NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodburn, 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 Woodburn, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 21 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 21
- 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 Woodburn
The highest rating among the 21 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on December 14, 2010, came within 19 miles. Of the 21, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 9 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on October 24, 2022. Woodburn has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 79% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Woodburn
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s3
- 2000s5
- 1990s10
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2010 | EF2 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Dec 8, 1993 | F2 | 11 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2013 | EF1 | 17 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 12, 1991 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 2022 | EF0 | 3 mi | 0.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 2009 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2006 | F0 | 8 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2004 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 3, 1998 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 21, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Woodburn
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Woodburn since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Woodburn
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Aurora State Airport, OR, 8 miles northeast of Woodburn at 196 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 36°F. December is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 39.6 inches over 96 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 39 nights a year. That 39.6 inches is more than at 33 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (43%). Gervais, 4 miles southwest, has its own station (Silverton, OR): 47.3 inches a year, 7.7 more than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 36 | 5.5 | 13 |
| Feb | 53 | 37 | 4.0 | 10 |
| Mar | 57 | 39 | 4.4 | 12 |
| Apr | 62 | 43 | 3.4 | 10 |
| May | 69 | 48 | 2.6 | 8 |
| Jun | 75 | 52 | 1.5 | 5 |
| Jul | 83 | 56 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Aug | 83 | 56 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Sep | 77 | 52 | 1.6 | 4 |
| Oct | 64 | 46 | 3.7 | 8 |
| Nov | 54 | 40 | 5.8 | 12 |
| Dec | 48 | 36 | 6.2 | 13 |
| Year | 64 | 45 | 39.6 | 96 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Aurora State Airport, OR (196 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Woodburn
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 22 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Woodburn: 17 floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 52 mph, on September 18, 2020.
January 18, 2019: heavy rain event 4 miles from the centre of Woodburn — 1 killed.
January 19, 2012: flood 9 miles from the centre of Woodburn — $1.0 million damage.
December 18, 2015: flood 6 miles from the centre of Woodburn — $128,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Marion County, which includes Woodburn, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on May 4, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Marion County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $171.1 million a year, the 5th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $37.5 million (22%), 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 Woodburn
- Hubbard, OR3 mi
- Gervais, OR4 mi
- Mount Angel, OR6 mi
- Aurora, OR7 mi
- Silverton, OR10 mi
- Canby, OR11 mi
- Wilsonville, OR12 mi
- Dundee, OR12 mi
- Dayton, OR12 mi
- Newberg, OR13 mi
- Molalla, OR14 mi
- Keizer, OR14 mi
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