Tornado History Map

Carter County, Montana tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Carter County from 1954 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Carter County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Carter County, Montana between 1954 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 17 June 2014. The most recent was on 19 July 2019.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 57per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Carter County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0947%
F1 / EF1737%
F2 / EF215%
F3 / EF3211%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Carter County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s11960s21970s21980s21990s12000s22010s9

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s2
1980s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun10Jul6Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun10
Jul6
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Carter County

  • Strongest: Montana tornado17 June 2014, EF3, 10 miles long
  • Longest path: Montana tornado6 June 2005, F0, 30 miles long
  • Most recent: Montana tornado19 July 2019, EF1, 0.5 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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