Jackson Parish, Louisiana

What hazards hit Jackson 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.

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 Jackson Parish had?

NOAA records 42 tornadoes in Jackson Parish from 1953 to 2024, the strongest rated F3, with 5 deaths and 46 injuries recorded in the county. That is 27th 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 41 tornadoes whose track touched Jackson Parish since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 42: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 5 people.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Louisiana.

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 Jackson Parish?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the January 24, 2026 cold/wind chill (1 death).

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 1312331)

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

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: 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 Jackson 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).

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 Jackson Parish. The two busiest months are in violet.

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

Federal disaster declarations for Jackson Parish

FEMA's register lists 27 declarations that include Jackson Parish: 13 major disasters, 14 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (16) and winter storm (2).

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 Jackson Parish had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 20 flood or flash flood records for Jackson Parish from 1999 to 2025, on 15 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Jackson Parish ranks 2085th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $101,000 on 20 claims filed in Jackson Parish; the most in one year was 5 in 1983. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

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 Jackson Parish

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Jackson Parish Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $5.6 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.

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

Counties that share a border with Jackson Parish

1. Ouachita Parish 1,004
2. Bienville Parish 673
3. Lincoln Parish 641
4. Winn Parish 594
5. Jackson Parish 519
6. Caldwell Parish 421

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

Next

• Tornadoes in LouisianaEvery Louisiana tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in LouisianaThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Louisiana recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Jackson ParishThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Jackson Parish's FEMA declarations (CSV)27 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis