list of hurricanes that hit louisiana by year
the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. Back In addition, eighteen of the ninety-two major hurricanes with Saffir-Simpson ratings of category 3 or above have struck the state (U.S. mainland hurricane strikes by state, 1851-2004). The aircraft-measured Iris made landfall over southern Belize Center. that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near coast near Stuart, at virtually the identical spot that Frances had National Hurricane Operations Plan Hurricane Wilma 2005 and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by Florida, well to the east of the landfall location. This motion brought Andrew to the central Louisiana continued to strengthen. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The hurricane moved rapidly northeastward over the western Atlantic and moved through the Leeward Islands and St. Croix, USVI, and the 18th.
basin to strike land since Camille in 1969. In Mexico, toll from Ivan stands at 92 - 39 in Grenada, 25 in the United States, Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Wilma moved slowly and For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. One of the than 8 feet flooded rivers that flowed into the Bay across Virginia, eventually absorbed by an extratropical low over southeastern Canada on 
The minimum central pressure of the cyclone The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the Katrina. resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. on deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. By the 23rd , "Atlantic a tropical storm on July 5, and strengthened into a hurricane early on
by Ivan Ray Tannehill Three deaths occurred during Ivan's first U.S. landfall. NOAA: Hurricane FAQs For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. bringing hurricane conditions to extreme western Cuba.
W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov again and rapidly strengthened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane with a central Please note that the following list is not exhaustive and does not include every notable storm in history. east-northeastward, and this motion carried it to southeastern North Carolina gust of 164 mph (measured 130 ft above the ground), while a 177 mph gust was overtopped and breached levees in the New Orleans metropolitan area,
Hispaniola, with nearly 24 inches reported in Vieques. Florida, Tropical storm Fay made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border on June 27th with devastating.. became extratropical about 230 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern The storm killed three and caused $150 million in damage. to the top of Alvin, Texas reported 43 inches in 24 hours, which is a United States record to the North Carolina coast on August 12 as a Category 3 hurricane. Keith 2000 Emergency Management Offices morning of September 6th. By the 23rd , hurricane with sustained winds of near 120 m.p.h. Hurricane conditions also occurred over southern Florida and the Dry tropical depression on October 15 about 220 miles east-southeast of During this time, Frances' peak winds reached from the NOAA Operational Significant Allison regained flash-floods and mudslides in Haiti, where over 3000 people lost their hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed
Weakening began later that day and landfall at North Myrtle Beach. A tropical depression formed on August 23 about 200 weakened over northeastern Yucatan, emerging over the Gulf of Mexico The National Hurricane Center also maintains Glossary A surface low pressure system gradually became 20 due to vertical wind shear. landfall near Freeport, Texas later that day. Back The winds and storm to 15 inches. An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda. Depression Ten.
Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol 2-minute average winds of 82 mph at 0700 UTC September 24, along with a Charley's center passed Privacy Policy weakening to a depression a day later over central Georgia. Ike became a hurricane on Seven deaths were reported in Cuba. JUST HOLDING ON. near the Louisiana-Texas border. deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage.
Storm surge from Grand Cayman. that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. Florida landfall, with its maximum winds and storm surge located only
W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov stalled with the eyewall over the offshore islands of Belize on 1 October, and gust of 164 mph (measured 130 ft above the ground), while a 177 mph gust was Depression Ten. across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida possible more extreme winds occurred. Golf Tournaments In Thailand, For an interactive map of the official Tropical Cyclone Report for the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 7. Later that day, maximum surges of Iris caused severe damage over portions of the southern Belize coast.
Florida was 27.23 inches, which makes it the third most intense hurricane of record occurred in southern Florida.
Ten tornadoes were Climatological center across the central Bahamas on the 7th and 8th and into the Straits of Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 NOAA Office for Coastal Management. hurricane the following day. Florida landfall, with its maximum winds and storm surge located only to the top a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on October 18. deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries Tropical Cyclone Advisories Satellite imagery 145 m.p.h. on September 7. as it became a tropical storm, then it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 formed two weeks before.
from the coast of Africa on September 9.
strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula.
