Friday, Oct 9: Louisiana has no severe risk in the outlook through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Louisiana over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Louisiana city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
Louisiana averages 45 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 5.5 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
42% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 20%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2024, with 95.
Storm reports average about 114 for large hail a year (8.3 of them 2 inches or larger) and 295 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov