Tornado History Map

Sargent County, North Dakota tornado history

28 tornadoes recorded in or across Sargent County from 1956 to 2021, 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 Sargent County

The Storm Prediction Center records 28 tornadoes whose paths touched Sargent County, North Dakota between 1956 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 1 July 1973. The most recent was on 13 October 2021.

  • 28tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 326per 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 Sargent County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01554%
F1 / EF1725%
F2 / EF2518%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Sargent County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2000s.1950s21960s11970s41980s21990s32000s92010s62020s1

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s4
1980s2
1990s3
2000s9
2010s6
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May2Jun12Jul7Aug3Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May2
Jun12
Jul7
Aug3
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Sargent County

  • Strongest: North Dakota tornado1 July 1973, F3, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: North Dakota tornado10 July 2011, EF2, 26 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado13 October 2021, EF0, 5.4 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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