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De Soto Parish, Louisiana

Parish storm and disaster record · FIPS 22031 · population 26,713 · 876 sq mi

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 801 records for De Soto Parish, Louisiana from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 542 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (291 records). The deadliest day on its record was January 24, 2026: winter storm and cold/wind chill records filed for De Soto Parish that day count 4 deaths across 2 records. FEMA has issued 33 declarations naming the county since 1991, 30 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storm” on February 18, 2026.

The record, 1950 to 2026

Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).

  • recorded, no damage figure
  • under $100,000
  • $100,000 or more
  • $1 million or more
  • $10 million or more, or a death
  • $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
  • a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
  • a year with a death
  • 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
  • 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
Storm records
801on 542 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
Deaths recorded
1157 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$185Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
Tornadoes
77strongest F4
FEMA declarations
33latest 2026

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.

What hazards hit De Soto Parish most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 291 since 1956. The rank column places the county among Louisiana's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

De Soto Parish: records by hazard, 1950 to June 30, 2026
HazardRecordsDaysFirst, lastKilledInjuredDamageRank in state
Severe thunderstorm wind 291 204 1956-2026 2 10 $8.1M 25 of 64
Hail 193 140 1957-2026 0 0 $995 13 of 64
Heat 92 90 1999-2025 2 0 – 16 of 64
Tornadoes 77 51 1950-2024 1 44 $174M 23 of 64
Floods 62 38 1996-2024 1 0 $2.5M 30 of 64
Drought 48 48 1996-2026 0 0 – 16 of 64
Winter storms 21 21 1997-2026 1 0 – 33 of 64
Extreme cold 6 6 2010-2026 3 0 $135K 29 of 64
Hurricanes and tropical storms 4 4 2005-2020 0 0 $754K 62 of 64
Heavy rain 2 1 2011-2011 0 0 – 40 of 64
Fog, smoke and funnel clouds 2 2 1996-2025 1 1 – 40 of 64
Wildfires 2 2 2011-2013 0 2 $26K 6 of 64
Lightning 1 1 2007-2007 0 0 $43K 55 of 64

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has De Soto Parish had?

NOAA records 77 tornadoes in De Soto Parish from 1950 to 2024, the strongest rated F4, with 1 death and 44 injuries recorded in the county. That is 23rd of 64 Louisiana counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 77 tornadoes whose track touched De Soto Parish since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 77, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 24 people, 1 of them in De Soto Parish.

The deadliest and strongest tornadoes that touched De Soto Parish, whole tracks
DateTornadoRatingPathKilled
1950-02-12 13:00, as SPC files itShreveportF482.6 mi18
1950-02-12 13:20, as SPC files itDoyline to HaynesvilleF258.4 mi5
1987-11-15 18:30, as SPC files itShreveportCrossed LA, TXF348 mi1
2000-04-23 18:05, as SPC files itCamptiF319.3 mi0
1999-04-03 15:51, as SPC files itJoaquinCrossed LA, TXF35.4 mi0
1984-05-02 18:40, as SPC files itStonewall to BienvilleF361 mi0
1982-04-25 20:15, as SPC files itKeachiF37 mi0
1982-04-25 20:15, as SPC files itKeachiF37 mi0
1965-02-11 11:15, as SPC files itShreveport to BossierF333 mi0
1952-03-10 08:30, as SPC files itMindenF350.9 mi0

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Louisiana.

