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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Jefferson, OR

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 Jefferson, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
17

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Jefferson

By decade

  • 2010s3
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s9
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Jefferson, Oregon
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Dec 14, 2010EF210 mi5 mi0 / 2
Sep 1, 2017EF119 mi0.69 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 2003F111 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Mar 8, 1960F18 mi1 mi0 / 0
Oct 29, 2018EF03 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 4, 2009EF019 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 2007EF013 mi1 mi0 / 0
Dec 16, 2006F021 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Oct 3, 1998F021 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 17, 1997F012 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 17, 1997F06 mi1 mi0 / 0
Sep 15, 1997F022 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 17, 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 Jefferson 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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