October 30, 1967
- Tornado, June 30, 2003
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Tornado, March 29, 2011
- Tornado, March 31, 1957
- Tornado, November 16, 2000
- Tornado, October 11, 2001
- Tornado, March 1, 1965
- Tornado, September 6, 1967
- Tornado, June 20, 1968
- Tornado, December 15, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2001
- Tornado, October 13, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 12, 1978
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Hail, January 22, 1956
- Hail, June 15, 1955
- Hail, April 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2010
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 29, 1997
- Hail, March 25, 1992
- Hail, March 27, 1987
- Hail, March 30, 1972
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2026
- Hail, April 25, 1991
- Hail, February 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2021
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 13, 1957
- Tornado, February 12, 1971
- Tornado, September 16, 1971
- Tornado, April 25, 1982
- Tornado, October 14, 1984
- Tornado, March 31, 1957
- Tornado, November 13, 1961
- Tornado, March 1, 1965
- Tornado, October 30, 1967
- Tornado, October 13, 1970
- Tornado, May 12, 1972
- Tornado, April 30, 1975
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Tornado, September 10, 1998
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 27, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 10, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2023
- Tornado, June 19, 2023
- Tornado, December 14, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Tornado, October 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2020
- Hail, June 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 4, 2019
- Heavy Rain, July 7, 2018
- Dust Devil, October 13, 2016
- Tornado, May 19, 2016
- Hail, April 13, 2016
- Tornado, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, April 27, 2015
- Hail, February 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2012
- Tornado, January 26, 2012
- Tornado, May 13, 2011
- Tornado, March 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 12, 2009
- Funnel Cloud, August 9, 2009
- Tornado, May 16, 2009
- Tornado, March 25, 2009
- Tornado, February 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2007
- Tornado, December 21, 2006
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Tornado, May 4, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, June 30, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2004
- Tornado, November 2, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, November 2, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, October 21, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, July 6, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, July 2, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, July 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2004
- Tornado, June 30, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2003
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Tornado, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2001
- Tornado, October 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2001
- Tornado, November 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2000
- Tornado, July 18, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2000
- Hail, April 29, 1999
- Tornado, March 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 12, 1998
- Tornado, September 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1998
- Lightning, July 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 1998
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 15, 1998
- Flood, July 8, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1997
- Hail, March 29, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1993
- Hail, March 25, 1992
- Tornado, June 11, 1991
- Hail, April 25, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1989
- Hail, March 27, 1987
- Tornado, March 19, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 27, 1984
- Tornado, October 14, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1984
- Tornado, February 12, 1984
- Tornado, December 28, 1983
- Tornado, March 5, 1983
- Tornado, December 15, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 1982
- Tornado, April 25, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1981
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 1979
- Hail, June 12, 1978
- Tornado, April 30, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1973
- Tornado, March 24, 1973
- Tornado, May 12, 1972
- Hail, March 30, 1972
- Tornado, September 16, 1971
- Tornado, February 12, 1971
- Tornado, December 30, 1970
- Tornado, October 13, 1970
- Tornado, July 14, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 1969
- Tornado, June 20, 1968
- Tornado, October 30, 1967
- Tornado, September 6, 1967
- Hail, May 30, 1966
- Tornado, May 26, 1966
- Tornado, March 1, 1965
- Tornado, November 13, 1961
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 1959
- Tornado, November 13, 1957
- Tornado, March 31, 1957
- Hail, January 22, 1956
- Hail, June 15, 1955
More
Tornadoes in Plaquemines ParishEvery warning in Plaquemines 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.