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January 21

23 entries from the federal record fall on January 21, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 1999F4, 16 mile path Clay, AR
  2. 2017EF3, 31.1 mile path, 4 killed Lamar, MS; Forrest, MS; Perry, MS
  3. 1959F3, 6.6 mile path, 3 killed Grayson, KY
  4. 1999F3, 39 mile path, 3 killed Saline, AR; Pulaski, AR
  5. 1999F3, 8 mile path, 2 killed White, AR
  6. 1959F3, 33.8 mile path Pontotoc, MS; Union, MS; Prentiss, MS
  7. 1959F3, 26.1 mile path Leake, MS
  8. 1999F3, 11 mile path Dallas, AR
  9. 1999F3, 19 mile path White, AR; Independence, AR
  10. 1999F3, 16 mile path Monroe, AR; St. Francis, AR
  11. 1999F3, 31 mile path Independence, AR; Jackson, AR; Lawrence, AR
  12. 1999F3, 11 mile path Hot Spring, AR; Grant, AR
  13. 1999F3, 39 mile path Prairie, AR
  14. 1999F3, 22 mile path Franklin, LA; Tensas, LA
  15. 1999F2, 16 mile path, 2 killed White, AR
  16. 1999F2, 11 mile path, 1 killed White, AR; Independence, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2025Heavy Snow, 7 deaths Ascension; Assumption; East Baton Rouge; East Feliciana
  2. 1998Avalanche, 5 deaths Gunnison; Hinsdale; Montrose; Ouray
  3. 2016Avalanche, 5 deaths Juab; Salt Lake; Summit; Utah
  4. 2010Heavy Snow, 4 deaths Catron; Cibola; Lincoln; Los Alamos

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1982M5.6, near P?hala, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1982M5.6, near P?hala, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  3. 1997M5.6, near Scotia, California Humboldt County, CA