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East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Parish storm and disaster record · FIPS 22035 · population 7,455 · 421 sq mi

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 367 records for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 289 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (170 records). The most damaging was the May 10, 2009 thunderstorm wind ($963 million in 2025 dollars). FEMA has issued 32 declarations naming the county since 1973, 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
367on 289 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
Deaths recorded
031 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$1.1Bas filed (scale steps before 1993)
Tornadoes
30strongest F5
FEMA declarations
32latest 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 East Carroll Parish most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 170 since 1968. 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.

East Carroll Parish: records by hazard, 1950 to June 30, 2026
HazardRecordsDaysFirst, lastKilledInjuredDamageRank in state
Severe thunderstorm wind 170 149 1968-2026 0 3 $966M 10 of 64
Hail 77 66 1967-2024 0 0 $1.4M 15 of 64
Floods 32 23 1997-2024 0 0 $84M 24 of 64
Tornadoes 30 29 1950-2024 0 28 $48M 15 of 64
Winter storms 21 21 1996-2026 0 0 $1.9M 6 of 64
Drought 16 16 2006-2026 0 0 $7.1M 26 of 64
Hurricanes and tropical storms 5 5 2005-2020 0 0 $6.9M 37 of 64
Fog, smoke and funnel clouds 5 5 2003-2025 0 0 – 8 of 64
Heat 4 4 2005-2010 0 0 – 42 of 64
Extreme cold 2 2 2010-2026 0 0 $271K 39 of 64
High wind and dust storms 2 2 2009-2012 0 0 $66K 21 of 64
Lightning 2 2 2007-2010 0 0 $349K 39 of 64
Heavy rain 1 1 2014-2014 0 0 – 27 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 East Carroll Parish had?

NOAA records 30 tornadoes in East Carroll Parish from 1950 to 2024, the strongest rated F5, with 0 deaths and 28 injuries recorded in the county. That is 15th of 64 Louisiana counties and 201st of 3,080 U.S. 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 33 tornadoes whose track touched East Carroll Parish since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 30: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 47 people, 0 of them in East Carroll Parish.

The deadliest and strongest tornadoes that touched East Carroll Parish, whole tracks
DateTornadoRatingPathKilled
1971-02-21 14:50, as SPC files itDelhiCrossed LA, MSF5109.2 mi47
1984-05-07 18:30, as SPC files itUnnamedF31 mi0
1983-04-01 17:45, as SPC files itUnnamedF34 mi0
1953-05-17 13:30, as SPC files itRayville to EppsF341.6 mi0

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Louisiana.

Every tornado record filed for East Carroll Parish (30)
Every tornado recorded in East Carroll Parish, newest first
DatePlaceCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2024-12-28 Alsatia, East Carroll Parish EF0 10.71 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $38K
2024-12-28 Roosevelt, East Carroll Parish EF1 11.17 mi x 280 yd 0 0 $188K
2020-04-12 Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish EF0 1.16 mi x 170 yd 0 0 $86K
2013-04-18 Sondheimer, East Carroll Parish EF1 2.87 mi x 75 yd 0 0 $63K
2011-04-26 Bowie, East Carroll Parish EF2 6.64 mi x 880 yd 0 0 $525K
2007-06-18 Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish EF1 1.8 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $996K
2005-09-24 Transylvania, East Carroll Parish F0 1 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
1999-01-08 Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish F0 1 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $5K
1997-05-02 Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish F1 13 mi x 400 yd 0 0 $184K
1995-04-22 Transylvania, East Carroll Parish F0 1.5 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
1992-03-09 East Carroll Parish F1 0.7 mi x 73 yd 0 5 $2.5M step
1991-11-19 East Carroll Parish F2 0.7 mi x 100 yd 0 6 $2.5M step
1988-11-03 East Carroll Parish F1 0.2 mi x 10 yd 0 0 –
1984-05-07 East Carroll Parish F3 1 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $250K step
1984-05-02 East Carroll Parish F2 3 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $250K step
1983-11-14 East Carroll Parish F1 2 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $250K step
1983-04-01 East Carroll Parish F3 2 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $2.5M step
1982-04-08 East Carroll Parish F1 0 0 $250K step
1980-03-20 East Carroll Parish F1 12.6 mi x 33 yd 0 0 $250K step
1977-03-03 East Carroll Parish F1 2.3 mi x 33 yd 0 0 $250K step
1975-04-30 East Carroll Parish F2 0.5 mi x 27 yd 0 0 $250K step
1975-03-23 East Carroll Parish F2 0 0 $250K step
1975-01-09 East Carroll Parish F2 11.5 mi x 50 yd 0 6 $25K step
1974-05-31 East Carroll Parish F1 12.8 mi x 33 yd 0 0 $25K step
1973-09-05 East Carroll Parish F2 25.1 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $25K step
1971-02-21 East Carroll Parish F5 18.1 mi x 500 yd 0 9 $2.5M step
1969-04-17 East Carroll Parish F1 2 mi x 67 yd 0 0 $25K step
1958-02-26 East Carroll Parish F2 3 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $25K step
1950-03-27 East Carroll Parish F1 15.3 mi x 17 yd 0 2 $25K step
1950-02-12 East Carroll Parish F1 0.5 mi x 33 yd 0 0 $25K 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 East Carroll Parish?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the February 15, 2025 thunderstorm wind ($4,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

