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March 28

45 entries from the federal record fall on March 28, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1984F4, 28 mile path, 16 killed Lenoir, NC; Greene, NC; Pitt, NC
  2. 1975F4, 5.4 mile path, 7 killed Bradley, AR
  3. 1984F4, 17 mile path, 7 killed Marlboro, SC; Scotland, NC
  4. 1984F4, 21 mile path, 5 killed Fairfield, SC
  5. 1984F4, 40 mile path, 4 killed Marlboro, SC; Scotland, NC; Robeson, NC
  6. 1984F4, 21 mile path, 3 killed Sampson, NC; Duplin, NC; Wayne, NC
  7. 1984F4, 4 mile path Kershaw, SC; Lancaster, SC
  8. 1984F4, 7 mile path Chesterfield, SC
  9. 1984F3, 40 mile path, 12 killed Bladen, NC; Cumberland, NC; Sampson, NC
  10. 1984F3, 6 mile path, 6 killed Bertie, NC
  11. 1984F3, 14 mile path, 2 killed Gates, NC
  12. 2000F3, 4 mile path, 2 killed Tarrant, TX
  13. 2007EF3, 28 mile path, 2 killed Prowers, CO; Kiowa, CO
  14. 1997F3, 9 mile path, 1 killed Hart, KY
  15. 2007EF3, 7.8 mile path, 1 killed Hemphill, TX
  16. 1966F3, 9.3 mile path Colorado, TX
  17. 1972F3, 10.4 mile path Union, AR
  18. 1977F3, 24.5 mile path Sharkey, MS
  19. 1984F3, 19 mile path Newberry, SC; Fairfield, SC
  20. 1984F3, 9 mile path Wayne, NC; Lenoir, NC
  21. 1997F3, 2 mile path Larue, KY
  22. 1997F3, 15 mile path Adair, KY
  23. 2000F3, 8 mile path Tarrant, TX; Dallas, TX
  24. 2007EF3, 3.4 mile path Donley, TX
  25. 2007EF3, 3 mile path Gray, TX
  26. 2007EF3, 8 mile path Gray, TX
  27. 2007EF3, 29.1 mile path Hodgeman, KS; Ness, KS
  28. 2009EF3, 12.3 mile path Union, KY; Henderson, KY
  29. 2010EF3, 3.5 mile path Guilford, NC
  30. 2020EF3, 12.5 mile path Craighead, AR
  31. 2007EF2, 16 mile path, 2 killed Beaver, OK
  32. 1984F2, 23 mile path, 1 killed Newberry, SC
  33. 1984F2, 6 mile path, 1 killed Chowan, NC; Perquimans, NC
  34. 1997F2, 10 mile path, 1 killed Metcalfe, KY
  35. 1988F1, 0.8 mile path, 1 killed Oklahoma, OK

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2009Winter Storm, 6 deaths Jefferson; Kenosha; Milwaukee; Ozaukee
  2. 2022Winter Weather, 6 deaths Cambria; Centre; Clearfield; Elk
  3. 1998Flash Flood, 3 deaths Maricopa
  4. 2009Winter Weather, 3 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. 1915M6.4, Kaoiki area, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1957M6.8, near Unalaska, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1964M5.1, near Merriman, Nebraska Cherry County, NE
  4. 1964M6.5, near Akhiok, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK
  5. 1964M6.5, near Akhiok, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK
  6. 2014M5.1, near Brea, CA Orange County, CA