Tornado History Map

Phillips County, Montana tornado history

15 tornadoes recorded in or across Phillips County from 1971 to 2024, 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 Phillips County

The Storm Prediction Center records 15 tornadoes whose paths touched Phillips County, Montana between 1971 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF1 on 29 June 2011. The most recent was on 16 May 2024.

  • 15tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 29per 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 Phillips County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0960%
F1 / EF1533%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating17%

Phillips County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1970s21980s11990s52000s42010s22020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s2
1980s1
1990s5
2000s4
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun7Jul4Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun7
Jul4
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Phillips County

  • Strongest: Montana tornado29 June 2011, EF1, 0.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Montana tornado20 July 2001, F0, 29 miles long
  • Most recent: Montana tornado16 May 2024, Unknown rating, 0.5 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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