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February 23

18 entries from the federal record fall on February 23, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1977F4, 15 mile path, 2 killed Winston, MS
  2. 1975F4, 14.4 mile path, 1 killed Tuscaloosa, AL
  3. 2019EF3, 9.7 mile path, 1 killed Lowndes, MS
  4. 1965F3, 5.7 mile path Broward, FL
  5. 1977F3, 10.5 mile path Attala, MS
  6. 1977F3, 11.4 mile path Leake, MS
  7. 1979F3, 10.3 mile path Henderson, TX; Smith, TX
  8. 2016EF3, 7.8 mile path Assumption, LA
  9. 2016EF3, 3 mile path Escambia, FL
  10. 2016EF2, 12.9 mile path, 2 killed St. James, LA
  11. 2016EF2, 5.6 mile path, 1 killed Lamar, MS

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1998Flash Flood, 5 deaths Los Angeles; San Luis Obispo; Santa Barbara; Ventura
  2. 2015Winter Weather, 3 deaths, $39,000 Attala; Bolivar; Carroll; Choctaw
  3. 2015Avalanche, 3 deaths Eagle; Garfield; Pitkin
  4. 1998Flash Flood, 2 deaths, $84.1 million Orange; Riverside; San Bernardino; San Diego

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1925M6.6, near Whittier, Alaska Chugach Census Area, AK
  2. 1935M5.7, near Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX Yuma County, AZ

Wildfires

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

  1. 2014Unnamed Fire, 51,143 acres OK