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March 15

33 entries from the federal record fall on March 15, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2025EF4, 67.2 mile path, 6 killed Tangipahoa, LA; Pike, MS; Walthall, MS
  2. 1984F4, 26 mile path, 5 killed Jackson, AR; Poinsett, AR
  3. 1984F4, 41 mile path, 2 killed Van Buren, AR; Cleburne, AR; Independence, AR
  4. 1982F3, 70 mile path, 2 killed Crawford, KS; Barton, MO; Vernon, MO
  5. 2008EF3, 16.9 mile path, 2 killed Polk, GA; Floyd, GA; Bartow, GA
  6. 2025EF3, 24.3 mile path, 2 killed Dallas, AL; Autauga, AL; Chilton, AL
  7. 1982F3, 6 mile path, 1 killed Pontotoc, OK
  8. 1982F3, 6 mile path, 1 killed Montgomery, KS
  9. 1982F3, 30 mile path, 1 killed Labette, KS; Cherokee, KS
  10. 2025EF3, 26.1 mile path, 1 killed Walthall, MS; Marion, MS
  11. 1953F3, 30.1 mile path Nash, NC; Wilson, NC; Edgecombe, NC
  12. 1982F3, 9 mile path Jasper, MO; Crawford, KS
  13. 1982F3, 14 mile path Benton, MO
  14. 1983F3, 6.1 mile path Hidalgo, TX
  15. 2008EF3, 27.5 mile path Newberry, SC; Richland, SC
  16. 2008EF3, 10.1 mile path Orangeburg, SC
  17. 2012EF3, 7.6 mile path Washtenaw, MI
  18. 2025EF3, 20.4 mile path Tallapoosa, AL
  19. 1973F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed White, TN
  20. 2001F2, 10 mile path, 1 killed Washington, FL; Jackson, FL
  21. 2025EF2, 18.2 mile path, 1 killed Marion, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Covington, MS
  22. 2025EF2, 3.6 mile path, 1 killed Talladega, AL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2002Avalanche, 5 deaths Gunnison; Hinsdale; Montrose; Ouray
  2. 2020Avalanche, 4 deaths Bannock; Bingham; Caribou; Power

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1934M5.1, near Thatcher, Utah Box Elder County, UT
  2. 1946M5.4, near Inyokern, CA Kern County, CA
  3. 1946M6.3, Walker Pass, California Kern County, CA
  4. 1946M5.2, near Inyokern, CA Kern County, CA
  5. 1946M5.4, near Inyokern, CA Kern County, CA
  6. 1946M5.0, near Inyokern, CA Kern County, CA
  7. 1957M7.2, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  8. 1979M5.2, near Joshua Tree, CA San Bernardino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2026Cottonwood Fire, 132,350 acres NE