Hail events in Franklin Parish, Louisiana The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 130 hail events on record for Franklin Parish, Louisiana, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 31 Mar 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 24 hail events on record for the county.

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 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Mar 31 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of FT NECESSITY

Dec 28 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NW of WINNSBORO. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

May 27 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SW of HOLLY GROVE. Damage estimate: $300 thousand

May 9 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of FT NECESSITY. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles WNW of WINNSBORO. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Apr 3 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of SWAMPERS. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

Mar 26 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At FT NECESSITY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of LIDDIEVILLE. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HOLLY GROVE. Damage estimate: $30 thousand

Apr 9 2021

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles ENE of SWAMPERS. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Mar 16 2021

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of WINNSBORO. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Apr 22 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of CHASE. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Apr 12 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles WNW of FT NECESSITY

Mar 27 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of COMO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of LIDDIEVILLE

Nov 29 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CHASE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of LIDDIEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of LIDDIEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of LIDDIEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of LIDDIEVILLE

Mar 31 2016

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of LAMAR. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of BASKIN. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Mar 1 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of ELAM

Feb 23 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of WISNER

Jun 12 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of LONGVIEW

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Franklin Parish by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
1980s	1	1	2	3	8	4	2	2	7	3	33
1990s	4	2	8	2	7	1	1	0	3	1	29
2000s	2	1	0	2	2	8	6	1	1	4	27
2010s	2	1	5	1	3	1	9	2	0	0	24
2020s	2	2	0	4	4	1	0 (part of the year)				13

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan3 events
Feb11 events
Mar27 events
Apr28 events
May27 events
Jun11 events
Jul1 event
Aug2 events
Sep1 event
Oct2 events
Nov13 events
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Franklin Parish by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	29
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	65
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Franklin Parish beside the total of the counties of Louisiana and of the United States
Measure	Franklin	All counties of Louisiana	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	130	6,399	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	20.8	14.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	66.1	13.8	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Franklin Parish, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
23 Dec 2014	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Feb 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
29 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Oct 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Dec 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$1.2 million	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$130 thousand	County
8 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Feb 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Feb 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$350 thousand	County
30 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$550 thousand	County
1 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$300 thousand	County
22 Feb 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
14 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
6 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
29 Nov 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
8 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Mar 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$100 thousand	County
19 Feb 1996	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
8 May 1994	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jan 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jan 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
21 Feb 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Nov 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Nov 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Nov 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Nov 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Sep 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1992	Hail	0.80 in	none	County
5 Jun 1991	Hail	0.90 in	none	County
28 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Dec 1990	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jan 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Mar 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Feb 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Nov 1988	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Nov 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Nov 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Oct 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 1987	Hail	0.80 in	none	County
12 Apr 1986	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 1985	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Aug 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 1984	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Feb 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1965	Hail	1.50 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Jackson, Mississippi (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Franklin Parish, Louisiana". https://countyhazards.com/county/la/franklin/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Franklin Parish?: April has 28 of the 130 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Louisiana?: NCEI has 6,412 hail events on record for Louisiana from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Franklin Parish compare with the other counties of Louisiana?: The counties of Louisiana have 14.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Franklin Parish has 20.8.
How large is the hail on record for Franklin Parish?: 36 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.