Louisiana

Storm History: Washington Parish, Louisiana

296 episodes, 366 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
366
Deaths
4
Injuries
18
Damage
$1.9 billion
Episodes
296

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
Tornado112017$10.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind10211$654,000
Hail5800$24,000
Flash Flood2910$2.8 million
Excessive Heat2300
Drought1000$9.3 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1020$1.9 billion
Heavy Snow400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud200
Tropical Storm200$10,000
Winter Storm200
Lightning200$2,000
Flood100$250,000
Tropical Depression100
Sleet100
Wildfire100$15,000
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 Washington Parish, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington ParishEvery warning in Washington 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.