Marion County, Oregon tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Marion County from 1960 to 2022, 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 Marion County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Marion County, Oregon between 1960 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is October, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 14 December 2010. The most recent was on 24 October 2022.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 102per 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 Marion County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0975%
F1 / EF1217%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Marion County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1960s11990s52000s22010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1990s5
2000s2
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May1Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep2Oct4Nov1Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep2
Oct4
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Marion County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Oregon tornado14 December 2010, EF2, 2 injuries, 5 miles long
  • Most recent: Oregon tornado24 October 2022, EF0, 0 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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