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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Harvey, ND

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Harvey, North Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 43 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
43

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Harvey

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s10
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s8
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s4(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Harvey, North Dakota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 30, 1958F311 mi10.7 mi0 / 0
Aug 8, 2001F220 mi7 mi0 / 0
Aug 8, 2001F220 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1974F223 mi3.8 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1965F215 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 6, 1954F25 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 19, 2005F120 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jun 19, 2005F120 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 1, 1993F115 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 1988F122 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 3, 1979F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 12, 1976F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 43, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Harvey while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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