Tornado History Map

Oliver County, North Dakota tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Oliver County from 1990 to 2025, 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 Oliver County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Oliver County, North Dakota between 1990 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 June 1990. The most recent was on 27 June 2025.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 166per 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 Oliver County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0542%
F1 / EF1542%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating18%

Oliver County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1990s62000s32010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1990s6
2000s3
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun4Jul4Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun4
Jul4
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Oliver County

  • Strongest: North Dakota tornado18 June 1990, F2, 1 injury, 6 miles long
  • Longest path: North Dakota tornado13 June 1999, F1, 29 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado27 June 2025, Unknown rating, 3.4 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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