Hail events in Ouachita 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 256 hail events on record for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 10 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 48 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

May 10 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At EDGEWATER

Apr 29 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of CLAIBORNE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of CALHOUN

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of WEST MONROE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of LAKESHORE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SW of MONROE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of WEST MONROE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WEST MONROE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of MONROE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of MONROE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of CHENIERE

Apr 22 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles E of EUREKA

May 9 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of LAPINE

Dec 9 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of LAPINE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles N of FRIZZELL

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile W of HAMMOCK

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile WSW of LOCK ARBOR

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of HANCOCK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of LUNA

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile N of PHILLIPS

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles SW of HAMMOCK

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of DESHARD

Mar 26 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of PINE GROVE

Jan 2 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of CHENIERE

Dec 13 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of BREARD

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 Ouachita 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	1	1
1960s	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
1970s	0	0	0	1	5	2	3	0	1	0	12
1980s	3	1	1	3	9	5	5	5	2	8	42
1990s	4	5	11	1	3	7	4	6	11	5	57
2000s	6	1	0	14	0	7	9	0	19	7	63
2010s	6	6	8	1	5	0	8	0	1	4	39
2020s	4	7	3	11	1	9	3 (part of the year)				38

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

Jan14 events
Feb10 events
Mar53 events
Apr79 events
May49 events
Jun15 events
Jul11 events
Aug1 event
Sep3 events
Oct2 events
Nov4 events
Dec15 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Ouachita Parish by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	87
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	103
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	62
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Ouachita Parish beside the total of the counties of Louisiana and of the United States
Measure	Ouachita	All counties of Louisiana	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	256	6,399	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	41.9	14.8	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	16.1	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 Ouachita Parish, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
29 Nov 2022	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 Jul 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
5 Feb 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Apr 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
31 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
23 Dec 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Dec 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Oct 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Feb 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
26 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
26 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$100	0	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jan 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
27 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 May 2006	Hail	4.00 in	none	0	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
24 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
13 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Sep 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	0	County
10 Oct 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 1992	Hail	0.80 in	none	0	County
6 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 Mar 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1991	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 1990	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 Feb 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Nov 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
5 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 May 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
4 May 1989	Hail	3.00 in	none	1	County
4 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
4 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Mar 1989	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
27 Dec 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Nov 1988	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
14 Dec 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Feb 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 Feb 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Apr 1986	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
11 Apr 1986	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
25 Sep 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Aug 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 May 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
21 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
8 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Mar 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Apr 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 Apr 1983	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
1 Apr 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
18 May 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Jun 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Apr 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Mar 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 May 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 Mar 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Mar 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 May 1975	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
26 May 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 Mar 1974	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
21 Feb 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Feb 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
30 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 1963	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Sep 1961	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Mar 1959	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County

The site keeps 199 of the 256 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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: Shreveport, LA (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 Ouachita Parish, Louisiana". https://countyhazards.com/county/la/ouachita/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 Ouachita Parish?: April has 79 of the 256 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 Ouachita Parish compare with the other counties of Louisiana?: The counties of Louisiana have 14.8 hail events for each 100 square miles. Ouachita Parish has 41.9.
How large is the hail on record for Ouachita Parish?: 66 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.