Sabine Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Sabine Parish: 7.
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.

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. Feb 10, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in and around town. State highway 175 looked like a roadside timber harvest with pines and hardwoods littering ditches. The roof was blown off the High School where students were having classes but no injuries occurred. In addition, several mobile homes were damaged by fallen trees and high winds.

2. Sep 1, 2008Tropical Storm, Sabine$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical storm force winds blew down numerous trees and power lines throughout the parish. Some trees were downed on homes and a few automobiles across the parish as well. Power outages were widespread throughout the parish.

3. Mar 30, 2008Flash Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Road in and near Converse, Louisiana were flooded. Numerous other roads across the parish were also flooded. Several roads and bridges also washed out across the parish. Flooding was spotted at the intersection of Highway 171 and San Antonio Avenue, Elizabeth Street and at the intersection of Highway 171 and Smith Street and on Buffalo Drive. Several automobiles were flooded in town including one in which a man had to wade out of his car to safety. A boater on nearby Toledo Bend Reservoir barely escaped injury when his boat overturned as it was pinned against a bridge. Culverts and parish roadways were washed out near the town of Zwolle, Louisiana. Other roadways closed from flood…

4. Jan 9, 2022Tornado$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A strong and wide EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph touched down near Peason Road in the Peason community and tracked northeast before lifting shortly after passing Bridges Road. Radar data suggests that the starting point could have been slightly farther southwest than what is indicated in the survey and the ending point could have been slightly farther northeast than what was indicated. However, limited public road access prevented a more accurate starting and ending point. ||The maximum width of this tornado was approximately a half a mile, which allowed many residences and structures to be affected. Approximately 30 homes were damaged, with 10-15 homes…

5. May 3, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several reports of trees and powerlines downed in Zwolle, Louisiana. The northern portion of the parish was the hardest hit with reports of trees on 10 different homes in the Pleasant Hill community. Trees were also downed on many homes in the Many community as well. In the Rocky Mount community, a mobile home was destroyed by wind gusts and a large tree. Several homes along the eastern shore of the Toledo Bend suffered wind damage of damage resulting from fallen trees.

6. Apr 26, 2011Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey from Zwolle, Louisiana eastward to north of Many, Louisiana and concluded damage was the result of an EF2 tornado. The tornado first touched down along CR 3229 knocking over trees and destroying a shed. The storm continued east crossing Hwy 191 where a 200 foot communications tower was bent to the ground and trees were snapped and uprooted near some homes. Further east along Hwy 171 two homes were completely destroyed. One home was destroyed by a large tree while the other was by the wind alone. The tornado continued east along Parish Road 1216 snapping trees and damaging roofs to homes. A few homes had their roof peeled back.…

7. Sep 13, 2008Tropical Storm, Sabine$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical storm force winds resulted in widespread trees and power lines downed throughout the parish. Power outages were widespread as well with numerous residents without power during the height of the storm and well after the storm. There were reports of trees down on four different homes across the parish. No injuries were reported. In the town of Fisher, Louisiana, a roof was blown off a mobile home on Second Street.

8. Mar 25, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Trees and powerlines were downed in town. Trees were downed from Ponder and Andries Streets through to San Antonio Avenue. At Many Junior High School, a portion of the roof on the front of the building was blown off. Several light poles by the school were snapped and fell across two 18 wheelers. A home on Dilion Street was also damaged by a fallen tree.

9. Apr 24, 2019Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is a continuation of the Shelby County EF-1 tornado that touched down just west of Toledo Bend Reservoir shortly before midnight on April 24th. This tornado moved across Toledo Bend Reservoir as a waterspout, and back onshore in Northwest Sabine Parish as a tornado, where it crossed Highway 191 just south of Highway 174 before turning more easterly crossing Golden Road, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path. The tornado tracked through the town of Converse where several trees were snapped and uprooted before crossing Highway 171 and Highway 174, and led to additional tree damage on Harrison Road, Cooper Lane, and Bolivar Road before moving into Southeast Desoto…

10. Mar 18, 2008Strong Wind, Sabine$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Several trees and powerlines were downed from non-thunderstorm wind gusts across the parish. Two homes were damaged when trees fell on them. One damaged home was on Dillion Street. Another home was damaged in the community of Fisher, Louisiana.

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 25, 2023

All-time low

1°FJan 25, 1948

Warmest night

90°FSep 21, 1910

Coldest day

20°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

12.47 inMar 21, 2012

Snowiest day

10.0 inFeb 13, 1960

Hottest year

2023mean 69.9°F

Coldest year

1976mean 63.9°F

Wettest year

200488.90 in

Driest year

201030.32 in

Snowiest season

10.0 in1959-60

Station Leesville (USC00165266), 28 ft elevation, 35.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1903 to October 21, 2026; 99.3% 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 USC00165266.
• 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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