He then rated the Fargo tornado an F5, the highest level on the scale. That remains one of only two F5s (or EF5s) on record in North Dakota, including a May 29, 1953, twister in Ft. Rice.

FARGO, N.D. (KFYR) - Sixty-eight years ago, on this date in 1957, North Dakota’s most famous and deadliest tornado tore through the state’s most populous city of Fargo with winds of more than ...

June 20 marks 68 years since a massive tornado, which has since been commonly referred to as the “Fargo Tornado” carved a nine-mile path through Fargo and Moorhead.

Nearly a half century after a tornado swept through Fargo causing death and destruction, scientists are piecing together a statistical profile of the devastating event.

The furthest east F5 tornado was in Niles, Ohio in 1985. The southernmost was the monster and slow-moving Jarrell, Texas tornado in May 1997. The northernmost was in Fargo, ND in 1957.

While North Dakota sees an average of about 23 tornadoes a year, fatalities are rare, National Weather Service data indicates. The last tornado to claim three or more lives in the state was a July 4, ...

FARGO -- It may have happened more than 60 years ago, but the 1957 tornado that obliterated a northside neighborhood here and killed 12 people is still ingrained in the minds of many residents.

FARGO (AP) - Residents here marked the 50th anniversary of the state's deadliest tornado with flowers and a memorial dedicated to the 12 people who died from it.