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March 20

29 entries from the federal record fall on March 20, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1976F4, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Oakland, MI
  2. 1976F4, 63.7 mile path Macon, IL; Piatt, IL; Champaign, IL
  3. 1976F4, 16.7 mile path Tippecanoe, IN; Carroll, IN
  4. 1998F3, 4 mile path, 12 killed Hall, GA; White, GA
  5. 2003F3, 25 mile path, 6 killed Mitchell, GA; Worth, GA
  6. 1998F3, 12 mile path, 2 killed Rockingham, NC
  7. 1974F3, 85.2 mile path, 1 killed San Augustine, TX; Sabine, TX; Sabine, LA
  8. 1976F3, 17.1 mile path, 1 killed Macomb, MI
  9. 1976F3, 49.4 mile path, 1 killed Webster, MS; Clay, MS; Monroe, MS
  10. 1955F3, 3.6 mile path Mississippi, MO
  11. 1957F3, 7.2 mile path Lee, TX
  12. 1957F3, 16.9 mile path Lee, TX; Burleson, TX
  13. 1974F3, 0.1 mile path Angelina, TX
  14. 1974F3, 44.7 mile path Sabine, TX; Natchitoches, LA; Winn, LA
  15. 1976F3, 8.8 mile path Montgomery, IL; Christian, IL
  16. 1976F3, 4.6 mile path West Carroll, LA; Chicot, AR
  17. 1976F3, 9.3 mile path Cullman, AL
  18. 1976F3, 19.2 mile path Blount, AL
  19. 1983F3, 2 mile path Washington, LA
  20. 1983F3, 1 mile path Greene, MS
  21. 1980F1, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Clay, MS

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2020Flash Flood, 6 deaths, $110,000 Dearborn; Fayette; Franklin; Union
  2. 2000Winter Storm, 5 deaths Apache; Coconino; Navajo
  3. 2004Avalanche, 3 deaths Chaffee; Lake; Saguache

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1920M5.5, near Rancho Tehama Reserve, California Tehama County, CA
  2. 1927M6.0, near Honoka‘a, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  3. 1950M5.5, near Mineral, California Shasta County, CA
  4. 1994M5.2, near Panorama City, California Los Angeles County, CA
  5. 1999M6.9, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK