Tornado History Map

Ramsey County, North Dakota tornado history

61 tornadoes recorded in or across Ramsey County from 1959 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 Ramsey County

The Storm Prediction Center records 61 tornadoes whose paths touched Ramsey County, North Dakota between 1959 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 21 June 1971. The most recent was on 7 July 2025.

  • 61tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 515per 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 Ramsey County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03964%
F1 / EF11728%
F2 / EF247%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Ramsey County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in 1970s.1950s11960s71970s181980s71990s102000s72010s72020s4

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s7
1970s18
1980s7
1990s10
2000s7
2010s7
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun23Jul23Aug11Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun23
Jul23
Aug11
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Ramsey County

  • Strongest and Longest path: North Dakota tornado21 June 1971, F2, 8.9 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado7 July 2025, EF0, 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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