Storm risk in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

FEMA's overall hazard score for Caddo Parish is 92.62 (Relatively Moderate), 233rd of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 98.12 (Relatively High), strong wind 98.09 (Very High) and tornado 89.82 (Relatively Moderate). Expected hail loss is $88 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 138 hail reports in Caddo Parish from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Caddo Parish: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of LA$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $88 per $1 million, 582nd of 3,126 rated counties$88Hail582nd of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $24 per $1 million, 1,411th of 3,121 rated counties$24Strong wind1,411th of 3,121 countiesTornado: $104 per $1 million, 2,051st of 3,144 rated counties$104Tornado2,051st of 3,144 counties
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Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Caddo Parish

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in LA
OverallRelatively Moderate 92.62233 of 3,14410 of 64
HailRelatively High 98.1260 of 3,1261 of 64
Strong windVery High 98.0961 of 3,1261 of 64
TornadoRelatively Moderate 89.82321 of 3,12611 of 64

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$4,250,782$88 $23$22 582 of 3,1269 of 64
Strong wind$1,137,542$24 $12$20 1,411 of 3,12125 of 64
Tornado$5,021,526$104 $382$199 2,051 of 3,14459 of 64

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Caddo Parish

  • FEMA expects hail in Caddo Parish to cost $88 per $1 million of buildings a year: 3.96 times the U.S. median and 3.83 times the LA county median, ranked 582nd of 3,126 counties nationally and 9th of 64 in Louisiana.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Caddo Parish to cost $24 per $1 million of buildings a year: 1.16 times the U.S. median and 1.93 times the LA county median, ranked 1,411th of 3,121 counties nationally and 25th of 64 in Louisiana.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Caddo Parish to cost $104 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.52 times the U.S. median and 0.27 times the LA county median, ranked 2,051st of 3,144 counties nationally and 59th of 64 in Louisiana.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $175,900 home, the average yearly loss in Caddo Parish is about $16 for hail and $4.16 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $3.93 and $3.58.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Caddo Parish meets about 51.7 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1975, the median home in Caddo Parish is 51 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 83.0% of its 112,568 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 118 of the 138 hail reports in Caddo Parish (86 percent); the quietest month is July, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Caddo Parish’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$16hail, a year; $3.93 at the U.S. median county rate
$4.16strong wind, a year; $3.58 at the U.S. median county rate
$394hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Caddo Parish yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $4,250,782 ÷ $48,091,984,659 = 0.0000884. Wind: $1,137,542 ÷ $48,091,984,659 = 0.0000237. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Caddo Parish in plain numbers

  • Caddo Parish scores 92.62 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Moderate): 233rd of 3,144 rated counties and 10th of 64 in Louisiana.
  • Hail scores 98.12 (Relatively High). FEMA expects $4,250,782 of hail damage to buildings in Caddo Parish a year, which is $88 per $1 million of buildings, 3.96 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 98.09 (Very High) with $1,137,542 of expected yearly building loss in Caddo Parish: $24 per $1 million of buildings, 1.16 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 89.82 (Relatively Moderate) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $5,021,526, counting everything exposed, or $104 per $1 million of buildings in Caddo Parish.
  • FEMA's own event record for Caddo Parish averages 5.36 hail events and 6.18 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 138 hail reports in Caddo Parish between 2014 and June 2026, on 35 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 3 inches.
  • In Caddo Parish, FEMA counts buildings worth 48.09 billion dollars and 237,695 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Very High in Caddo Parish.
  • Community resilience there is Relatively High, for 237,695 residents.
  • 1 city in Caddo Parish is covered on this site: Shreveport. 24 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Shreveport is $5,740 to $12,710.
  • Caddo Parish ranks 44 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 48 for wind and 149 for tornado.
  • In Caddo Parish, April is the busiest month with 43 of the 138 reports (31 percent), against 4 reports in October.
  • Caddo Parish's worst year was 2020, with 4 hail days at 1 inch or more and 17 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 2.58 such days a year, one about every 4.6 months.
  • The median home in Caddo Parish was built in 1975; 59.4% of its 112,568 housing units date from before 1980, 83.0% from before 2000 and 6.7% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Caddo Parish at $175,900, and 60.6% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 3,135 single-family building permits were issued in Caddo Parish from 2014 to 2025, about 27.8 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2015.
  • NOAA lists 34 tornado tracks in Caddo Parish since 2014; the strongest was an EF2 on April 28, 2014 near Hosston, 3.48 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Caddo Parish is 85 mph on May 28, 2017 at Forbing.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Bossier Parish, 9 miles from the centre of Caddo Parish; its hail score is 92.37.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 20 roofing contractor establishments in Caddo Parish in 2023, one for every 5,628 homes.

