User:Hurricanewatcher/List of Louisiana hurricanes

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Louisiana is struck by tropical cyclones almost once every year. Some of the deadliest storms in U.S. were ones that hit the Bayou State. On average, a tropical storm strikes Louisiana every 1.2 years and a hurricane strikes every 2.8 years. New Orleans is very vulnerable to storms because it lays below sea level.

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[edit] Historic Cyclones

  • In 1856, a powerful category four hurricane struck that struck Louisiana on August 10. The storm surge destroyed Last Island killing at least 200 of the 400 visitors present on the island. The storm was named the Last Island Hurricane.

[edit] List of tropical cyclones

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD TS 1 2 3 4 5

[edit] 1500s

[edit] 1600s

There were no records of storms in Louisiana in the 1600s.

[edit] 1700s

  • September 22-24, 1722- This first well documentated hurricane to hit Louisiana. Known as The Great Hurricane of 1722, it was first noted near the Lesser Antilles on September 11. The storm moved through the Carribean Sea for the next week entering the Gulf of Mexico. By September 22, hurricane force winds were felt along the Louisiana coastline. The storm made landfall on September 23 and continued to move through Central Louisiana. The storm re-curved and headed towards South Carolina where a report of three days of flooding rains was given out on September 27 A storm surge up to 8 feet was recorded in the Mississippi River and 3 feet at Bayou St. John. Thirty six huts were destroyed durring the storm including the area hospital along with the St. Louis church. More than three ships sunk in the harbor of New Orleans and the lake as well. The storm was also responsible for the movement of Mobile, Alabama to where it is now from 27 miles north where it used to be.
  • September 23, 1740- A hurricane hit at the mouth of the Mississippi River destroying a large portion of the crops and left many colonists homeless.
  • September 4, 1766- A hurricane hit the Texas coast near Galveston. A ship called Constante was lost about 45 miles east of Calcasieu Pass. The nearby Bayou was named Constance Bayou.
  • August 31-September 4, 1772- A hurricane originating near Jamaica on August 28 moved north and northwest. The storm moved into the Central Gulf Coast just west of Mobile. The storm was fairly large and the effects of the storm were felt in Pensacola, Florida where most of wharves were destroyed. Most of the devestation occured around Mobile and the Pasca Oocola River. All shipping at the mouth of the Mississippi was driven into the marshes. One ship, El Principe de Orange, had only six survivors after the storm.
  • 1776 - A hurricane produced damage in New Orleans.
  • October 7-10, 1778- Devestating late season hurricane. All structures of the Balize, Bayou St. John, and Tigouyou were completely demolished.
  • August 18, 1779- Made a direct landfall on New Orleans. The storm hit when Spain had declared war on Great Britain, Bernardo de Galvez, who set off to take secretly controll of the British post on Baton Rouge, lost all but one of his ships which were either grounded or destroyed. Bernardo, with his plans ruined by the storm, had his invasion again on the 27. Some of the ships were found in the middle of the woods. The storm decimated the coastline leaving nothing standing in its wake. In the storm, William Dunbar made his observations about the true nature of tropical storms and hurricanes.
  • October 7-10, 1779- A storm affected New Orleans. Rare coincidence that a storm hit the same area at the same time two years in a row.
  • August 24, 1780- An extremely powerful hurricane devistated almost all of New Orleans. All the ships in the Mississippi River and area lakes sank. Most buildings were not standing. William Dunbar noted that tornadoes form around tropical storms and last 5-10 minutes.
  • August 23, 1781- A hurricane struck New Orleans
  • August, 1793- A strong tropical Storm struck New Orleans destroying unharvested crops and leaving rural areas in ruins.
  • August 31-September 1, 1794- A hurricane that moved through Cuba on the 27 and 28 struck New Orleans on the 31. The storm produced a surge of 10 feet. A very unusual event occured in the hurricane, large hail was reported during the storm. Many people, cattle, and horses perished in the storm.

[edit] 1800-1850

  • August, 1800- A hurricane struck New Orleans
  • 1811- A hurricane struck New Orleans
  • August 19-20, 1812- At 5 PM on August 19, winds blew from the northeast in New Orleans and increased to a "perfect hurricane" by 11 PM. The winds had subsided by 2:30 PM the next day. Almost every building in the city suffered some damage. The city was submerged under 15 feet of water due to a levee failure. Trees suffered extensive damage as well as 53 boats. 100 people died during this storm and losses totaled $6 million.
  • August 10, 1813- A hurricane struck the Gulf Coast and was reported to be very destructive.
  • July 25-28, 1819-

