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February 22

21 entries from the federal record fall on February 22, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1998F3, 28 mile path, 25 killed Osceola, FL; Orange, FL
  2. 1998F3, 16 mile path, 13 killed Seminole, FL; Volusia, FL
  3. 1998F3, 18 mile path, 3 killed Lake, FL; Orange, FL
  4. 1971F3, 85.7 mile path, 2 killed Pitt, NC; Cumberland, NC; Sampson, NC
  5. 1975F3, 14.4 mile path, 1 killed Pulaski, AR
  6. 1971F3, 6.8 mile path Franklin, OH
  7. 1975F3, 26.3 mile path Lafayette, MS; Union, MS; Tippah, MS
  8. 1975F2, 5.2 mile path, 2 killed Jackson, OK
  9. 1975F2, 4.5 mile path, 1 killed Kiowa, OK
  10. 1998F2, 8 mile path, 1 killed Volusia, FL
  11. 2003F1, 0.5 mile path, 2 killed Breathitt, KY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2014Winter Weather, 9 deaths Flathead; Granite; Lake; Lincoln
  2. 2003Avalanche, 6 deaths Bonner; Boundary; Kootenai
  3. 2026Blizzard, 6 deaths Bronx; Kings; Nassau; New York
  4. 2012Avalanche, 5 deaths Box Elder; Cache; Carbon; Davis
  5. 2009Strong Wind, 3 deaths, $15,000 Marin; Napa; Sonoma
  6. 2013Heavy Snow, 3 deaths, $75,000 Asotin; Garfield; Pend Oreille; Spokane

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1935M6.8, near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1979M5.3, near Doyle, California Lassen County, CA
  3. 2002M5.7, near Delta, B.C., MX Yuma County, AZ

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 1996Unnamed Fire, 88,877 acres KS, OK