The 12 most recent records kept for East Carroll Parish
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-01 DroughtEast Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 –
2026-05-22 Thunderstorm WindAlsatia, East Carroll Parish 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-05-22 Thunderstorm WindBowie, East Carroll Parish 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2026-05-01 DroughtEast Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 –
2026-01-25 Extreme Cold/Wind ChillEast Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 –
2026-01-24 Ice StormEast Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 –
2025-08-14 Funnel CloudShelburn, East Carroll Parish 0 0 –
2025-05-24 Thunderstorm WindBowie, East Carroll Parish 55 kt wind 0 0 –
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm WindAtherton, East Carroll Parish 52 kt wind 0 0 –
2025-03-15 Thunderstorm WindLake Providence, East Carroll Parish 65 kt wind 0 0 –
2025-02-15 Thunderstorm WindBowie, East Carroll Parish 60 kt wind 0 0 $4K
2025-02-15 Thunderstorm WindTransylvania, East Carroll Parish 55 kt wind 0 0 $4K

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 East Carroll Parish, most deaths first
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
1971-02-21 TornadoEast Carroll Parish F5 18.1 mi x 500 yd 0 9 $2.5M step
1991-11-19 TornadoEast Carroll Parish F2 0.7 mi x 100 yd 0 6 $2.5M step
1975-01-09 TornadoEast Carroll Parish F2 11.5 mi x 50 yd 0 6 $25K step
1992-03-09 TornadoEast Carroll Parish F1 0.7 mi x 73 yd 0 5 $2.5M step
2009-05-09 Thunderstorm WindLake Providence Airport, East Carroll Parish A tree fell on a car, two occupants suffered minor injuries. 50 kt wind 0 2 $14K
1950-03-27 TornadoEast Carroll Parish F1 15.3 mi x 17 yd 0 2 $25K step
1991-11-19 Thunderstorm WindEast Carroll Parish 0 1 –

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 East Carroll Parish since 1993, damage in 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2009-05-10 Thunderstorm WindShelburn, East Carroll Parish 70 kt wind 0 0 $963M
2008-09-03 Flash FloodRoosevelt, East Carroll Parish 0 0 $51M
2011-05-06 FloodGassoway, East Carroll Parish 0 0 $16M
2008-09-03 Flash FloodLake Providence, East Carroll Parish 0 0 $12M
2005-08-29 Hurricane (Typhoon)East Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 $5.1M
2006-10-01 DroughtEast Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 $2.2M
2008-05-15 Flash FloodLake Providence, East Carroll Parish 0 0 $2.2M
2005-09-24 Hurricane (Typhoon)East Carroll Parish · forecast zone East Carroll 0 0 $1.5M

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 $2.5M, in the dollars of the day) holds: February 21, 1971 (tornado, East Carroll Parish); November 19, 1991 (tornado, East Carroll Parish); March 9, 1992 (tornado, East Carroll 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 East Carroll 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).

East Carroll Parish: records per decade (the 2020s to June 30, 2026)
Hazard1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020-26
Severe thunderstorm wind0252829393928
Hail013192216124
Floods––––39137
Tornadoes31775223
Winter storms––––2397
Drought––––0196

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 East Carroll Parish. The two busiest months are in violet.

The values, month by month

Jan 20 · Feb 27 · Mar 53 · Apr 68 · May 50 · Jun 40 · Jul 21 · Aug 15 · Sep 10 · Oct 17 · Nov 25 · Dec 21 (records).

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

Federal disaster declarations for East Carroll Parish

FEMA's register lists 32 declarations that include East Carroll Parish: 17 major disasters, 15 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (16) and flood (5).

Declarations including East Carroll 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
2019-09-19DR-4462FloodFlooding
2016-03-13DR-4263FloodSevere Storms and Flooding
2013-02-22DR-4102Severe StormSevere Storms and Flooding
2012-08-29DR-4080HurricaneHurricane Isaac
2011-08-18DR-4015FloodFlooding
2011-05-06EM-3322FloodFlooding
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
1999-01-21DR-1264Severe StormSevere Ice Storm
1991-05-03DR-904Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding
1973-04-27DR-374FloodSevere 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 East Carroll Parish had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 32 flood or flash flood records for East Carroll Parish from 1997 to 2024, on 23 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), East Carroll Parish ranks 1227th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

Named storms on East Carroll Parish's flood and tropical record
StormBeganRecordsDeaths in the county
Hurricane Gustav2008-09-0320
Hurricane Katrina2005-08-2920

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $2.0 million on 116 claims filed in East Carroll Parish; the most in one year was 24 in 2011. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

The values, year by year

1979: 5 · 1980: 1 · 1982: 5 · 1983: 4 · 1984: 4 · 1991: 5 · 1994: 2 · 1995: 7 · 1997: 7 · 1998: 1 · 1999: 1 · 2001: 2 · 2006: 1 · 2008: 17 · 2009: 3 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 24 · 2012: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2016: 9 · 2018: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2025: 1; 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 East Carroll Parish

FEMA's National Risk Index rates East Carroll Parish Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $4.5 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 East Carroll Parish (December 2025 release), by FEMA's rating, then score
HazardRisk ratingExpected annual lossModeled frequency
DroughtRelatively Moderate$971K20 modeled event-days a year
HurricaneRelatively Low$259Konce in about 16 years (modeled)
TornadoRelatively Low$1.2Monce in about 2 years (modeled)
Ice StormRelatively Low$75K1 a year (modeled)
HailRelatively Low$212K3.6 a year (modeled)
Heat WaveRelatively Low$283K19 modeled event-days a year
Strong WindRelatively Low$241K3.3 a year (modeled)
Cold WaveRelatively Low$338K1.1 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 East Carroll Parish

  1. Warren County, MS 827
  2. Chicot County, AR 555
  3. Richland Parish 461
  4. West Carroll Parish 407
  5. Madison Parish 403
  6. East Carroll Parish 367
  7. Issaquena County, MS 228

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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