The hail record of Caddo Parish, year by year

NOAA logged 138 reports in Caddo Parish; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 35 days. That is 2.6 such days a year; the median county in NOAA’s file has 1.8.

Caddo Parish: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more051015202014: 17 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch142015: 11 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch152016: 7 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch162017: 15 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch172018: 12 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch182019: 3 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.25 inch192020: 17 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch202021: 7 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.25 inch212022: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch222023: 13 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 3 inch232024: 16 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch242025: 12 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch252026: 8 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch26*
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Caddo Parish: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 9 reports9JanFebruary: 5 reports5FebMarch: 21 reports21MarApril: 43 reports43AprMay: 39 reports39MayJune: 15 reports15JunJuly: 0 reports0JulAugust: 0 reports0AugSeptember: 1 reports1SepOctober: 4 reports4OctNovember: 1 reports1NovDecember: 0 reports0Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: April, 43 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
201417332 in–
201511421.75 in–
20167101 in–
201715312 in–
201812311.75 in–
20193101.25 in–
202017411.75 in–
20217101.25 in–
202313413 in–
202416322 in–
202512412 in–
2026 (to June)8401.5 in–

Biggest hail days in Caddo Parish

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
June 17, 20233 in8none recordedBlanchard
January 21, 20172 in8none recordedCaddo
May 22, 20242 in7none recordedCutoff Jct
March 28, 20142 in6none recorded(Shv)Shreveport Rgnl
February 11, 20242 in5none recordedCross Lake

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Caddo Parish the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Caddo Parish

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  • 781 to 1.74 in
  • 261.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 12.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 3 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

105 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Caddo Parish

Fastest gusts in Caddo Parish

DateGustNear
May 28, 201785 mphForbing
November 11, 202185 mphLongwood
April 12, 202285 mphLa Rosen
April 2, 202385 mphBlanchard

Strongest tornado tracks in Caddo Parish

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
December 13, 2022EF23.46 mi2 / 2Four Forks
January 21, 2017EF22.37 mi0 / 0Vivian Arpt
April 28, 2014EF23.48 mi0 / 0Hosston
May 6, 2025EF112.69 mi0 / 0Halls Store

34 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Caddo Parish’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 2.58 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Caddo Parish: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 5.1% of homes5.1%<19402351940s: 5.3% of homes5.3%1940s2091950s: 13.2% of homes13.2%1950s1831960s: 15.9% of homes15.9%1960s1581970s: 20.0% of homes20%1970s1321980s: 14.5% of homes14.5%1980s1061990s: 9.1% of homes9.1%1990s802000s: 10.3% of homes10.3%2000s542010s: 6.4% of homes6.4%2010s282020+: 0.3% of homes0.3%2020+8

Bars: share of 112,568 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1975
Built before 198059.4%
Built before 200083.0%
Built since 20106.7%
Owner-occupied60.6%
Median home value$175,900
Single-family permits, 2014 to 20253,135
Permits per 1,000 homes27.8

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Caddo Parish

Roofing firms in Caddo Parish

Roofing contractor establishments, 202320
Change since 2016+4 (+25%)
Homes per roofing firm5,628
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 2023111

Source for Caddo Parish: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Caddo Parish's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Bossier Parish, LA9 Relatively Moderate $911.03$110.4592
Ouachita Parish, LA93 Relatively Moderate $280.32$271.1456
Rapides Parish, LA121 Relatively Moderate $8.710.10$6.890.2929
Calcasieu Parish, LA164 Relatively High $430.48$120.5048
Lafayette Parish, LA192 Relatively High $100.11$3.960.1719

All 194 counties, with a filter by state and sorting

Cities and ZIP areas in Caddo Parish

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 24 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Shreveport 71101 (100%), 71103 (100%), 71104 (95%), 71105 (95%), 71118 (100%) Roofers

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Questions

How high is storm risk in Caddo Parish?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Caddo Parish an overall score of 92.62 (Relatively Moderate), 233rd of 3,144. Hail scores 98.12 (Relatively High), strong wind 98.09 (Very High) and tornado 89.82 (Relatively Moderate).

In Caddo Parish, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 138 for Caddo Parish between 2014 and June 2026, on 35 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 3 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Caddo Parish each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $175,900: FEMA's estimate is about $16 a year for hail and $4.16 for wind, before any deductible, against $3.93 and $3.58 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Caddo Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

Per $1 million of buildings Caddo Parish loses $88 to hail a year, against $23 in the median county of the state. Among 64 rated counties it is 1st for hail, 1st for strong wind and 11th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Caddo Parish?

The median home was built in 1975, 51 years ago, and 83.0% of the 112,568 housing units in Caddo Parish date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original roof of either kind is past its rated life. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Caddo Parish: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Caddo Parish; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Caddo Parish; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Caddo Parish. Planning-level information about Caddo Parish, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

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