[edit] 1851-1899

Storm Category Season Date of landfall
Peak intensity Intensity at landfall
Unnamed Category 3 Category 3 1855 September 16, 1855
1856 Last Island Hurricane Category 4 Category 4 1856 August 10, 1856
Unnamed Category 3 Category 3 1860 August 11, 1860
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1860 September 15, 1860
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1860 October 2, 1860
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1863 September 30, 1863
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1865 September 13, 1865
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1867 October 4, 1867
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1868 October 4, 1868
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1869 September 5, 1869
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1877 September 18, 1877
Unnamed Category 3 Category 3 1879 September 1, 1879
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1879 October 7, 1879
Unnamed Category 2 Category 1 1882 September 15, 1882
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1885 August 30, 1885
Unnamed Category 1 Tropical Storm 1885 September 21, 1885
Unnamed Category 3 Category 3 1886 October 12, 1886
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1887 October 19, 1887
Unnamed Category 3 Category 2 1888 August 19, 1888
Unnamed Category 2 Category 1 1889 September 23, 1889
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1890 August 27, 1890
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1892 September 12, 1892
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1893 September 7, 1893
1893 Chenier Caminanda Hurricane Category 4 Category 4 1893 October 2, 1893
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1895 August 15, 1895
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1897 September 13, 1897
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1898 September 20, 1898

[edit] 1900s

Storm Category Season Date of landfall
Peak intensity Intensity at landfall
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1900 September 13, 1900
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1901 August 15, 1901
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1905 September 29, 1905
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1905 October 9, 1905
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1908 August 1, 1908
1909 Grand Isle Hurricane Category 3 Category 3 1909 September 21, 1909
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1912 June 13, 1912
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 1914 September 19, 1914
1915 New Orleans Hurricane Category 4 Category 4 1915 September 29, 1915
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1918 August 6, 1918
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1920 September 22, 1920
Unnamed Category 2 Category 1 1923 October 16, 1923
Unnamed Category 2 Category 2 1926 August 26, 1926
1926 Miami Hurricane Category 4 Tropical Storm 1926 September 21, 1926
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1931 July 15, 1931
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1932 September 19, 1932
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1932 October 16, 1932
1934 Central America Hurricane Category 1 Category 1 1934 June 16, 1934
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 1936 July 27, 1936
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1937 October 3, 1937
Unnamed Category 2 Category 1 1938 August 15, 1938
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 1939 September 26, 1939
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1940 August 8, 1940
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1940 September 24, 1940
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1941 September 15, 1941
Unnamed Category 2 Tropical Storm 1943 September 20, 1943
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1944 September 10, 1944
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 1945 September 6, 1945
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1946 June 18, 1946
1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane Category 5 Category 1 1947 September 19, 1947
Unnamed Category 1 Category 1 1948 September 4, 1948
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1949 September 4, 1949
Tropical Storm Barbara Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1954 July 29, 1954
Tropical Storm Brenda Tropical Storm Tropical storm 1955 August 1, 1955
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1955 August 27, 1955
Unnamed Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1956 June 13, 1956
Hurricane Flossy Category 1 Category 1 1956 September 24, 1956
Hurricane Audrey Category 4 Category 4 1957 June 27, 1957
Tropical Storm Bertha Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1957 August 10, 1957
Tropical Storm Esther Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1957 September 18, 1957
Tropical Storm Arlene Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1959 May 30, 1959
Hurricane Ethel Category Five Category One 1960 September 15, 1960
Hurricane Hilda Category Four Category Three 1964 October 3, 1964
Hurricane Betsy Category Four Category Three 1965 September 9, 1965
Tropical Storm Debbie Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 1965 September 30, 1965
Hurricane Camille Category Five Category Five 1969 August 17, 1969
Hurricane Edith Category Five Category Two 1971 September 16, 1971
Hurricane Fern Category One Tropical Depression 1971 September 4, 1971
Hurricane Carmen Category Four Category Four 1974 September 8, 1974
Hurricane Babe Category One Category One 1977 September 5, 1977
Tropical Storm Debra Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1978 August 29, 1978
Hurricane Bob Category One Category One 1979 July 11, 1979
Tropical Storm Claudette Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1979 July 24, 1979
Tropical Storm Chris Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1982 September 11, 1982
Hurricane Danny Category One Category One 1985 August 15, 1985
Hurricane Elena Category Three Category Three 1985 September 2, 1985
Hurricane Juan Category One Category One 1985 October 29, 1985
Tropical Storm Beryl Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1988 August 9, 1988
Hurricane Florence Category One Category One 1988 September 10, 1988
Hurricane Andrew Category Five Category Three 1992 August 26, 1992
Hurricane Danny Category One Category One 1997 July 18, 1997
Hurricane Georges Category Four Category Two 1998 September 28, 1998
Tropical Storm Hermine Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 1998 September 20, 1998

[edit] 2000s

Storm Category Season Date of landfall
Peak intensity Intensity at landfall
Tropical Storm Allison Tropical Storm Subtropical Storm 2001 June 11, 2001
Tropical Storm Bertha Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 2002 August 5, 2002
Tropical Storm Hanna Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 2002 September 14, 2002
Hurricane Isidore Category 3 Tropical Storm 2002 September 26, 2002
Hurricane Lili Category 4 Category 1 2002 October 3, 2002
Tropical Storm Bill Tropical Storm Tropical Storm 2003 June 30, 2003
Hurricane Ivan Category 5 Tropical Storm 2004 September 24, 2004
Tropical Storm Matthew Tropical Storm Tropical Depression 2004 October 10, 2004
Hurricane Cindy Category 1 Category 1 2005 July 6, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Category 5 Category 3 2005 August 29, 2005
Hurricane Rita Category 5 Category 3 2005 September 24, 2005
Hurricane Humberto Category 1 Category 1 2007 September 13, 2007

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