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Morehouse 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 22067 · 25,025 residents (2021) · 795 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 153Tornado · 48Flood · 52Wind · 270Winter · 21

Morehouse 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.

Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, has 578 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them damaging wind.

That is 72.7 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Louisiana figure of 75.6, and 231.0 per 10,000 residents against 70.7 statewide.

6 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 5 deaths and 43 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $32M and crop damage at $47M.

FEMA has designated the county in 35 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (major disaster, 18 Feb 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 239 claims since 1978, of which 204 were paid, totalling $6.9M (about $34K per paid claim). FEMA counts 155 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" ($11M a year across 18 hazards).

24 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.

6events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

578events since 19505 deaths, 43 injuries recorded

35disaster declarationslast 18 Feb 2026

239NFIP flood claims$6.9M paid

Compared with Louisiana and the United States

Measure	Morehouse Parish	Louisiana	US
Recorded events since 1950	578	32,679	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	72.7	75.6	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	231.0	70.7	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	6	1,099	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	5	1,332	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$32M	$96B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	9.6	105.0	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$34K	$54K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	28.4	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: 1Tornado: 1

Hail: 1Tornado: 5Wind: 7

Hail: 10Tornado: 10Wind: 17

Hail: 21Tornado: 5Wind: 22

Hail: 47Tornado: 6Flood: 1Wind: 43Winter: 2

Hail: 35Tornado: 5Flood: 26Wind: 50Winter: 4Tropical: 4Heat: 3Drought: 1Fog: 1Other: 1

Hail: 28Tornado: 9Flood: 18Wind: 89Winter: 10Tropical: 1Heat: 1Cold: 1Drought: 11

Hail: 10Tornado: 7Flood: 7Wind: 42Winter: 5Tropical: 2Cold: 2Drought: 6

21950s131960s371970s481980s991990s1302000s1682010s812020s

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

Trend: 316 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 170 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

Wind270

Hail153

Flood52

Tornado48

Winter21

Drought18

Tropical7

Heat4

Cold3

Fog1

Other1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	270	1	2.1%	detail
■ Hail	153	—	2.4%	detail
■ Flood	52	1	1.6%	detail
■ Tornado	48	2	1.7%	detail
■ Winter	21	—	1.9%	detail
■ Drought	18	—	1.3%
■ Tropical	7	—	0.6%
■ Heat	4	—	0.2%
■ Cold	3	—	1.1%
■ Fog	1	1	4.2%
■ 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
1 Apr 1983	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$2.5M	—	2	20	County
29 Mar 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	1	1	County
2 Apr 2007	Dense Fog	Fog	—	$10K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
7 Apr 2019	Flood	Flood	—	—	—	1	—	County
10 Nov 1984	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	5	County
14 Mar 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	—	4	County
3 Sep 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$4.0M	$34M	—	—	County
26 Aug 1992	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	—	3	County
20 Apr 1995	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$100K	—	—	3	County
3 May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	100 mph	$1.5M	—	—	1	County
26 Apr 2011	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	$60K	$300K	—	1	County
22 Apr 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	85 mph	$300K	—	—	1	County
30 Apr 1962	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	—	1	County
7 Apr 2021	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	$250K	—	—	1	County
18 Mar 2008	Strong Wind	Wind	46 mph	$4K	—	—	1	Forecast zone
27 Apr 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	—	1	County
29 Aug 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$200K	$3.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
20 Nov 1973	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$2.5M	—	—	—	County
3 Dec 1973	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	—	County
16 Oct 2006	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$2.0M	$400K	—	—	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
18 Feb 2026	DR-4900	Major disaster	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
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
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
3 Jun 2019	DR-4439	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	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
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, 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
1 Feb 2003	EM-3172	Emergency	Other	Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia	Public assistance
21 Jan 1999	DR-1264	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe 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
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
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 Morehouse Parish, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978239

Paid claims204

Total paid$6.9M

Average paid claim$34K

Repetitive-loss properties276 severe

Residential policies in force1551.4% of 11,474 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	1	1	$10,373	$10,373
2025	10	9	$291,118	$32,346
2024	3	2	$77,295	$38,648
2023	1	1	$1,279	$1,279
2020	5	4	$75,841	$18,960
2019	10	8	$99,951	$12,494
2018	11	8	$162,862	$20,358
2017	3	1	$2,030	$2,030
2016	79	70	$4,750,976	$67,871
2014	1	1	$3,851	$3,851
2012	3	2	$15,256	$7,628
2011	2	0	$0	—
2010	2	0	$0	—
2009	6	6	$117,124	$19,521
2008	23	23	$382,557	$16,633
2007	1	1	$4,339	$4,339
2006	2	1	$5,047	$5,047
2004	9	9	$160,976	$17,886
2002	1	1	$1,099	$1,099
2001	9	9	$52,917	$5,880
2000	1	1	$1,179	$1,179
1999	6	3	$37,025	$12,342
1997	1	1	$5,650	$5,650
1995	3	1	$1,226	$1,226
1991	39	37	$601,666	$16,261

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 55.3 of 100

Expected annual loss$11MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceRelatively Moderate

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$5,426,065
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$1,459,587
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$907,040
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$674,300
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$627,335
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$473,833
Hail	Relatively Moderate	$461,241
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$371,271
Ice storm	Relatively High	$337,318
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$310,087
Lightning	Relatively Low	$143,959
Wildfire	Very Low	$26,456
Winter weather	Very Low	$7,881
Landslide	Very Low	$139

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 miles24

Tracks within 50 miles5

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Ida	2021	87 mi	40 mph
Laura	2020	64 mi	63 mph
Delta	2020	32 mi	40 mph
Isaac	2012	61 mi	40 mph
Lili	2002	66 mi	46 mph
Andrew	1992	100 mi	40 mph
Danny	1985	58 mi	46 mph
Elena	1985	64 mi	52 mph
Betsy	1965	23 mi	58 mph
Audrey	1957	48 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1941	94 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	72 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1923	70 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1920	63 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1916	95 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1909	32 mi	86 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1905	37 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1898	58 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1891	67 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1888	64 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1886	69 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1879	99 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1865	87 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1860	84 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

71220 168
71261 34
71264 12
71223 11
71229 10
71250 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 Morehouse Parish, LA?

NCEI records 153 hail events in Morehouse Parish since 1950, in 48 different years; that is about 2.0 recorded events a year. 37 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Morehouse Parish had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 48 tornadoes in Morehouse Parish since 1950, 7 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 2.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Morehouse Parish?

18 Feb 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a major disaster declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 35 declarations since 1953.

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

239 NFIP claims since 1978, 204 of them paid, for $6.9M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Morehouse 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, "Very High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Moderate" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Morehouse Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

72.7 recorded events per 100 square miles against 75.6 statewide, and 9.6 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.