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March 21

41 entries from the federal record fall on March 21, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1952F4, 14.6 mile path, 50 killed White, AR
  2. 1952F4, 46.8 mile path, 38 killed Hardeman, TN; Chester, TN; Henderson, TN
  3. 1952F4, 13.1 mile path, 29 killed Woodruff, AR
  4. 1952F4, 6.5 mile path, 17 killed Pemiscot, MO
  5. 1952F4, 29.6 mile path, 16 killed Marshall, MS; Fayette, TN
  6. 1952F4, 13 mile path, 7 killed Howard, AR
  7. 1952F4, 0.1 mile path, 4 killed Cross, AR
  8. 1952F4, 2 mile path, 4 killed Dyer, TN
  9. 1952F4, 7.6 mile path, 2 killed Lonoke, AR
  10. 1952F4, 4.7 mile path, 2 killed Dyer, TN
  11. 1952F3, 18.1 mile path, 10 killed Dyer, TN
  12. 1952F3, 16.2 mile path, 9 killed Lonoke, AR
  13. 1952F3, 51.8 mile path, 3 killed Poinsett, AR; Mississippi, AR
  14. 1952F3, 9.4 mile path, 1 killed Poinsett, AR
  15. 1952F3, 39.7 mile path, 1 killed Mississippi, AR
  16. 1952F3, 17.7 mile path Saline, AR
  17. 1952F3, 17.6 mile path Woodruff, AR
  18. 1952F3, 28.5 mile path Jackson, AR; Poinsett, AR; Craighead, AR
  19. 1952F3, 0.1 mile path Carroll, TN
  20. 1952F3, 5.1 mile path Carroll, TN
  21. 1953F3, 31.8 mile path Emmet, IA
  22. 1957F3, 2 mile path Terrebonne, LA
  23. 1962F3, 2.3 mile path Etowah, AL
  24. 1962F3, 10 mile path Cherokee, GA
  25. 1976F3, 5.6 mile path Madison, VA
  26. 1976F3, 0.5 mile path Monroe, PA
  27. 1991F3, 11 mile path Pontotoc, OK
  28. 2022EF3, 34.5 mile path Jack, TX; Montague, TX
  29. 1952F2, 13.3 mile path, 5 killed Prairie, AR
  30. 1952F2, 0.1 mile path, 2 killed Gibson, TN
  31. 1952F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Carroll, TN
  32. 1953F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Stearns, MN
  33. 2022EF2, 5.1 mile path, 1 killed Grayson, TX; Marshall, OK
  34. 2022EF2, 19.1 mile path, 1 killed Houston, TX
  35. 1952F0, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Prairie, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2023Strong Wind, 12 deaths, $170 Alameda; Contra Costa; Monterey; Napa
  2. 2023Winter Weather, 9 deaths, $120,000 Beaver; Box Elder; Cache; Carbon

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1904M5.7, Passamaquoddy Bay area, Maine Washington County, ME
  2. 1905M7.2, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1953M5.0, near South Lake Tahoe, California El Dorado County, CA
  4. 1996M6.8, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK