Enter any address in Sabine Parish, Louisiana to see its FEMA flood zone
Flash flooding from thunderstorms is the most frequent flood event in Sabine Parish County, LA, with 55 recorded instances in the last 30 years. Other flood-related events include tropical storms and hurricanes. Recent flash flood events occurred in March 2025 and July 2024, driven by atmospheric conditions that supported intense rainfall.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) data shows that properties in Zone A have experienced the most claims, with an average payout of $20,993 and an average water depth of 5.5 feet. Properties in Zone X have had fewer claims, with an average payout of $820 and an average water depth of 1.8 feet. Homeowners in Zone A, and those in areas with a history of flash flooding, should pay the most attention to flood risk.
Summary generated from NOAA storm narratives and NFIP claim data for this county. Not predictive.
43 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Sabine Parish, Louisiana has recorded 64 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 55 flash floods and 2 river or area floods. The county has received 33 federal disaster declarations, 5 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 | Mar 28, 2025 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 25, 2024 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jan 2, 2023 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Mar 22, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 20, 2021 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 9, 2021 | 0.00K |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | Aug 27, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 20, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Tropical Storm | Oct 9, 2020 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | May 19, 2019 | 0.00K |
Flash Flood — Mar 28, 2025
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the Four State Region on March 28th in response to an upper-level disturbance moving across the Red River Valley of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. As the afternoon hours progressed, strong southerly flow allowed for temperatures and dew points to rise, creating a more unstable atmosphere with MLCAPE values approaching 1000 J/kg. Thundersto...
Flash Flood — Jul 25, 2024
Intense showers and thunderstorms increased in coverage across parts of the Toledo Bend Country in West Central Louisiana by mid to late morning on July 25th. Rather slow cell motions and intense rainfall rates promoted areas of heavy rainfall across these areas. In addition, a weak low pressure center and related mid-level vorticity maximum were located just to the north over Southwest to Sout...
Flash Flood — Jan 2, 2023
A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd. In advance of this trough, rich low level moisture quickly spread northward from the Gulf of Mexico across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas, along a strong southerly l...
Flash Flood — Mar 22, 2022
A closed upper low emerged out of the Rockies and into the Central Plains during the afternoon and evening hours of March 21st, with the attendant upper trough swinging east through Central Texas and Oklahoma. Strong southerly low level winds allowed for the rapid return of warm, moist, and unstable air north behind a warm front which lifted north through East Texas and North Louisiana. Large s...
Flash Flood — May 20, 2021
A deep longwave trough remained anchored over the Central and Southern Rockies on May 20th, with a deep southerly fetch of low level moisture continuing to maintain an ample moisture-rich environment over the Four State Region. Diurnal heating contributed to air mass destabilization during the afternoon, with disturbances aloft contributing to scattered shower and isolated thunderstorm developm...
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 Sabine 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 Sabine 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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