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March 12

50 entries from the federal record fall on March 12, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1971F4, 5.1 mile path, 1 killed Bowie, TX
  2. 1986F4, 23 mile path Lauderdale, MS; Kemper, MS
  3. 2006F4, 29 mile path Monroe, MO
  4. 2006F3, 19.7 mile path, 4 killed Randolph, MO; Monroe, MO
  5. 1986F3, 16 mile path, 2 killed Pickens, AL
  6. 1976F3, 38.5 mile path, 1 killed Kankakee, IL; Newton, IN; Jasper, IN
  7. 2006F3, 42 mile path, 1 killed Hickory, MO; Lawrence, MO; Christian, MO
  8. 1961F3, 5.4 mile path Pulaski, AR
  9. 1961F3, 5.1 mile path Woodruff, AR
  10. 1967F3, 23.6 mile path McCreary, KY; Whitley, KY
  11. 1967F3, 2 mile path Whitley, KY
  12. 1971F3, 41.6 mile path Marshall, OK; Bryan, OK
  13. 1971F3, 5.2 mile path Grayson, TX
  14. 1971F3, 5.1 mile path Grayson, TX
  15. 1971F3, 5.1 mile path Grayson, TX
  16. 1976F3, 22.6 mile path Kendall, IL; DuPage, IL
  17. 1976F3, 12.6 mile path Porter, IN; LaPorte, IN
  18. 1976F3, 12.1 mile path Starke, IN
  19. 1976F3, 16.5 mile path Autauga, AL
  20. 1976F3, 4.9 mile path Elmore, AL
  21. 1986F3, 32 mile path Smith, MS; Jasper, MS; Newton, MS
  22. 1986F3, 6 mile path Lamar, AL
  23. 1986F3, 2.5 mile path Marion, AL
  24. 2006F3, 35 mile path Saline, MO; Howard, MO
  25. 2006F3, 29 mile path Cherokee, OK; Delaware, OK
  26. 2006F3, 25 mile path Delaware, OK; Benton, AR
  27. 2006F3, 17 mile path Hickory, MO
  28. 2006F3, 32 mile path Webster, MO; Wright, MO; Laclede, MO
  29. 1993F2, 1 mile path, 3 killed Levy, FL
  30. 1976F2, 15.1 mile path, 2 killed DuPage, IL; Cook, IL
  31. 1961F2, 28.8 mile path, 1 killed Franklin, AR; Johnson, AR
  32. 1961F2, 21.1 mile path, 1 killed Ozark, MO; Howell, MO
  33. 1967F2, 16 mile path, 1 killed Greene, TN
  34. 1993F2, 30 mile path, 1 killed Lake, FL
  35. 2006F2, 11.2 mile path, 1 killed Pettis, MO
  36. 2006F2, 26 mile path, 1 killed Bates, MO; Cass, MO; Henry, MO
  37. 2006F2, 38 mile path, 1 killed Vernon, MO; Cedar, MO; St. Clair, MO
  38. 2001F1, 3.2 mile path, 2 killed Covington, AL
  39. 1976F1, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Allen, IN
  40. 1993F1, 0.8 mile path, 1 killed Alachua, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2006Wildfire, 12 deaths, $49.9 million Carson; Gray
  2. 2017Lake-Effect Snow, 5 deaths Columbia; Dane; Dodge; Fond du Lac

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1933M5.0, near Gabbs, Nevada Nye County, NV
  2. 1934M6.6, Hansel Valley, Utah Box Elder County, UT
  3. 1934M5.1, near Thatcher, Utah Box Elder County, UT
  4. 1934M5.9, near Howell, Utah Box Elder County, UT
  5. 1957M7.1, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2006East Amarillo Complex, 593,293 acres TX
  2. 1988Big Country Fire, 209,201 acres TX
  3. 2006Mcdonald Fire, 92,781 acres NM, TX