Morehouse Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Morehouse Parish: 2.
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.

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 3, 2008Flash Flood$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall fell across all of Morehouse Parish as persistent rain bands continued to impact the area from weakening Hurricane Gustav. Rainfall amounts between 7 and 13 inches fell across the parish, mostly during the evening of the 2nd and early morning of the 3rd.||Numerous roads were flooded with some washed out. Agriculture was extremely hard hit as farmland was flooded and crops became water logged. Many areas saw total loss of some crops while other areas experienced very low yields. Cotton, soybeans and sweet potatoes were some of the hardest hit crops.

2. Oct 16, 2006Flash Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very heavy rain fell across Morehouse Parish, especially the southern half near Oak Ridge, during the afternoon and evening of October 16th. Four to eight inches of rain fell during this time causing flash flooding across the parish. Several homes were flooded along with many roads across the parish.

3. May 3, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Significant straight line wind damage occurred in about a two to three mile swath north of Bastrop near the Log Cabin community. Scattered damage occurred all throughout this area, with spots of more intense damage where apparent microbursts occurred. Nearly 20 homes suffered moderate to major damage, with a few destroyed, mainly due to large trees falling on the homes. One minor injury also occurred. Maximum winds in the swath estimated to be 90 to 100 mph.

4. Dec 22, 1998Ice Storm, Morehouse$1.4 million
5. Sep 1, 2008Tropical Storm, Morehouse$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical storm force winds occurred across Madison Parish as the outer edges of Hurricane Gustav moved across central Louisiana. Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down and blocked area roads. Wind gusts peaked between 40 and 50 mph.

6. Apr 25, 2019Tornado$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado began at the marshy backwaters southeast of the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge. It shifted northeast to the intersection of Martin Trail and North Lake Road where it snapped several large softwood tree limbs and uprooted several softwood trees. It continued northeast to the intersection of Indian Mound Road and Tram Road where it continued to snap softwood trees and begun to uprooted hardwood trees. It moved east northeast to White Arkansas Road, persistently snapping and uprooting large softwood and hardwood trees. As it progressed northeast to Oscar Lum Road, the tornado mowed down a large area of hardwood and softwood trees, where it likely blocked off a…

7. Mar 14, 2008Hail$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The large and intense supercell thunderstorm entered northern Morehouse Parish, from southwest Ashely County, and produced as swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail as it tracked southeast. The largest hail occurred around the Beekman Community and then as the storm was entering central West Carroll Parish. Around Beekman, tennis ball to baseball sized hail fell. Some vehicles were damaged as well as several roofs. As the storm exited eastern Morehouse Parish, the hail grew large again, possibly as large as baseballs, and caused damage in western West Carroll Parish.

8. May 3, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Substantial wind damage from wind gusts between 75 and 85 MPH occurred around Bastrop as a bow echo slammed through the parish. Dozens of trees and power lines were blown down along with many homes sustaining minor to major damage. Some people were trapped in their home from either downed trees or other debris blocking the way out. The International Paper Plant measured an 86 MPH wind gust. This bow echo continued to produce significant wind damage across the parish along with two brief tornadoes.

9. Mar 9, 2016Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roads and bridges were flooded across the entire parish. Evacuations and water rescues had been performed.

10. Oct 3, 2002Hurricane (Typhoon), Morehouse$500,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Hurricane Lili made landfall along the South-Central Louisiana coast during the morning hours of October third as a category 2 storm. Lili tracked north and slightly east through Louisiana during the day on the third, weakening by evening to a tropical depression near Monroe, Louisiana. The dying system eventually tracked across the Mississippi Delta in the subsequent overnight hours. Thunderstorm bands, strong winds, and associated tornadoes created damage across northeastern Louisiana during the afternoon and evening hours on the third. Most of the damage in northeastern Louisiana was in the form of (or caused by) downed trees. Wind gusts in this area of Louisiana remained below…

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°F4 times, most recently Aug 24, 2023

All-time low

−2°FFeb 2, 1951

Warmest night

84°FAug 4, 2010

Coldest day

16°FJan 10, 1962

Wettest day

10.86 inMar 9, 2016

Snowiest day

9.2 inJan 30, 1949

Hottest year

2023mean 69.0°F

Coldest year

1968mean 62.7°F

Wettest year

199178.64 in

Driest year

200531.13 in

Snowiest season

9.2 in1948-49

Station Monroe Regional Airport (USW00013942), 73 ft elevation, 20.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1930 to October 26, 2026; 99.8% 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 USW00013942.
• 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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