Every tornado record filed for De Soto Parish (77)
The 60 most recent of 77 tornadoes in De Soto Parish
DatePlaceCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2024-07-08 Carmel, De Soto Parish EF0 3.41 mi x 250 yd 0 0 –
2024-07-08 South Mansfield, De Soto Parish EF1 2.54 mi x 67 yd 0 0 –
2024-07-08 Benson, De Soto Parish EF1 5.57 mi x 500 yd 0 0 $24K
2024-07-08 Reeds Store, De Soto Parish EF0 0.39 mi x 200 yd 0 0 –
2024-07-08 Grand Cane, De Soto Parish EF1 9.8 mi x 750 yd 0 0 $470K
2024-07-08 Pelican, De Soto Parish EF2 17.69 mi x 900 yd 0 0 $235K
2024-07-08 Lola, De Soto Parish EF2 11.35 mi x 950 yd 0 0 $941K
2024-07-08 Pelican, De Soto Parish EF1 3.63 mi x 100 yd 0 0 –
2024-05-30 Frierson, De Soto Parish EF1 0.27 mi x 100 yd 0 0 –
2024-05-30 Frierson, De Soto Parish EF1 0.46 mi x 250 yd 0 0 –
2024-05-30 Kingston, De Soto Parish EF1 3.89 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $94K
2024-05-30 Grand Cane, De Soto Parish EF1 1 mi x 110 yd 0 0 –
2024-05-30 Grand Cane, De Soto Parish EF1 1.64 mi x 275 yd 0 0 $94K
2024-05-30 Grand Cane, De Soto Parish EF1 2.48 mi x 175 yd 0 0 –
2023-05-11 Hunter, De Soto Parish EF1 0.19 mi x 130 yd 0 0 $48K
2021-03-27 Kolter, De Soto Parish EF1 2.16 mi x 400 yd 0 0 –
2021-03-27 Kickapoo, De Soto Parish EF1 11.1 mi x 675 yd 0 0 $109K
2020-04-12 Carmel, De Soto Parish EF1 4.32 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $29K
2020-04-12 Reeds Store, De Soto Parish EF2 9.05 mi x 400 yd 0 1 $1.1M
2019-05-08 Frierson, De Soto Parish EF1 3.92 mi x 80 yd 0 0 $12K
2019-05-08 Kickapoo, De Soto Parish EF1 12.59 mi x 500 yd 0 0 $231K
2019-05-08 Keatchie, De Soto Parish EF1 1.83 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $23K
2019-05-02 Mansfield, De Soto Parish EF1 0.22 mi x 330 yd 0 0 $173K
2019-05-02 Hunter, De Soto Parish EF1 0.98 mi x 240 yd 0 0 $12K
2019-04-24 Pelican, De Soto Parish EF1 10 mi x 900 yd 0 1 $35K
2018-04-06 Wemple, De Soto Parish EF0 1.23 mi x 1,250 yd 0 0 –
2017-03-24 Mansfield, De Soto Parish EF1 1.46 mi x 110 yd 0 0 $72K
2017-03-24 Hunter, De Soto Parish EF1 2.07 mi x 220 yd 0 0 $120K
2015-06-18 Kickapoo, De Soto Parish EF1 3.49 mi x 190 yd 0 0 $93K
2015-06-18 Mansfield, De Soto Parish EF1 0.56 mi x 126 yd 0 0 $62K
2014-10-13 Trenton, De Soto Parish EF1 0.9 mi x 200 yd 0 0 –
2014-09-02 Carmel, De Soto Parish EF1 3.6 mi x 350 yd 0 0 $312K
2013-05-16 Stonewall, De Soto Parish EF0 1.7 mi x 350 yd 0 0 –
2013-02-18 Trenton, De Soto Parish EF0 2.03 mi x 10 yd 0 0 –
2013-01-12 Stone, De Soto Parish EF1 1.35 mi x 300 yd 0 0 –
2011-11-08 Funston, De Soto Parish EF2 9.59 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $394K
2011-04-26 Longstreet, De Soto Parish EF2 26.85 mi x 850 yd 0 0 $13M
2009-02-11 Kolter, De Soto Parish EF1 1.5 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $206K
2000-04-23 Mansfield, De Soto Parish F2 8.5 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $1.3M
2000-04-23 Evelyn, De Soto Parish F3 4.3 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $857K
1999-04-03 Logansport, De Soto Parish F3 2.6 mi x 150 yd 0 1 $886K
1997-01-23 Rambin, De Soto Parish F2 5 mi x 400 yd 0 0 –
1996-11-30 Gloster, De Soto Parish F1 1.9 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $132K
1996-11-07 Carmel, De Soto Parish F1 10 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $188K
1996-04-20 Kingston, De Soto Parish F0 0.5 mi x 25 yd 0 0 –
1995-04-22 Stonewall, De Soto Parish F0 0.1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1992-11-03 De Soto Parish F1 2.5 mi x 90 yd 0 0 $25K step
1992-11-03 De Soto Parish F1 2 mi x 80 yd 0 0 –
1990-12-21 De Soto Parish F1 1.5 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $3K step
1990-05-30 De Soto Parish F1 0.2 mi x 23 yd 0 0 –
1990-05-12 De Soto Parish F1 4 mi x 123 yd 0 0 $3K step
1990-04-27 De Soto Parish F1 0.3 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1990-04-27 De Soto Parish F1 0.2 mi x 30 yd 0 0 $3K step
1990-02-15 De Soto Parish F1 2 mi x 40 yd 0 0 $250K step
1987-11-15 De Soto Parish F3 13 mi x 500 yd 1 23 $25M step
1986-06-27 De Soto Parish F1 0.1 mi x 23 yd 0 0 $25K step
1985-04-23 De Soto Parish F2 7.5 mi x 200 yd 0 0 –
1984-05-02 De Soto Parish F3 13 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $25M step
1984-03-04 De Soto Parish F0 0.1 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $25K step
1982-04-25 De Soto Parish F3 7 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $250K step

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in De Soto Parish?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the January 24, 2026 cold/wind chill (3 deaths).

