Tornado History Map

Lane County, Oregon tornado history

7 tornadoes recorded in or across Lane County from 1951 to 2015, 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 Lane County

The Storm Prediction Center records 7 tornadoes whose paths touched Lane County, Oregon between 1951 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is December, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 24 November 1989. The most recent was on 14 April 2015.

  • 7tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 15per 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 Lane County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0571%
F1 / EF1229%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lane County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in 1980s.1950s11970s11980s21990s22010s1

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s1
1980s2
1990s2
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Dec.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May1Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec3

Records for Lane County

  • Strongest: Oregon tornado24 November 1989, F1, 0.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Oregon tornado2 December 1999, F0, 1 injury, 2.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Oregon tornado14 April 2015, EF0, 0.1 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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