Enter any address in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana to see its FEMA flood zone
Flash flooding from thunderstorms is the most frequent type of flood event in Natchitoches Parish County, with 87 such events recorded by NOAA over the past 30 years. Recent examples include heavy rainfall in southern Natchitoches Parish on July 24, 2024, and widespread showers and thunderstorms on July 26, 2024.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) data indicates that properties in Zone A have experienced the highest number of claims, with an average of 309 claims, an average water depth of 8.0 feet, and an average payout of $19,477. Properties in Zone X also show a significant number of claims, with 97 claims, an average water depth of 4.2 feet, and an average payout of $15,492. Homeowners in Zone A, and those in Zone X with lower elevations, should pay particular attention to flood risk.
Summary generated from NOAA storm narratives and NFIP claim data for this county. Not predictive.
58 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana has recorded 101 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 87 flash floods and 8 river or area floods. The county has received 41 federal disaster declarations, 8 of which involved flooding or coastal storms. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1977–2026)
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
| Declaration | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Tropical Storm Francine | Hurricane | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Tropical Storm Nicholas | Coastal Storm | Sep 12, 2021 |
| Hurricane Ida | Hurricane | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Tropical Storm Ida | Hurricane | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Tropical Storm Zeta | Hurricane | Oct 26, 2020 |
| Hurricane Delta | Hurricane | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Hurricane Sally | Hurricane | Sep 13, 2020 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Aug 20, 2025 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 6, 2025 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 26, 2024 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 24, 2024 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 13, 2024 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jan 2, 2023 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Aug 27, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | Aug 27, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Apr 22, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 20, 2020 | 0.00K |
Flash Flood — Aug 20, 2025
A cluster of thunderstorms developed across Northern Louisiana during the afternoon on August 20th. As these thunderstorms and associated outflow boundaries moved south, they encountered increasing instability with temperatures in the upper 90s and dewpoints in the mid 70s, yielding 2500 J/kg MLCAPE. Despite the rather favorable thermodynamic environment, shear was quite weak. This weak shear r...
Flash Flood — May 6, 2025
An upper level low pressure system over the Desert Southwest shifted east through the Intermountain West on May 6th, inducing surface low development over West Texas. This also resulted in a tightening pressure gradient across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, with increased southerly low level winds allowing for a warm front to shift north to the I-20 corridor of East Texas and...
Flash Flood — Jul 26, 2024
A broad complex of showers and thunderstorms with associated heavy rainfall developed across areas of Deep East Texas and West Central Louisiana by mid to late morning on July 26th. This occurred within an elongated axis of upper-level energy observed along much of the middle and upper Texas coast and up across interior areas of East Texas around the eastern flank of a broader mid-level trough ...
Flash Flood — Jul 24, 2024
Slow-moving bands of locally training showers and thunderstorms produced extremely heavy rainfall rates and excessive totals across southern Natchitoches Parish on the morning of July 24th. The convection was associated with a weak mid-level shortwave perturbation and an associated low-level trough, while also interacting with a very moist and moderately unstable air mass that was pooling north...
Flash Flood — May 13, 2024
Intense thunderstorm clusters tracked north into parts of Natchitoches Parish Louisiana near an instability gradient along and northeast of a warm front that was slowly shifting northward from the coast. With precipitable water values approaching 2 inches, training thunderstorms resulted in daily rainfall amounts exceeding 4 inches in some locations with the city of Natchitoches being the prima...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
Source: OpenFEMA NFIP Individual Claims (2.25M records analyzed).
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana:
AE High Risk — 1% annual chance of flooding. Insurance required.
VE Very High Risk — Coastal flooding with wave action.
X (Shaded) Moderate Risk — 500-year floodplain.
X Low Risk — Outside major floodplains.
Properties in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana that are in FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) with federally backed mortgages are required to carry flood insurance.
Even outside high-risk zones, flood insurance is recommended. From 2014 to 2024, nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.
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