County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Louisiana in 1993 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 371 storm events on record for Louisiana in 1993.

FEMA has 1 disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1993.

OpenFEMA has 2,585 NFIP claims with a 1993 year of loss. The NFIP paid $25,699,941 on these claims.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1993 by hazard

Storm events on record for Louisiana in 1993, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1993
Hail123
Tornado10
Wind238
All storm events371

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1993

Counties of Louisiana with a storm event on record in 1993, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1993
Acadia Parish3
Allen Parish4
Ascension Parish1
Avoyelles Parish3
Beauregard Parish3
Bienville Parish15
Bossier Parish28
Caddo Parish39
Calcasieu Parish10
Caldwell Parish9
Cameron Parish3
Catahoula Parish2
Claiborne Parish11
Concordia Parish1
De Soto Parish21
East Baton Rouge Parish1
East Carroll Parish2
East Feliciana Parish4
Evangeline Parish2
Franklin Parish7
Grant Parish6
Iberia Parish1
Jackson Parish14
Jefferson Davis Parish4
Jefferson Parish9
Lafayette Parish2
Lafourche Parish3
LaSalle Parish4
Lincoln Parish11
Livingston Parish1
Madison Parish2
Morehouse Parish3
Natchitoches Parish16
Ouachita Parish7
Plaquemines Parish2
Pointe Coupee Parish1
Rapides Parish4
Red River Parish13
Richland Parish2
Sabine Parish21
St. Bernard Parish1
St. Charles Parish4
St. Helena Parish3
St. Mary Parish1
St. Tammany Parish6
Tangipahoa Parish6
Tensas Parish7
Terrebonne Parish1
Union Parish5
Vermilion Parish1
Vernon Parish4
Washington Parish3
Webster Parish16
West Carroll Parish1
West Feliciana Parish2
Winn Parish15

Events of 1993 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1993 in Louisiana with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
St. TammanyThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
St. CharlesThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
St. TammanyThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
TangipahoaHail0.88 in$50 thousand00County
TangipahoaThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
JacksonHail1.75 innone05County
JacksonThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand01County
OuachitaTornadoF1$500 thousand00County
JacksonThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
TensasHail2.75 in$50 thousand00County
TensasThunderstorm Wind77 mph$50 thousand00County
East CarrollHail1.50 in$50 thousand00County
JacksonHail1.75 in$50 thousand00County
JacksonThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
East Baton RougeThunderstorm Wind0 mph$5.0 million00County
LafourcheThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
BeauregardTornadoF2$500 thousand05County
Jefferson DavisThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
AllenThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
JeffersonTornadoF2$50 million339County
AcadiaThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
SabineThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand20County
SabineTornadoF2$5.5 million03County
LincolnThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand02County
SabineThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand01County
BienvilleThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand01County
SabineThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
UnionThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
UnionThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
UnionThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
OuachitaThunderstorm Wind0 mph$50 thousand00County
TangipahoaThunderstorm Wind0 mphnone01County
PlaqueminesThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
De SotoThunderstorm Wind0 mphnone11County
TerrebonneThunderstorm Wind0 mphnone01County
OuachitaThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand00County
JeffersonThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500 thousand10County
JeffersonThunderstorm Wind68 mph$50 thousand02County
AvoyellesTornadoF1$550 thousand03County
St. CharlesTornadoF1$500 thousand01County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1993

Disaster declarations for Louisiana with a date in 1993, with the count of counties that each names
DeclaredNumberTypeIncident typeTitle in the FEMA recordCounties
DR-978Major disasterFloodSEVERE STORMS & FLOODING9

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Louisiana