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Allen Parish, Louisiana

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 22003 · 22,687 residents (2021) · 762 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 77Tornado · 29Flood · 23Wind · 167Winter · 18

Allen Parish within Louisiana. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

The NCEI record lists 338 events for Allen Parish, Louisiana, between 1950 and 2026; damaging wind account for the largest share.

That is 44.4 events per 100 square miles, below the Louisiana figure of 75.6, and 149.0 per 10,000 residents against 70.7 statewide.

9 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 3 deaths and 4 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $519M and crop damage at $13M.

FEMA has designated the county in 40 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (emergency, 24 Jan 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 442 claims since 1978, of which 367 were paid, totalling $9.5M (about $26K per paid claim). FEMA counts 292 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Very Low" ($14M a year across 18 hazards).

55 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 5 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

9events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

338events since 19503 deaths, 4 injuries recorded

40disaster declarationslast 24 Jan 2026

442NFIP flood claims$9.5M paid

Compared with Louisiana and the United States

Measure	Allen Parish	Louisiana	US
Recorded events since 1950	338	32,679	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	44.4	75.6	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	149.0	70.7	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	9	1,099	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	3	1,332	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$519M	$96B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	19.5	105.0	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$26K	$54K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	38.0	10.0	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 1

Hail: 1Tornado: 2Wind: 2

Hail: 1Tornado: 1Wind: 10

Hail: 17Tornado: 7Flood: 4Wind: 45Winter: 1Cold: 1Drought: 5Other: 1

Hail: 34Tornado: 5Flood: 5Wind: 58Winter: 4Tropical: 5Heat: 2Drought: 2

Hail: 18Tornado: 9Flood: 7Wind: 22Winter: 10Tropical: 2Cold: 1

Hail: 6Tornado: 3Flood: 7Wind: 30Winter: 3Tropical: 2Heat: 2Drought: 1

11950s11960s51970s121980s811990s1152000s692010s542020s

Recorded events in Allen Parish by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 164 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 158 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind167

Hail77

Tornado29

Flood23

Winter18

Tropical9

Drought8

Heat4

Cold2

Other1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	167	—	1.3%	detail
■ Hail	77	—	1.2%	detail
■ Tornado	29	—	1.0%	detail
■ Flood	23	—	0.7%	detail
■ Winter	18	—	1.6%	detail
■ Tropical	9	3	0.8%
■ Drought	8	—	0.6%
■ Heat	4	—	0.2%
■ Cold	2	—	0.7%
■ Other	1	—	0.3%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
26 Aug 2020	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$400M	—	3	—	Forecast zone
9 Oct 2020	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$100M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
1 May 1967	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$25K	—	—	2	County
12 Sep 2008	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$1.0M	$10M	—	—	Forecast zone
18 May 1953	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	1	County
18 May 1995	Tornado	Tornado	F1	—	—	—	1	County
1 Sep 2008	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$5.0M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
23 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$3.0M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
26 Oct 2006	Flood	Flood	—	$3.0M	—	—	—	County
3 Oct 2002	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$2.0M	$500K	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Aug 1998	Drought	Drought	—	—	$1.6M	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Dec 2000	Drought	Drought	—	—	$1.3M	—	—	Forecast zone
11 Mar 2016	Flood	Flood	—	$850K	—	—	—	County
7 Apr 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	$500K	—	—	—	County
14 Jul 2019	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$500K	—	—	—	County
29 Mar 2018	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	$300K	—	—	—	County
24 Dec 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$250K	—	—	—	County
21 Nov 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	58 mph	$250K	—	—	—	County
30 Apr 2017	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$250K	—	—	—	County
7 Aug 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	58 mph	$150K	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
24 Jan 2026	EM-3638	Emergency	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
10 Sep 2024	EM-3614	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Francine	Public assistance
13 Sep 2021	EM-3574	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Nicholas	Public assistance
29 Aug 2021	DR-4611	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ida	Public assistance
27 Aug 2021	EM-3568	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ida	Public assistance
9 Mar 2021	DR-4590	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
18 Feb 2021	EM-3556	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
12 Jan 2021	DR-4577	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Zeta	Public assistance
27 Oct 2020	EM-3549	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Zeta	Public assistance
16 Oct 2020	DR-4570	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Oct 2020	EM-3547	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	Public assistance
14 Sep 2020	EM-3543	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Sally	Public assistance
28 Aug 2020	DR-4559	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Aug 2020	EM-3538	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Laura And Marco	Public assistance
7 Jun 2020	EM-3527	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Cristobal	Public assistance
24 Mar 2020	DR-4484	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3459	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
27 Aug 2019	DR-4458	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Barry	Public assistance
11 Jul 2019	EM-3416	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Barry	Public assistance
16 Oct 2017	DR-4345	Major disaster	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey	Public assistance
28 Aug 2017	EM-3382	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey	Public assistance
13 Mar 2016	DR-4263	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
29 Aug 2012	DR-4080	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaac	Individual assistance, Public assistance
27 Aug 2012	EM-3347	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Isaac	Public assistance
13 Sep 2008	DR-1792	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 Sep 2008	DR-1786	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Individual assistance, Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3289	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
2 Nov 2006	DR-1668	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1607	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Sep 2005	EM-3260	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Public assistance
29 Aug 2005	DR-1603	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina	Public assistance
27 Aug 2005	EM-3212	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina	Public assistance
1 Feb 2003	EM-3172	Emergency	Other	Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia	Public assistance
3 Oct 2002	DR-1437	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Lili	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Sep 2000	FM-2337	Fire management assistance	Fire	La-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00	Public assistance
26 Aug 1992	DR-956	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Andrew	Individual assistance, Public assistance
17 Jul 1989	DR-835	Major disaster	Flood	Tropical Storm Allison	Individual assistance
20 May 1989	DR-829	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance
11 Jan 1983	DR-675	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance
25 Sep 1979	DR-604	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Allen Parish, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978442

