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April 2

44 entries from the federal record fall on April 2, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1982F5, 53 mile path Choctaw, OK; McCurtain, OK
  2. 1982F4, 23 mile path, 10 killed Lamar, TX; Red River, TX
  3. 1957F4, 7.9 mile path, 3 killed Bryan, OK
  4. 1982F4, 45 mile path, 3 killed Sevier, AR; Howard, AR; Hempstead, AR
  5. 1956F4, 108.3 mile path, 2 killed Kay, OK; Woodson, KS; Coffey, KS
  6. 1957F4, 5.2 mile path, 2 killed Marshall, OK
  7. 1982F4, 20 mile path, 2 killed Ozark, MO; Howell, MO
  8. 1977F4, 16.6 mile path, 1 killed Eaton, MI
  9. 1977F4, 12.4 mile path Kalamazoo, MI
  10. 1980F4, 8.4 mile path Baylor, TX
  11. 2006F3, 18 mile path, 16 killed Dyer, TN
  12. 1957F3, 17.2 mile path, 10 killed Dallas, TX
  13. 2006F3, 31 mile path, 6 killed Gibson, TN; Weakley, TN; Carroll, TN
  14. 1956F3, 42.6 mile path, 5 killed Lincoln, OK; Creek, OK
  15. 1982F3, 18 mile path, 5 killed Hempstead, AR
  16. 2025EF3, 29.1 mile path, 5 killed McNairy, TN; Hardin, TN
  17. 1982F3, 42 mile path, 3 killed Leake, MS; Neshoba, MS; Kemper, MS
  18. 1982F3, 1.5 mile path, 2 killed Fulton, AR
  19. 1982F3, 3.5 mile path, 2 killed Faulkner, AR
  20. 2006F3, 77 mile path, 2 killed Randolph, AR; Greene, AR; Dunklin, MO
  21. 2006F3, 8 mile path, 2 killed Gibson, TN
  22. 1950F3, 2.5 mile path, 1 killed Jackson, AR
  23. 1958F3, 16.4 mile path, 1 killed Wichita, TX; Clay, TX
  24. 1982F3, 32 mile path, 1 killed Fannin, TX; Lamar, TX
  25. 1982F3, 52 mile path, 1 killed Red River, TX; Bowie, TX; McCurtain, OK
  26. 1956F3, 5.4 mile path Ellsworth, KS
  27. 1956F3, 20 mile path Woods, OK; Alfalfa, OK
  28. 1956F3, 20.1 mile path Barton, KS; Rice, KS; Ellsworth, KS
  29. 1956F3, 127 mile path Marion, KS; Chase, KS; Lyon, KS
  30. 1957F3, 10.7 mile path Collin, TX; Grayson, TX
  31. 1957F3, 0.1 mile path Wise, TX
  32. 1958F3, 18.2 mile path Montague, TX
  33. 1970F3, 0.3 mile path Coweta, GA
  34. 1970F3, 6.5 mile path Forsyth, GA
  35. 1982F3, 0.5 mile path Love, OK
  36. 1982F3, 8 mile path Choctaw, OK
  37. 1982F3, 1 mile path Boone, AR
  38. 1982F3, 8 mile path Dyer, TN
  39. 1982F3, 12 mile path Kankakee, IL
  40. 2006F3, 38 mile path Woodruff, AR; Cross, AR; Crittenden, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2003Winter Storm, 3 deaths Bottineau; Burke; Divide; Foster
  2. 2014Flood, 3 deaths, $26,000 Boone; Greene; Hamilton; Hendricks

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1922M6.5, near Akutan, Alaska Aleutians East Borough, AK
  2. 1985M5.7, near Rachel, Nevada Nye County, NV