A strong surge of Arctic air invaded Northern Louisiana during late January with bitterly cold temperatures and light northerly winds. In wake of the this Arctic air arriving on the evening of January 24th, overnight low temperatures plummeted into the teens and lower 20s by the morning on January 26th and again on the 27th. Although northerly winds were relatively light throughout much of the event, they only further contributed to the dangerously cold temperatures across Northern Louisiana from late evening on January 24th through late morning on January 27th. The following is a list of the 7 direct and indirect fatalities per parish from this period of very cold temperatures: Caddo Parish: 2 fatalities...A 63 year old male and an unknown aged male died in Downtown Shreveport due to hypothermia. …
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1312329)
The 12 most recent records kept for De Soto Parish
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-02 Thunderstorm WindMansfield, De Soto Parish 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-06-01 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2026-05-01 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2026-04-01 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2026-03-15 Thunderstorm WindPelican, De Soto Parish 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-03-15 HailFunston, De Soto Parish 1.25 in hail 0 0 –
2026-03-01 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2026-02-01 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2026-01-24 Cold/Wind ChillDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 3 0 –
2026-01-24 Winter StormDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 1 0 –
2026-01-08 DroughtDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 –
2025-11-05 Dense FogDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 1 1 –

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

Records with deaths or injuries in De Soto Parish, most deaths first
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-01-24 Cold/Wind ChillDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto A strong surge of Arctic air invaded Northern Louisiana during late January with bitterly cold temperatures and light northerly winds. In wake of the this Arctic air arriving on the evening of January 24th, overnight low temperatures plummeted into the teens and lower 20s by the morning on January 26th and again on ... 3 0 –
1987-11-15 TornadoDe Soto Parish F3 13 mi x 500 yd 1 23 $25M step
2017-05-28 Thunderstorm WindTrenton, De Soto Parish A tree fell on a vehicle that was traveling west of Hudson Darby Road, just east of Highway 71. Louisiana State Police reported that a 21 year-old male passenger sitting in the rear seat sustained fatal injuries from the falling tree. The 52 year-old male driver and a 59 year-old front seat passenger sustained ... 61 kt wind 1 2 –
2025-11-05 Dense FogDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto At approximately 4 am on November 5th, very localized dense superfog developed near a low lying creek valley along I-49 at mile marker 162 near the intersection of Highway 177 in extreme Southeast Desoto Parish. There were multiple nearby controlled burns around the area for the preceding few days that potentially ... 1 1 –
1993-08-28 Thunderstorm WindMansfield, De Soto Parish Lightning struck two men who were barbecuing steaks under a large pine tree. A 33-year-old man was killed and another man was hospitalized with injuries. (M330) 1 1 –
2026-01-24 Winter StormDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto A strong arctic cold front moved south into the Four State Region during the afternoon through the overnight hours on January 23rd-24th, with temperatures quickly falling from the upper 40s to mid 50s on the 23rd into the 20s and lower 30s by the early morning hours on the 24th. Meanwhile, a southwest flow aloft ... 1 0 –
2020-04-22 Flash FloodMansfield, De Soto Parish A 48 year old man drowned in a rain swollen drainage ditch along Gibbs Street while trying to retrieve a trash can, after he was swept away by the rapid moving flood waters. His body was later found about 50-60 yards downstream. 1 0 –
2002-08-01 HeatDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto Jean David was found by his Logansport resident's relatives who had not talked to him for several days. They found his deceased body in his apartment on Sycamore Street in Logansport. It was cooled only by a floor fan; however, the apartment was air conditioned and the resident was not using the system to save money ... 1 0 –

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

The costliest records in De Soto Parish since 1993, damage in 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2011-04-26 TornadoLongstreet, De Soto Parish EF2 26.85 mi x 850 yd 0 0 $13M
1998-02-10 Thunderstorm WindMansfield, De Soto Parish 0 3 $7.2M
2009-10-27 FloodLogansport, De Soto Parish 0 0 $2.1M
2020-04-12 TornadoReeds Store, De Soto Parish EF2 9.05 mi x 400 yd 0 1 $1.1M
2024-07-08 TornadoLola, De Soto Parish EF2 11.35 mi x 950 yd 0 0 $941K
1999-04-03 TornadoLogansport, De Soto Parish F3 2.6 mi x 150 yd 0 1 $886K
2024-07-08 TornadoGrand Cane, De Soto Parish EF1 9.8 mi x 750 yd 0 0 $470K
2008-09-13 Tropical StormDe Soto Parish · forecast zone De Soto 0 0 $411K

Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $25M, in the dollars of the day) holds: November 15, 1987 (tornado, De Soto Parish, 1 killed); May 2, 1984 (tornado, De Soto Parish).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for De Soto Parish's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

De Soto Parish: records per decade (the 2020s to June 30, 2026)
Hazard1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020-26
Severe thunderstorm wind3343573686045
Hail2093273451517
Heat––––112862
Tornadoes55581431819
Floods––––13102217
Drought––––313014

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

Records by month in De Soto Parish. The two busiest months are in violet.

