Tornado History Map

Walsh County, North Dakota tornado history

58 tornadoes recorded in or across Walsh County from 1960 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 Walsh County

The Storm Prediction Center records 58 tornadoes whose paths touched Walsh County, North Dakota between 1960 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 27 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 6 June 1999. The most recent was on 7 July 2025.

  • 58tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 453per 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 Walsh County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03560%
F1 / EF12136%
F2 / EF223%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Walsh County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in 2010s.1960s61970s51980s21990s112000s112010s202020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1960s6
1970s5
1980s2
1990s11
2000s11
2010s20
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 27 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May6Jun27Jul15Aug10Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun27
Jul15
Aug10
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Walsh County

  • Strongest: North Dakota tornado6 June 1999, F2, 3.1 miles long
  • Longest path: North Dakota tornado3 June 2011, EF1, 25.3 miles long
  • Most recent: North Dakota tornado7 July 2025, EF0, 1 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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