Stevens County, Minnesota tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Stevens County from 1952 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 Stevens County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Stevens County, Minnesota between 1952 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 May 1953. The most recent was on 30 May 2022.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 355per 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 Stevens County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01155%
F1 / EF1735%
F2 / EF2210%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Stevens County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1950s21960s21970s41980s32000s32010s52020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s4
1980s3
2000s3
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr4May5Jun3Jul3Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May5
Jun3
Jul3
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Stevens County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado10 May 1953, F2, 17 miles long
  • Longest path and Most recent: Minnesota tornado30 May 2022, EF1, 18.3 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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