Louisiana

Storm History: Richland Parish, Louisiana

311 episodes, 461 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Richland 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
461
Deaths
1
Injuries
51
Damage
$81 million
Episodes
311

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
Tornado136151$61 million
Hail12200$1.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind8700$2.5 million
Flash Flood6600$3.1 million
Drought1700$5.0 million
Ice Storm900$1.2 million
Heavy Snow500$150,000
Flood400$11,000
Heat300
Tropical Storm300$350,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$6.2 million
Tropical Depression100
High Wind100$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$100,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100
Winter Storm100$50,000
Winter Weather100

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 Richland Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Richland ParishEvery warning in Richland 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.