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March 6

14 entries from the federal record fall on March 6, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1967F4, 20.9 mile path, 2 killed Walker, AL
  2. 1956F4, 1.9 mile path, 1 killed Grant, IN
  3. 1996F3, 19 mile path, 4 killed Dallas, AL
  4. 1961F3, 2 mile path, 1 killed Howard, IN
  5. 1956F3, 9.4 mile path Iroquois, IL
  6. 1961F3, 21.2 mile path Effingham, IL; Jasper, IL
  7. 1961F3, 0.1 mile path Howard, IN
  8. 2017EF3, 17.7 mile path Jackson, MO; Lafayette, MO
  9. 1996F2, 4 mile path, 2 killed Montgomery, AL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1997High Wind, 5 deaths Bronx; Kings; Nassau; New York
  2. 1996Heavy Snow, 3 deaths Broome; Cayuga; Chemung; Chenango
  3. 2005Avalanche, 3 deaths Eagle; Garfield; Pitkin

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1998M5.0, near Coso Junction, California Inyo County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2017Perryton Fire, 290,085 acres OK, TX