Fallon County, Montana tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Fallon County from 1952 to 2016, 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 Fallon County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Fallon County, Montana between 1952 and 2016. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 19 July 1952. The most recent was on 10 July 2016.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 111per 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 Fallon County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0844%
F1 / EF1422%
F2 / EF2422%
F3 / EF3211%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Fallon County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1950s21960s21970s31990s32000s32010s5

The 2010s only run to 2016, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s3
1990s3
2000s3
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun8Jul10Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun8
Jul10
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Fallon County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Montana tornado19 July 1952, F3, 55.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Montana tornado10 July 2016, EF0, 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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