Paid claims367

Total paid$9.5M

Average paid claim$26K

Repetitive-loss properties5411 severe

Residential policies in force2923.3% of 8,757 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2024	24	24	$1,870,799	$77,950
2021	1	0	$0	—
2020	55	49	$2,660,726	$54,301
2019	13	11	$548,137	$49,831
2018	3	2	$24,772	$12,386
2017	15	15	$437,734	$29,182
2016	12	10	$453,689	$45,369
2015	2	2	$47,489	$23,744
2014	1	1	$773	$773
2013	2	1	$7,394	$7,394
2012	3	3	$97,955	$32,652
2011	1	0	$0	—
2009	2	2	$13,900	$6,950
2008	2	2	$26,965	$13,482
2006	27	18	$287,329	$15,963
2005	16	4	$202,829	$50,707
2004	6	4	$87,760	$21,940
2002	20	16	$237,888	$14,868
2001	15	12	$183,138	$15,261
1999	1	1	$536	$536
1998	11	11	$73,958	$6,723
1997	2	2	$45,002	$22,501
1995	47	42	$776,960	$18,499
1994	8	7	$37,411	$5,344
1992	1	1	$732	$732

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 50.7 of 100

Expected annual loss$14MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively High

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$4,828,707
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$3,190,903
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$1,794,633
Cold wave	Relatively Moderate	$1,514,299
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$750,799
Lightning	Relatively Moderate	$610,489
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$347,063
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$323,147
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$255,914
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$170,851
Hail	Very Low	$94,114
Earthquake	Very Low	$62,083
Winter weather	Very Low	$18,620
Coastal flooding	Very Low	$4,452
Landslide	Very Low	$14

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles55

Tracks within 50 miles22

Hurricane strength within 50 miles5

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Laura	2020	47 mi	150 mph
Delta	2020	38 mi	98 mph
Barry	2019	18 mi	75 mph
Cindy	2017	59 mi	52 mph
Harvey	2017	17 mi	46 mph
Isaac	2012	70 mi	63 mph
Lee	2011	65 mi	46 mph
Gustav	2008	31 mi	69 mph
Humberto	2007	24 mi	75 mph
Rita	2005	77 mi	115 mph
Lili	2002	27 mi	92 mph
Andrew	1992	74 mi	92 mph
Danny	1985	35 mi	92 mph
Juan	1985	49 mi	86 mph
Chris	1982	36 mi	63 mph
Danielle	1980	93 mi	58 mph
Claudette	1979	69 mi	52 mph
Debra	1978	86 mi	58 mph
Babe	1977	94 mi	58 mph
Carmen	1974	17 mi	86 mph
Edith	1971	73 mi	98 mph
Betsy	1965	67 mi	75 mph
Hilda	1964	96 mi	81 mph
Arlene	1959	86 mi	63 mph
Audrey	1957	41 mi	127 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

71463 288
70648 90
70655 26
70651 17
70644 6

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Allen Parish, LA?

NCEI records 77 hail events in Allen Parish since 1950, in 32 different years; that is about 1.0 recorded events a year. 20 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Allen Parish had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 29 tornadoes in Allen Parish since 1950, 5 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Allen Parish?

24 Jan 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a emergency declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 40 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Allen Parish, and how much was paid?

442 NFIP claims since 1978, 367 of them paid, for $9.5M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Allen Parish in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Very Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Allen Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

44.4 recorded events per 100 square miles against 75.6 statewide, and 19.5 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 105.0. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.