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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Longview, WA

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 Longview, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 11 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
11

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Longview

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s3
  • 1980s3
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Longview, Washington
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Oct 23, 2014EF12 mi1.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1989F124 mi1.6 mi0 / 1
Mar 28, 1985F14 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Oct 13, 1984F120 mi3 mi0 / 0
Oct 28, 2024EF02 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Oct 11, 2023EF024 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Nov 10, 2020EF021 mi1.7 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 2004F09 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
May 27, 2004F025 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 28, 2000F021 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
Nov 10, 1965F06 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 11 of 11, 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 Longview 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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