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Caddo 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 22017 · 233,092 residents (2021) · 879 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 641Tornado · 109Flood · 287Wind · 846Winter · 31

Caddo 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 29 Sep 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 2,132 storm events in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, led by damaging wind.

That is 242.4 events per 100 square miles, above the Louisiana figure of 75.6, and 91.5 per 10,000 residents against 70.7 statewide.

61 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 59 deaths and 268 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $380M and crop damage at $104M.

FEMA has designated the county in 35 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 2,438 claims since 1978, of which 1,942 were paid, totalling $42M (about $22K per paid claim). FEMA counts 4,088 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Moderate" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Moderate" ($89M a year across 18 hazards).

18 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

61events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

2,132events since 195059 deaths, 268 injuries recorded

35disaster declarationslast 24 Jan 2026

2,438NFIP flood claims$42M paid

Compared with Louisiana and the United States

Measure	Caddo Parish	Louisiana	US
Recorded events since 1950	2,132	32,679	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	242.4	75.6	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	91.5	70.7	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	61	1,099	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	59	1,332	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$380M	$96B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	10.5	105.0	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$22K	$54K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	3.4	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

Hail: 2Tornado: 7Wind: 3

Hail: 16Tornado: 12Wind: 19

Hail: 30Tornado: 4Wind: 33

Hail: 83Tornado: 14Wind: 70

Hail: 186Tornado: 15Flood: 30Wind: 185Winter: 4Heat: 5Drought: 3Lightning: 11Fog: 1Other: 1

Hail: 123Tornado: 13Flood: 66Wind: 130Winter: 7Tropical: 3Heat: 6Drought: 3Lightning: 15Other: 2

Hail: 128Tornado: 24Flood: 104Wind: 237Winter: 11Heat: 30Cold: 2Drought: 35Wildfire: 4Lightning: 7Other: 4

Hail: 73Tornado: 20Flood: 87Wind: 169Winter: 9Tropical: 1Heat: 63Cold: 4Drought: 16Lightning: 2

121950s471960s671970s1671980s4411990s3682000s5862010s4442020s

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

Trend: 1,158 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 715 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

Wind846

Hail641

Flood287

Tornado109

Heat104

Drought57

Lightning35

Winter31

Other7

Cold6

Tropical4

Wildfire4

Fog1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	846	5	6.6%	detail
■ Hail	641	—	10.0%	detail
■ Flood	287	2	8.6%	detail
■ Tornado	109	12	3.9%	detail
■ Heat	104	28	4.2%
■ Drought	57	—	4.0%
■ Lightning	35	5	8.0%
■ Winter	31	3	2.8%	detail
■ Other	7	—	2.3%
■ Cold	6	4	2.2%
■ Tropical	4	—	0.3%
■ Wildfire	4	—	14.8%
■ Fog	1	—	4.2%

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
12 Feb 1950	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$250K	—	9	40	County
1 Jul 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	6	—	Forecast zone
1 Jun 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	6	—	Forecast zone
14 Jul 2000	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	5	—	Forecast zone
13 Dec 2022	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$500K	—	2	2	County
4 Jul 2011	Lightning	Lightning	—	$50K	—	2	—	County
24 Jan 2026	Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
12 Dec 2000	Ice Storm	Winter	—	$27M	—	1	1	Forecast zone
28 Apr 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	1	1	County
7 Mar 1998	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	1	County
13 Dec 2000	Ice Storm	Winter	—	—	—	1	1	Forecast zone
7 Jan 2010	Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	$500K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
11 Jan 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	81 mph	$125K	—	1	—	County
29 Oct 2009	Tornado	Tornado	EF0	$25K	—	1	—	County
3 Feb 1996	Ice Storm	Winter	—	$15K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
12 Apr 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	1	—	County
1 Jul 1996	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
5 Apr 1997	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	1	—	County
19 Feb 1998	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
27 Jul 1999	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone

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	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 Feb 2021	EM-3556	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
27 Oct 2020	EM-3549	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Zeta	Public assistance
16 Oct 2020	DR-4570	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	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
13 Mar 2016	DR-4263	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Jul 2015	DR-4228	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
29 Aug 2012	DR-4080	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaac	Public assistance
2 Sep 2008	DR-1786	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3289	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1607	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	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
15 Sep 2004	DR-1548	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan	Public assistance
1 Feb 2003	EM-3172	Emergency	Other	Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia	Public assistance
12 Jan 2001	DR-1357	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Public assistance
9 Apr 1999	DR-1269	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
28 Feb 1994	DR-1012	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Public assistance
3 May 1991	DR-904	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Apr 1991	DR-902	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
20 May 1989	DR-829	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance
30 Nov 1987	DR-804	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
22 Feb 1977	EM-3031	Emergency	Snowstorm	Drought & Freezing	Public 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 Caddo Parish, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19782,438

Paid claims1,942

Total paid$42M

Average paid claim$22K

Repetitive-loss properties22233 severe

Residential policies in force4,0884.3% of 95,089 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	14	8	$373,994	$46,749
2025	11	4	$107,819	$26,955
2024	34	24	$864,619	$36,026
2023	17	7	$621,691	$88,813
2022	7	4	$121,740	$30,435
2021	12	8	$98,122	$12,265
2020	8	4	$34,237	$8,559
2019	19	12	$221,336	$18,445
2018	7	6	$118,653	$19,776
2017	10	4	$31,742	$7,935
2016	265	221	$10,692,072	$48,380
2015	65	48	$1,368,200	$28,504
2014	9	1	$3,061	$3,061
2013	15	8	$87,359	$10,920
2012	6	3	$16,368	$5,456
2011	7	2	$31,214	$15,607
2009	192	167	$3,827,554	$22,919
2008	344	287	$8,597,818	$29,958
2007	8	4	$41,147	$10,287
2006	1	1	$4,485	$4,485
2005	14	4	$90,402	$22,601
2004	7	4	$65,016	$16,254
2003	2	1	$564	$564
2002	4	1	$40,881	$40,881
2001	18	11	$140,014	$12,729

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 Moderatescore 92.6 of 100

Expected annual loss$89MRelatively Moderate

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceRelatively High

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Moderate	$34,661,559
Heat wave	Relatively High	$15,604,398
Ice storm	Very High	$9,459,764
Cold wave	Relatively High	$5,946,289
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$5,021,526
Hail	Relatively High	$4,473,298
Strong wind	Very High	$3,945,617
Drought	Relatively High	$3,374,113
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$2,105,137
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$1,940,383
Lightning	Very High	$1,893,621
Winter weather	Relatively High	$289,964
Wildfire	Very Low	$72,916
Landslide	Relatively Low	$2,541

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 miles18

Tracks within 50 miles7

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Laura	2020	59 mi	63 mph
Barry	2019	26 mi	40 mph
Cindy	2017	68 mi	40 mph
Isaac	2012	93 mi	40 mph
Gustav	2008	94 mi	46 mph
Ike	2008	87 mi	40 mph
Rita	2005	11 mi	52 mph
Audrey	1957	75 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1949	86 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1947	69 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1941	75 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1940	65 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1920	79 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1918	49 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1891	7 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1886	30 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1879	20 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1865	37 mi	58 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

71106 373
71105 348
71104 331
71118 257
71119 180
71108 164
71107 159
71109 159
71129 148
71047 92
71115 68
71033 44
71061 32
71103 32
71060 28
71101 16
71082 9
71009 5
71134 5

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 Caddo Parish, LA?

NCEI records 641 hail events in Caddo Parish since 1950, in 61 different years; that is about 8.3 recorded events a year. 157 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Caddo Parish had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 109 tornadoes in Caddo Parish since 1950, 26 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 12.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Caddo Parish?

24 Jan 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a emergency declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 35 declarations since 1953.

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

2,438 NFIP claims since 1978, 1,942 of them paid, for $42M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

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

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

How does Caddo Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

242.4 recorded events per 100 square miles against 75.6 statewide, and 10.5 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 29 Sep 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 30 Sep 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.