Tornado in Louisiana
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Louisiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Louisiana.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 2,801
- Deaths
- 180
- Injuries
- 2,958
- Damage
- $1.9 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, February 12, 1950
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 3, 1964
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, August 28 to 31, 2021The 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 in Louisiana, December 3, 1978
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, February 21, 1971
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, December 3, 1953
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999Supercells developed over the area as a speed max moved out of Texas and across the region. Some 389 structures were effected. Of this 227 homes or businesses suffered either major damage or were destroyed. Roofs missing. Brick homes leveled.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, August 11 to 27, 2016A slow moving low pressure system brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to the area. The system tapped into deep tropical moisture resulting in very intense rainfall across a large portion of the area.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 7, 1957
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 12, 1961
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, April 4, 1952
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 1 to 3, 2008Hurricane Gustav caused wind damage, flash flooding, and several tornadoes across southwest Louisiana. Hustav made landfall in Terrebonne Parish in the morning of September 2nd as a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 15, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 8, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 23, 2016A strong cold front moved through the lower Mississippi Valley. Ahead of the front, widespread severe weather moved through Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi during the morning and afternoon hours of February 23rd.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, October 29, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 8, 1993Lightning did extensive damage to a home's electrical wiring about 5 miles northwest of Lacassine about 0800 CST.
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 10, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 19, 1983
- Tornado in Louisiana, August 25, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 11, 2020An upper level longwave trough emerged out of the Intermountain West and into the Central and Southern Plains during the daytime and evening hours of January 10th.
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 22, 1957
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, February 6, 1953
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, July 19 to 21, 2012A 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.
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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.