The values, month by month

Jan 50 · Feb 61 · Mar 81 · Apr 114 · May 126 · Jun 94 · Jul 80 · Aug 69 · Sep 28 · Oct 33 · Nov 25 · Dec 40 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for De Soto Parish

FEMA's register lists 33 declarations that include De Soto Parish: 17 major disasters, 15 emergencies and one fire management assistance declaration. Most were for hurricane (17) and severe storm (4).

Declarations including De Soto Parish, newest first
DeclaredNumberTypeTitle
2026-02-18DR-4900Winter StormSevere Winter Storm
2026-01-24EM-3638Winter StormSevere Winter Storm
2024-09-10EM-3614HurricaneTropical Storm Francine
2021-09-13EM-3574Coastal StormTropical Storm Nicholas
2021-08-29DR-4611HurricaneHurricane Ida
2021-08-27EM-3568HurricaneTropical Storm Ida
2021-03-09DR-4590Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
2021-02-18EM-3556Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
2020-10-27EM-3549HurricaneTropical Storm Zeta
2020-10-16DR-4570HurricaneHurricane Delta
2020-10-07EM-3547HurricaneHurricane Delta
2020-09-14EM-3543HurricaneHurricane Sally
2020-08-28DR-4559HurricaneHurricane Laura
2020-08-23EM-3538HurricaneTropical Storms Laura and Marco
2020-06-07EM-3527Coastal StormTropical Storm Cristobal
2020-03-24DR-4484BiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
2020-03-13EM-3459BiologicalCovid-19
2017-10-16DR-4345HurricaneTropical Storm Harvey
2016-03-13DR-4263FloodSevere Storms and Flooding
2009-12-10DR-1863Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2008-09-13DR-1792HurricaneHurricane Ike
2008-09-02DR-1786HurricaneHurricane Gustav
2008-08-29EM-3289HurricaneHurricane Gustav
2005-09-24DR-1607HurricaneHurricane Rita
2005-09-21EM-3260HurricaneHurricane Rita
2005-08-29DR-1603HurricaneHurricane Katrina
2005-08-27EM-3212HurricaneHurricane Katrina
2003-02-01EM-3172OtherLoss of Space Shuttle Columbia
2000-09-11FM-2337FireLa-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00
1999-04-09DR-1269Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding
1999-01-21DR-1264Severe StormSevere Ice Storm
1994-02-28DR-1012Severe StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
1991-04-23DR-902FloodSevere Storms & Flooding

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has De Soto Parish had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 62 flood or flash flood records for De Soto Parish from 1996 to 2024, on 38 days, with 1 death. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), De Soto Parish ranks 1784th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

Named storms on De Soto Parish's flood and tropical record
StormBeganRecordsDeaths in the county
Hurricane Gustav2008-09-0120

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $827,000 on 39 claims filed in De Soto Parish; the most in one year was 9 in 2016. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

The values, year by year

1982: 3 · 1985: 1 · 1989: 1 · 1991: 4 · 1992: 2 · 1997: 4 · 1999: 5 · 2000: 1 · 2001: 2 · 2002: 1 · 2005: 1 · 2007: 1 · 2009: 4 · 2016: 9; the other years: 0.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for De Soto Parish

FEMA's National Risk Index rates De Soto Parish Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $9.1 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

National Risk Index ratings for De Soto Parish (December 2025 release), by FEMA's rating, then score
HazardRisk ratingExpected annual lossModeled frequency
Strong WindRelatively High$1.3M5.5 a year (modeled)
Heat WaveRelatively Moderate$1.2M21 modeled event-days a year
Ice StormRelatively Moderate$188K1.4 a year (modeled)
HailRelatively Low$380K4.6 a year (modeled)
HurricaneRelatively Low$318Konce in about 14 years (modeled)
LightningRelatively Low$188K66 a year (modeled)
DroughtRelatively Low$114K24 modeled event-days a year
TornadoRelatively Low$859Kabout once a year (modeled)

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with De Soto Parish

  1. Caddo Parish 2,132
  2. Natchitoches Parish 903
  3. De Soto Parish 801
  4. Panola County, TX 699
  5. Shelby County, TX 665
  6. Sabine Parish 662
  7. Red River Parish 498

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

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