Louisiana

Storm History: Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

492 episodes, 864 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saint Tammany 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
864
Deaths
5
Injuries
89
Damage
$139 million
Episodes
492

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
Tornado246155$15 million
Thunderstorm Wind18627$2.0 million
Flash Flood13600$8.1 million
Hail11713$773,000
Excessive Heat7900
Drought2300
Lightning20124$365,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1600$113 million
Flood1300$22,000
Funnel Cloud700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Tropical Storm500$20,000
Winter Weather300
Heavy Snow300
Storm Surge/Tide200
Coastal Flood100
Wildfire100$20,000

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 Saint Tammany Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saint Tammany ParishEvery warning in Saint Tammany 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.