Allen Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Allen Parish: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 26, 2020Hurricane (Typhoon), Allen$400 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   There was a voluntary evacuation from the parish. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the parish. Homes and businesses were damaged from fallen trees or wind. All of the parish was without power immediately after the storm. A 64-year-old female died from a fallen tree. Two persons died from carbon monoxide poisoning (indirect deaths). Wind gusts ranged from 80 to 120 mph.

2. Oct 9, 2020Tropical Storm, Allen$100 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Wind gusts to around 75 mph and heavy rainfall lead to numerous downed trees and power lines across the parish. Flooding in numerous locations was reported from 5 to 15 inches of rainfall. Major flooding occurred along the Calcasieu River at Oberlin and Kinder with crests reaching the 7th and 6th highest peaks respectively.

3. Sep 1, 2008Hurricane (Typhoon), Allen$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Gustav weakend across eastern sections of Allen Parish, yet widespread trees and power lines were blwon down.

4. Oct 26, 2006Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Upward of 14 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours across southern Allen Parish. The heaviest hit area was Kinder. Many roads were closed due to high water, and over 120 homes were damaged by flood waters.

5. Sep 23, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), Allen$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Rita made landfall around 230 am on September 24th in Cameron Parish near Johnson Bayou as a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph. Wind gusts over 110 mph were recorded in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes. This resulted in numerous trees and power lines downed. In parts of Beauregard, Jeff Davis, and Vermilion Parishes, winds blew over 90 mph. The remainder of southwest Louisiana saw wind gusts in excess of 50 mph. Only one direct fatality has been reported. A man drowned near a sunken shrimping vessel near the Calcasieu ship channel. Estimated damages in southwest Louisiana total near 4 billion dollars, with the bulk of that loss in Cameron and Calcasieu…

6. Oct 3, 2002Hurricane (Typhoon), Allen$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Lili made landfall the morning of October 3rd near Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish as a category one hurricane. Over 48,000 claims were filed with FEMA by homeowners who received damage. along the path of Lili, from southwest Louisiana into central Louisiana. Only 3 injuries were reported. One injury in Evangeline Parish at Ville Platte occurred when a policeman on patrol had a tree fall on his vehicle, trapping him inside. He received minor injuries and was treated and released from a local hospital. The other two injuries occurred in Acadia Parish. Two Rayne city employees were moving vehicles to a safer location when a brick facade at the water plant fell on…

7. Sep 12, 2008Tropical Storm, Allen$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Ike caused tropical storm wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph, resulting in minor wind damage across Allen Parish.

8. Mar 11, 2016Flood$850,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The flood wave from the heavy rain event during the 9th and 10th moved down the Calcasieu River flooding structures near Oakdale and Oberlin. At Oakdale 30 homes flooded, 2 flooded at Oberlin, and 3 flooded at Indian Village.

9. Jul 14, 2019Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   LA DOTD reported water over Highway 165 between Oberlin and Oakdale and many ther roads in Allen Parish. The 10 to 20 inches of rain resulted from a stalled feeder band from the remnants of Hurricane Barry. Several homes flooded in the area.

10. Mar 29, 2018Tornado$300,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A tornado touched down near Green Oak Road north of Hilton Bertrand Road and moved just south of east to Hickory Flat Road. A few campers and small mobile homes were damaged with one being flipped on Panther Drive. Several homes along Hickory Flat Road were damaged by fallen trees. Some had minor roof damage from wind with a shed and carport destroyed. On Chinqua Pin one home had roof damage and America's Best Western Inn had roughly a quarter of the tin roof removed. Damage continued east of Highway 165 with tree damage and minor damage to a few mobile homes along|Botley Cemetery Road. Tree damage also occurred along Elam Langley and Lauderdale Woodyard before dissipating. The…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

108°F2 times, most recently Sep 2, 2000

All-time low

8°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

85°FAug 26, 1975

Coldest day

22°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

15.70 inJul 15, 2019

Snowiest day

7.0 inFeb 13, 1960

Hottest year

2023mean 70.9°F

Coldest year

2014mean 64.7°F

Wettest year

197993.66 in

Driest year

202338.47 in

Snowiest season

7.0 in1959-60

Station Oberlin Fire Twr (USC00166938), 65 ft elevation, 4.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1953 to October 20, 2026; 97.4% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00166938.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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