NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brownsville, OR
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Brownsville, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 11 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 11
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Brownsville
The highest rating among the 11 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on September 19, 2017, came within 19 miles. Of the 11, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Brownsville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 52% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2009, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 149 Oregon cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Brownsville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Brownsville
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s2
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.69 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 6, 1951 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 2018 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 13 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 28, 2007 | EF0 | 13 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1996 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1994 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1984 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1975 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 7 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 11 of 11, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brownsville
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Brownsville, from June 4, 2009: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brownsville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Foster Dam, OR, 15 miles east of Brownsville at 550 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 50°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 8.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 117 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 55 nights a year. That 54.5 inches is more than at 56 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (73%). Halsey, 7 miles west, has its own station (Corvallis 10 SSW, OR): 41.5 inches a year, 13.0 less than here, and an August average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 34 | 7.2 | 14 |
| Feb | 51 | 35 | 5.6 | 12 |
| Mar | 56 | 37 | 6.3 | 14 |
| Apr | 60 | 40 | 5.4 | 13 |
| May | 67 | 44 | 3.8 | 9 |
| Jun | 73 | 48 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Jul | 82 | 51 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Aug | 83 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Sep | 76 | 47 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Oct | 64 | 42 | 4.6 | 9 |
| Nov | 53 | 38 | 7.6 | 14 |
| Dec | 47 | 34 | 8.4 | 15 |
| Year | 63 | 42 | 54.5 | 117 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Foster Dam, OR (550 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Brownsville's ZIP code 97327 have filed 10 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $61,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 90% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 0 have fewer than Brownsville.
Linn County, which includes Brownsville, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Linn County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $71.1 million a year, the 10th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $27.5 million (39%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Brownsville
- Halsey, OR7 mi
- Harrisburg, OR11 mi
- Lebanon, OR11 mi
- Sweet Home, OR12 mi
- Albany, OR17 mi
- Junction City, OR18 mi
- Monroe, OR20 mi
- Corvallis, OR20 mi
- Springfield, OR22 mi
- Scio, OR23 mi
- Jefferson, OR24 mi
- Eugene, OR24 mi
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