Tornado History Map

Richland County, Montana tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Richland County from 1962 to 2015, 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 Richland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Richland County, Montana between 1962 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 11 June 1972. The most recent was on 30 June 2015.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 67per 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 Richland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0964%
F1 / EF1321%
F2 / EF2214%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Richland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1960s21970s21980s31990s42000s12010s2

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s2
1980s3
1990s4
2000s1
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun7Jul3Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun7
Jul3
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Richland County

  • Strongest: Montana tornado11 June 1972, F2, 9.1 miles long
  • Longest path and Most recent: Montana tornado30 June 2015, EF1, 1 injury, 17.5 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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