NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pollock, LA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
29 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Pollock, Louisiana since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delta in 2020. Since 1950, 95 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 27
- Tornadoes
- 95
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
20 deaths in all
What the records show for Pollock
The strongest storm to pass near Pollock was Laura in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane with 87 mph winds when its centre passed 47 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1909, whose centre came within 42 miles. The record near Pollock begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Delta in 2020, a tropical storm 14 miles away. Of the 29 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site, 73% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Pollock. The strongest of the 95 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on December 3, 1953; its path came within 10 miles, and it killed 9 people. Of the 95, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 53 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 21. The most recent tornado was on May 26, 2025. Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 78% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Pollock. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 55 times since 1974, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Pollock has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 245 Louisiana cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Pollock
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 47 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | BarryJul 14 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2012 | IsaacAug 30 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2008 | GustavSep 2 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 26 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 3 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 16 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 8 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 13 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 20 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1931 | Unnamed 1931 stormJul 16 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 26 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 42 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 21 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 14 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 12 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Pollock: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Pollock
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s29(1 EF3+)
- 2000s13
- 1990s13
- 1980s13(3 EF3+)
- 1970s6(1 EF3+)
- 1960s2
- 1950s8(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 1953 | F4 | 10 mi | 85.5 mi | 9 / 50 |
| Nov 7, 1957 | F3 | 16 mi | 13.3 mi | 3 / 16 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | EF3 | 12 mi | 62.61 mi | 1 / 0 |
| May 19, 1983 | F3 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 1 / 35 |
| May 19, 1983 | F3 | 25 mi | 23 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Jun 5, 1981 | F3 | 14 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Jun 22, 1971 | F3 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 6, 1951 | F3 | in town | 16.8 mi | 0 / 11 |
| Mar 22, 1953 | F2 | 19 mi | 234.7 mi | 2 / 22 |
| Apr 22, 2020 | EF2 | 24 mi | 8.98 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Oct 23, 1957 | F2 | 20 mi | 18.3 mi | 1 / 1 |
| May 2, 1950 | F2 | 25 mi | 2 mi | 1 / 5 |
The strongest 12 of 95, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Pollock
The Storm Prediction Center has 55 hail reports within 10 miles of Pollock since 1974, made on 44 separate days. Of these, 38 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 7, 1998. The most recent report is from March 31, 2025. April has the most reports, 20.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Pollock
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Alexandria Esler Regional Airport, LA, 11 miles southeast of Pollock at 112 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 37°F. January is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 3.5 inches; the year adds up to 57.0 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (26.1 of 57.0 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 29 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 102 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 35 nights a year. That 57.0 inches is more than at 16 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (20%). Dry Prong, 9 miles west, has its own station (Boyce 3 WNW, LA): 60.9 inches a year, 3.9 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 37 | 5.8 | 7 |
| Feb | 64 | 40 | 4.8 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 47 | 5.4 | 7 |
| Apr | 78 | 53 | 4.9 | 5 |
| May | 85 | 61 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 91 | 68 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Jul | 93 | 71 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Aug | 94 | 70 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 89 | 65 | 3.6 | 4 |
| Oct | 80 | 53 | 4.9 | 5 |
| Nov | 69 | 43 | 5.2 | 6 |
| Dec | 62 | 38 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Year | 78 | 54 | 57.0 | 73 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Alexandria Esler Regional Airport, LA (112 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Pollock
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 76 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pollock: 50 thunderstorm wind reports, 22 flash floods, 2 floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $33.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 26, 2025. November has had the most flash floods, 7 of 22. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 159 have had fewer than Pollock.
May 16, 2009: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Pollock — 2 injured, $50,000 damage.
NWS: “Emergency Manager reported damage to a home and a metal shop was destroyed with 2 vehicles damaged from flying debris. Two people in the destroyed shop were injured from the debris as well.”
January 10, 2013: flood 7 miles from the centre of Pollock — $33.5 million damage.
November 18, 2003: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Pollock — $180,000 damage.
NWS: “Just south of Pollock, on Highway 165, 2 houses suffered roof damage while minor damage occurred to several other homes, and 1 barn was destroyed.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Pollock's ZIP code 71467 have filed 255 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1991: 49 claims (19% of all) and $377,000. 26% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 219 Louisiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 114 have fewer than Pollock.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1991 | 49 | $377,000 |
Grant Parish, which includes Pollock, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 hurricanes, 6 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida, on August 29, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Grant Parish a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.3 million a year, the 48th highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.2 million (51%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Pollock
- Ball, LA8 mi
- Dry Prong, LA9 mi
- Pineville, LA12 mi
- Deville, LA16 mi
- Colfax, LA17 mi
- Alexandria, LA17 mi
- Jena, LA18 mi
- Boyce, LA21 mi
- Olla, LA26 mi
- Woodworth, LA26 mi
- Lecompte, LA29 mi
- Montgomery, LA29 mi
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