De Soto Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within De Soto Parish: 1.
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.

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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 26, 2011Tornado$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado was a continuation of the tornado which first touched down in eastern Panola County, Texas. This tornado then moved across the state line into western De Soto Parish where it mostly exhibited EF0 to EF1 type damage. A few locations near Keachi, Longstreet and Frierson exhibited low end EF2 damage. Trees were snapped and uprooted���as many as 3 dozen homes sustained minor damage���with a few moderately damaged homes where carports were peeled back or trees fell on them. Several barns were knocked over or destroyed as well. The heaviest damage was located in the community of Frierson where widespread tree damage occurred and the tornado was at its widest…

2. Feb 10, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A multitude of downed trees and powerlines left the area without electricity for more than 12 hours. Electrical companies estimate that nearly 60,000 people in the region were without power. There were three injuries reported, no seriously, coming from drivers hitting downed trees with their vehicles. Numerous signs were bent and twisted, portable signs were blown down the road, a vacant mobile home was overturned and every street and neighbourhood was littered with limbs and uprooted trees. Scores of residents reported damaged roofs and flattened cars. The local Red Cross was called in to provide food and water. Nineteen homes without insurance suffered major damage.

3. Oct 27, 2009Flood$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in very high river readings for the Sabine River near Logansport, Louisiana. The river crested at 34.3 feet on the afternoon of October 31st, some 6 feet above flood stage. Some sixty homes reported flooding on the Louisiana side of the river in De Soto Parish. High water threatened to briefly close the Logansport Municipal water plant as well. On the Texas side of the river, from near Tatum to near Joaquin, Texas, some three dozen homes reported flooding as well. Considerable relocation of livestock were required on both sides of the river. Some dozen petroleum installations were cutoff and or flooded by high water upstream of Logansport,…

4. Apr 12, 2020Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 125 mph touched down along Adams Road and downed hundreds of trees as it crossed Simpton Road, Myrtle Hill Road, and Willie X Road. Along Willie X Road, it damaged the shingles of three single family homes and a church. As the tornado crossed Highway 5, it strengthened and completely destroyed three single wide manufactured homes, ripped the roof off and collapsed the walls of two homes, shifted a portion of a home off its foundation while ripping its roof off, and then damaged an exterior wall and a carport in addition to ripping portions of the roof off of a fourth home. One of the manufactured homes destroyed had five…

5. Jul 8, 2024Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is a continuation of the Northern Sabine Parish tornado. This EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph, intensified as it entered Southern DeSoto Parish, and continued to snap large trees as it crossed Barnes Road, Nubin Ridge Road, and Lula Lane. Beulah Baptist Church at the intersection of Highway 539 and Highway 481 suffered significant damage, as some of the metal wall panels were blown in and portions of the metal roof were removed. The original church structure, which dated back to the 1900's, was heavily damaged, with the roof and exterior walls of the southern half of the building collapsed. The steeple from this building was blown off and found 0.3…

6. Apr 23, 2000Tornado$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine and oak trees uprooted or snapped. A mobile home was split in half from a fallen oak. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees. A number of outbuildings were damaged by fallen trees and wind.

7. Apr 3, 1999Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous homes with moderate to severe damage. Some roofs removed or partially removed. Church steeple knocked over and portion of roof missing. Numerous trees uprooted or snapped. This tornado was associated with a supercell which developed over the area as a speed max moved out of Texas and into Louisiana. This is a continuation of the Shelby County, Texas tornado.

8. Apr 23, 2000Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine trees snapped and oak trees blown down. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees. A number of outbuildings were damaged by fallen trees and wind. This tornado continued into Red River Parish, LA.

9. Jul 8, 2024Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in a heavily wooded area north of Brown Road and east of Smyrna Road southeast of the Longstreet community, and tracked northwest into the Smyrna community. A singlewide manufactured home was destroyed with debris oriented to the southeast near the intersection of Poag Road and Smyrna Road. The home did not appear to be anchored down, with several trees snapped adjacent to the unit. Multiple pine trees were snapped in the Smyrna community along Highway 3015, an awning was ripped off of a church, and the roof was partially torn off. The tornado continued to the northwest near the town of Keachi, where numerous…

10. Sep 13, 2008Tropical Storm, De Soto$300,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The remnants of Hurricane Ike resulted in tropical storm force winds which downed trees and power lines throughout all of De Soto Parish, Louisiana. Power outages were widespread as well with numerous residents without power during the height of the storm and days afterward. A tree was downed on the post office in Keatchie, Louisiana with other trees down on some homes in Mansfield, Louisiana. A power pole and transformer fell on a car in Mansfield as well.

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

110°F2 times, most recently Aug 26, 2023

All-time low

1°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

83°F6 times, most recently Aug 11, 2023

Coldest day

15°FJan 10, 1962

Wettest day

10.44 inApr 12, 1991

Snowiest day

7.9 inJan 19, 1948

Hottest year

2024mean 70.6°F

Coldest year

1983mean 63.2°F

Wettest year

199181.99 in

Driest year

196330.03 in

Snowiest season

14.0 in1947-48

Station Shreveport (USW00013957), 387 ft elevation, 23.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1939 to October 26, 2026; 100.0% 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 USW00013957.
• 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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