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February 21

26 entries from the federal record fall on February 21, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1971F5, 109.2 mile path, 47 killed Madison, LA; East Carroll, LA; Sunflower, MS
  2. 1971F4, 202.1 mile path, 58 killed Grenada, MS; Marshall, MS; Issaquena, MS
  3. 1971F4, 65.2 mile path, 13 killed Warren, MS; Yazoo, MS; Holmes, MS
  4. 1971F3, 8.6 mile path, 3 killed Sunflower, MS
  5. 1976F3, 23.7 mile path, 1 killed Butler, MO; Stoddard, MO
  6. 1993F3, 30 mile path, 1 killed Roane, TN; Loudon, TN; Blount, TN
  7. 1993F3, 9 mile path, 1 killed Polk, GA
  8. 1974F3, 9.8 mile path Lawrence, MS
  9. 1974F3, 14.2 mile path Simpson, MS
  10. 1993F3, 10 mile path Putnam, TN
  11. 1993F3, 16 mile path Anderson, TN; Knox, TN
  12. 1993F3, 19 mile path McMinn, TN; Monroe, TN
  13. 1993F3, 19 mile path Cherokee, AL
  14. 1993F3, 8 mile path Cobb, GA
  15. 1993F2, 8 mile path, 1 killed Pike, GA
  16. 2013EF1, 4.5 mile path, 1 killed Sabine, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2026Avalanche, 10 deaths Juab; Salt Lake; Summit; Utah
  2. 2007Avalanche, 5 deaths Juab; Salt Lake; Summit; Utah
  3. 2014Winter Weather, 4 deaths, $40,000 Spokane; Whitman
  4. 2019Winter Weather, 4 deaths Bingham; Bonneville; Butte; Jefferson

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1916M5.2, Near Asheville, North Carolina Buncombe County, NC
  2. 1957M6.8, near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1973M5.3, Point Mugu, California Los Angeles County, CA
  4. 1975M6.5, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  5. 2008M5.9, near Wells, Nevada Elko County, NV
  6. 2008M5.1, near Wells, Nevada Elko County, NV