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Evangeline 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 22039 · 32,215 residents (2021) · 662 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 45Tornado · 43Flood · 28Wind · 117Winter · 15

Evangeline 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.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 276 storm events in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, led by damaging wind.

That is 41.7 events per 100 square miles, below the Louisiana figure of 75.6, and 85.7 per 10,000 residents against 70.7 statewide.

7 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 5 deaths and 20 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $263M and crop damage at $45M.

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 286 claims since 1978, of which 219 were paid, totalling $6.4M (about $29K per paid claim). FEMA counts 472 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 "Relatively Low" ($23M a year across 18 hazards).

58 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 1 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

7events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

276events since 19505 deaths, 20 injuries recorded

35disaster declarationslast 24 Jan 2026

286NFIP flood claims$6.4M paid

Compared with Louisiana and the United States

Measure	Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	US
Recorded events since 1950	276	32,679	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	41.7	75.6	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	85.7	70.7	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	7	1,099	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	5	1,332	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$263M	$96B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	8.9	105.0	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$29K	$54K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	20.3	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: 4Tornado: 1Wind: 1

Hail: 3Tornado: 9Wind: 6

Hail: 1Tornado: 2Wind: 13

Hail: 6Tornado: 8Flood: 3Wind: 29Drought: 5

Hail: 23Tornado: 8Flood: 6Wind: 30Winter: 3Tropical: 3Heat: 2Drought: 2Lightning: 1

Hail: 6Tornado: 8Flood: 8Wind: 30Winter: 9Tropical: 3Cold: 2Lightning: 1Other: 5

Hail: 2Tornado: 7Flood: 11Wind: 8Winter: 3Tropical: 2Heat: 1Drought: 1

01950s61960s181970s161980s511990s782000s722010s352020s

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

Trend: 132 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 102 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

Wind117

Hail45

Tornado43

Flood28

Winter15

Tropical8

Drought8

Other5

Heat3

Cold2

Lightning2

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	117	—	0.9%	detail
■ Hail	45	—	0.7%	detail
■ Tornado	43	4	1.5%	detail
■ Flood	28	—	0.8%	detail
■ Winter	15	—	1.4%	detail
■ Tropical	8	—	0.7%
■ Drought	8	—	0.6%
■ Other	5	—	1.6%
■ Heat	3	—	0.1%
■ Cold	2	1	0.7%
■ Lightning	2	—	0.5%

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
29 Oct 2002	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$100K	—	2	3	County
3 Sep 2008	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$300K	—	2	2	County
7 Jan 2014	Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
26 Aug 2020	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$100M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Sep 2008	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$50M	$25M	—	—	Forecast zone
9 Oct 2020	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$50M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
3 Oct 2002	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$20M	$3.0M	—	1	Forecast zone
11 Sep 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$2.0M	—	—	3	County
30 Apr 1975	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	3	County
26 Jan 1996	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$15K	—	—	3	County
26 Feb 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$2.0M	—	—	2	County
19 Feb 1998	Hail	Hail	0.75 in	$20K	—	—	2	County
13 Aug 2016	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$15M	—	—	—	County
1 Aug 1998	Drought	Drought	—	—	$14M	—	—	Forecast zone
10 Jan 2013	Flood	Flood	—	$14M	—	—	—	County
22 Jul 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$50K	—	—	1	County
30 Apr 2017	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$3.5M	—	—	—	County
1 Dec 2000	Drought	Drought	—	—	$2.8M	—	—	Forecast zone
26 Feb 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$1.0M	—	—	—	County
23 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$1.0M	—	—	—	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	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	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	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
11 Jul 2019	EM-3416	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Barry	Public assistance
14 Aug 2016	DR-4277	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
22 Feb 2013	DR-4102	Major disaster	Severe Storm	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	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	Public 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
23 Sep 1998	DR-1246	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Georges/Ts Frances	Public assistance
26 Aug 1992	DR-956	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Andrew	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Jan 1983	DR-675	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance
13 Oct 1971	DR-315	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Edith	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 Evangeline Parish, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978286

Paid claims219

Total paid$6.4M

Average paid claim$29K

Repetitive-loss properties333 severe

Residential policies in force4723.9% of 12,005 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2025	1	0	$0	—
2022	1	1	$1,517	$1,517
2021	2	1	$4,558	$4,558
2020	9	8	$401,387	$50,173
2019	36	31	$1,034,438	$33,369
2018	1	0	$0	—
2017	46	40	$1,352,209	$33,805
2016	75	59	$2,548,910	$43,202
2014	1	0	$0	—
2013	24	19	$374,256	$19,698
2012	2	1	$46,976	$46,976
2011	1	0	$0	—
2009	2	1	$39,907	$39,907
2008	11	3	$14,138	$4,713
2006	3	2	$83,552	$41,776
2005	5	2	$76,270	$38,135
2004	5	4	$29,318	$7,329
2003	2	2	$20,412	$10,206
2002	6	5	$21,383	$4,277
1995	10	6	$68,973	$11,495
1994	2	2	$11,639	$5,819
1993	1	1	$13,014	$13,014
1992	2	2	$21,175	$10,587
1991	3	3	$40,247	$13,416
1990	1	1	$5,694	$5,694

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 75.9 of 100

Expected annual loss$23MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$6,305,353
Cold wave	Relatively High	$4,993,375
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$4,593,068
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$4,005,248
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$935,112
Lightning	Relatively High	$656,585
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$567,266
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$274,133
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$203,816
Hail	Relatively Low	$182,622
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$103,863
Earthquake	Very Low	$101,082
Winter weather	Relatively Low	$24,232
Landslide	Very Low	$33

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 miles58

Tracks within 50 miles24

Hurricane strength within 50 miles1

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Ida	2021	96 mi	75 mph
Laura	2020	63 mi	150 mph
Delta	2020	48 mi	98 mph
Barry	2019	32 mi	75 mph
Cindy	2017	84 mi	46 mph
Harvey	2017	42 mi	46 mph
Isaac	2012	50 mi	63 mph
Lee	2011	46 mi	46 mph
Gustav	2008	6 mi	98 mph
Humberto	2007	35 mi	75 mph
Lili	2002	15 mi	92 mph
Andrew	1992	49 mi	115 mph
Beryl	1988	99 mi	46 mph
Danny	1985	19 mi	92 mph
Elena	1985	89 mi	52 mph
Juan	1985	42 mi	86 mph
Chris	1982	59 mi	46 mph
Claudette	1979	94 mi	46 mph
Babe	1977	80 mi	58 mph
Carmen	1974	19 mi	86 mph
Edith	1971	50 mi	98 mph
Betsy	1965	42 mi	75 mph
Hilda	1964	75 mi	104 mph
Arlene	1959	64 mi	63 mph
Audrey	1957	66 mi	92 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

70586 162
70554 79
71367 14

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 Evangeline Parish, LA?

NCEI records 45 hail events in Evangeline Parish since 1950, in 23 different years; that is about 0.6 recorded events a year. 11 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Evangeline Parish had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 43 tornadoes in Evangeline Parish since 1950, 6 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 4.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish, and how much was paid?

286 NFIP claims since 1978, 219 of them paid, for $6.4M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Evangeline 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, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Very High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Evangeline Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

41.7 recorded events per 100 square miles against 75.6 statewide, and 8.9 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.