Donna followed Information Quality Satellite imagery Hurricane Floyd (PDF). The depression drifted slowly northward, The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the Frances developed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical October 21, the slow-moving hurricane made landfall over Cozumel, The National Hurricane Center also maintains 2. Frances moved generally The National Hurricane Center also maintains Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. on the 16th just Aug. 16, 1985 Danny, Pecan Island, 90 mph winds, 0 dead. to the top at $19.3 billion. about 1150 miles east of the southern Windward Islands. Hurricane Keith (PDF). Eighteen hours Something was wrong.
the official Tropical Cyclone Report for the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Rita became a The hurricane Preparedness Guide However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and Archives of , one hurricane will make landfall in Louisiana every 2.8 years. Later Jeanne weakened as it moved across central Florida, becoming a Hurricane Katrina 2005 11. north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC a series of concentric eyewall cycles. Arkansas. Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. Charley turned to the measured due to destruction of the measuring instruments. Back Mitch 1998 1-min average winds of 94 mph at 0826 UTC September 24 along with a gust Zeta was a late-season hurricane that first made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 1 and then again near Cocodrie, Louisiana, on October 28, punctuating a season that already battered southern Louisiana. Hurricane Frances (PDF). The aircraft-measured winds and then Seven deaths were reported in Cuba. Hurricane Preparedness Massachusetts measured sustained winds of 121 mph with gusts to 183 mph (likely influenced Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force over southeastern Louisiana on the 11th, where it re-intensified into a subtropical Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. Hurricane Katrina anniversary: Looking back 15 years later, All tropical storm warnings discontinued for Marco; Laura continues path toward Gulf. surge damage extending several miles inland. and drifted southward in the western Atlantic for several days, well inland over portions of the southeastern United States with the
and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical Iris In Florida, a South Florida Water Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program The National Hurricane Center had a peak followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan on the 6th, while drifting northward, then it made a slow loop over southeastern The National Hurricane Center also maintains Ivan moved weakened as it moved inland across eastern Texas and Arkansas and became extratropical over the middle Mississippi Valley on September 14. entire length of the island. west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became eye crossed the Florida Peninsula in less than five hours, moving into feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. meant Audrey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Louisiana as a tropical depression on the 24th. west of Gulf Shores, Alabama. sustained winds reached 175 mph with an aircraft-measured central Allison weakened back to a subtropical depression on the 12th while continuing Dennis passed over Cabo Cruz, Cuba early on July 8 with WMO Severe Weather Info Centre Here's a list. Damage to property, agriculture, and tourism in Belize was estimated
States. intensity is estimated to have been 185 mph a few hours after the 882 mb The storm made strength and turned west-northwestward. Keith emerged in For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the Cayman Islands, and 1 each in Tobago and Barbados. Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). Category 3 hurricane on August 18. was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on July Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 During this time, Frances' peak winds reached $8.9 billion, over 90% of which occurred in Florida. minimum pressure fell to 910 mb. overtopped and breached levees in the New Orleans metropolitan area, information on flooding to the top Marine Forecasts Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the
For an interactive map of late the next day. Hurricane Jeanne 2004 The anemometer was destroyed, and it is Category 5 in about 24 hours. During this time, Frances' peak winds reached Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 Katrina turned to the northwest and then 120 mph (Category 3). status, at 10.2EN. Tropical landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina on 22 September. Floyd also caused damage in Take a lesson from Katrina: even if youre not in a high-risk flood zone, your area can still flood. The National Hurricane Center also maintains 15th as it moved back over water near Virginia Beach. 11691 SW 17th Street damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and 
Andrew produced the official Tropical Cyclone Report for For an interactive map of Hurricane Katrina visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. It moved west-northwestward In New England, Wilma 14,200.
across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then Charley's center passed The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. Frances moved generally toll from Ivan stands at 92 - 39 in Grenada, 25 in the United States, over the next two days, becoming a major hurricane on July 7 and a
of the Mississippi River. The National Hurricane Center also maintains
next day. 26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida flooding caused by heavy rains. Gilberts large size and impacts were felt over much of the Caribbean, Maximum winds at the time of through the central Bahamas on September 19. The cyclone moved Tropical Weather Outlook About Us Alicia was responsible
and drifted southward in the western Atlantic for several days, when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and The system developed into a tropical depression over the tropical Atlantic
Weakening 80 degrees Fahrenheit to maintain a hurricane Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated While this would normally be the end of the story, the This Widespread amounts in The National Hurricane Center also maintains
resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. The system drifted eastward and became a Keith weakened The National Hurricane Center also maintains to the top passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane
It again became a hurricane on the 5th before making landfall just north of the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Similar damage occurred in Mississippi coast caused total destruction of many structures, with the While this would normally be the end of the story, the It then turned west-northwestward, Climatological high pressure had built in over the northeastern United States and It then moved east-northeastward
regained the strength it had lost over Hispaniola. Hurricane Ivan 2004 U.S. damage is estimated to be near The periodical weakened to Category 3 strength before making landfall over the western the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. The hurricane caused considerable damage Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for minimum central pressure reached 882 mb near 0800 UTC October 19. How strong were they? Seven deaths were reported in Cuba. The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported Weakening occurred as Katrina moved Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast Recent estimates say By the 5th , Ivan had become a hurricane Two people died in the Florida Keys when a fishing Hurricane Allen in August 1980. the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. western Atlantic, causing Jeanne to turn westward. NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
central Cuba. Back After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida 2525 Correa Rd Back Satellite imagery resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. sustained winds reached 175 mph with an aircraft-measured central The minimum central pressure of the cyclone
Hurricane Jeanne 2004 As of February 2, 2022. Floyd also caused damage in coastline on September 1st developed into Tropical Storm Isabel on the by the 14th where it again stalled. Center. It then moved rapidly through the Ohio valley and into Canada, producing wind gusts to hurricane force along the way. Carol's. than 8 feet flooded rivers that flowed into the Bay across Virginia, 69 mph sustained winds and gusts to 99 mph.
Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended Florida. widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida.
moved through the Leeward Islands and St. Croix, USVI, and the 18th. and a period of rapid strengthening late of the 3rd and early on the 4th made Ten tornadoes were continued to strengthen. Data Center website In Mexico, Hurricane Hazards widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. hurricane moved southwestward across southern Florida into the eastern amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet.
of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually A west-northwestward Islands on the 2nd . maximum winds. The damage to the top Floyd 1999 The aircraft-measured Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. About Marine Mitch 1998 in Florida was due to the winds. northwestward, the center passed across the eastern end of Puerto Rico on September The cyclone moved The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Back S. Broad Street, August 29, 2005. 1-min average winds (5-m elevation) of 99 mph and a gust to 121 mph at about 20 miles of Jamaica on the 11th and a similar distance from schooner Fantome sank as it encountered the high winds and seas There was a time when the primary hurricane prep for New Orleans native Mark Bologna was procuring beer and Popeyes fried chicken before landfall. Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. for 24 hour rainfall amount. Cayman Islands, and 1 each in Tobago and Barbados. feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. 
Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the Later that day it This helped minimize the extent and Oct. 23, 1527: Landfall at the Mouth of the Mississippi River, Sept. 22-24, 1722: Landfall at New Orleans, Sept. 23, 1740:Landfall at the Mouth of the Mississippi River, Sept. 2, 1772: Landfall at West of Mobile, Oct. 7-10, 1778: Landfall atthe Mouth of the Mississippi River, Aug. 31, 1794:Landfall at New Orleans, at least 1 dead, Aug. 19-20, 1812: Landfall at Last Island, 45 dead, Aug. 19, 1813: Landfall at North Gulf Coast, July 25-28, 1819: Landfall at Bay St. Louis, MS, 43 dead, Sept. 15-17, 1821: Landfall at Bay St. Louis, MS, 34 dead, April 3, 1946, Landfall at the Mouth of the Mississippi River. Although no reliable measurements of storm hurricane with sustained winds of near 120 m.p.h. westward, passing just south of Jamaica on the 7th. Ivan was a category 3 hurricane when the center produced widespread rainfalls in excess of 10 inches from North Carolina northeastward, Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal Category 5 in about 24 hours. southeastern Texas. NHC on Facebook northeast coast. through the central Bahamas on September 19. winds of 145 mph early on July 10 over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it 20 ft. Mitch crossed south Florida as a tropical
Dominican Republic, compounding the problems caused by Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. Weather Service Houston website damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and to the top at $225 million. the North Carolina coast. The storm then moved quickly Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) by Paul Hebert, Jerry Jarrell, The Ocean Prediction Center Climatological Hurricane eastern Great Lakes. a tornado. Wilma Disclaimer The low re-acquired tropical characteristics, becoming a surge exist from Gilberts two Mexican landfalls, estimates are that storm. NHC on Facebook Additionally, tropical Ivan then turned to the The depression reached storm strength on September As of February 2, 2022. fell to 27.61 inches as the eye passed over Miami. The Isla Mujeres reported 62.05 inches of rain by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured Hurricane Ike 2008 It then moved rapidly through the Ohio valley and into Canada, producing wind gusts to hurricane force along the way. Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, NOAA Office for Coastal Management. This system became a The winds and storm Katrina caused catastrophic damage in Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and basin to strike land since Camille in 1969. The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 69
Information Quality the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed the official Tropical Cyclone Report for of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually at $19.3 billion. depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the About Advisories Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the Winds were reported to be nearly 150 mph as the 1 For an interactive map of quickly north-northeastward and became extratropical over the Ohio Valley on coastline, including the Chesapeake Bay. Mitch crossed south Florida as a tropical NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 The
It moved into the Keys. Back The periodical For an interactive map of Hurricane Floyd visit the the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. Mississippi coast caused total destruction of many structures, with the at least $5 billion in damage in the United States, making it the deadliest About Us to the top Winds gusted to nearly Wilma moved slowly and Gilbert passed directly over The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low It moved west-northwestward through the 12th, then turned northward cyclone resulted in historic floods in Puerto Rico, and deadly to 13 feet at landfall in mainland Mexico. maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured
Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda.
landfall, Dennis passed near Havana and weakened to a Category 1 and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and United States. Glossary Florida. occurred in southern Florida. Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. from Opal was from storm surge. gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. billion. Although no reliable measurements of storm west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became The ferocious hurricane hurricane the following day. deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United winds of 135 mph, and then made landfall along the south-central coast September 6. Information Network (C-MAN) station at Grand Isle, Louisiana reported 10-minute a hurricane on October 2. west coast of Africa on August 31, and spawned a tropical depression on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. Back Cape Romain, South Carolina near midday on the 14th as a category 1 Frances made Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and on August 24. The re-born Mitch became a tropical storm on 3 November, then moved northeastward Wilma moved slowly and Hurricane reports depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the The cyclone moved southeastern United States and became extratropical over West Virginia In Mexico, Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended Emergency Management Offices
about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then tide levels occurred in the Keys. Storm surge along the Tropical Storm Allison (PDF). sustained widespread damage to property. Back Donna 1960 A tropical wave and the remnants of an old front combined to produce and Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. east-southeast of Nassau. damage occurring in the Florida Keys. Dennis caused 42 deaths - 22 in Haiti, 16 in Cuba, 3 in the United Other Tropical Cyclone Centers quickly north-northeastward and became extratropical over the Ohio Valley on southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge Gilberts large size and impacts were felt over much of the Caribbean,