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April 3

44 entries from the federal record fall on April 3, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1974F5, 31.3 mile path, 36 killed Greene, OH; Clark, OH
  2. 1974F5, 32 mile path, 31 killed Breckinridge, KY; Meade, KY; Harrison, IN
  3. 1974F5, 52 mile path, 28 killed Lawrence, AL; Morgan, AL; Limestone, AL
  4. 1974F5, 79.5 mile path, 28 killed Morgan, AL; Lamar, AL; Marion, AL
  5. 1956F5, 58.8 mile path, 17 killed Allegan, MI; Ottawa, MI; Kent, MI
  6. 1974F5, 83.3 mile path, 16 killed Limestone, AL; Madison, AL; Lincoln, TN
  7. 1964F5, 4.7 mile path, 7 killed Wichita, TX
  8. 1974F5, 68 mile path, 6 killed Clark, IN; Scott, IN; Perry, IN
  9. 1974F5, 20.8 mile path, 3 killed Ohio, IN; Boone, KY; Hamilton, OH
  10. 1974F4, 108.7 mile path, 18 killed Elkhart, IN; Noble, IN; Pulaski, IN
  11. 1974F4, 35.6 mile path, 11 killed Clark, IN; Scott, IN; Jefferson, IN
  12. 1974F4, 27.5 mile path, 11 killed Lincoln, TN; Franklin, TN
  13. 1974F4, 38.4 mile path, 10 killed Cumberland, KY; Clinton, KY; Wayne, KY
  14. 1974F4, 28.4 mile path, 10 killed White, TN; Putnam, TN; Overton, TN
  15. 1974F4, 29.5 mile path, 9 killed Gordon, GA; Whitfield, GA; Murray, GA
  16. 1956F4, 11.5 mile path, 7 killed Green Lake, WI; Waushara, WI; Winnebago, WI
  17. 1974F4, 31.9 mile path, 7 killed Garrard, KY; Madison, KY; Clark, KY
  18. 1974F4, 18.8 mile path, 7 killed Fentress, TN
  19. 1999F4, 19.3 mile path, 7 killed Caddo, LA; Bossier, LA
  20. 1974F4, 17.7 mile path, 6 killed Pickens, GA; Dawson, GA; Lumpkin, GA
  21. 1968F4, 33.7 mile path, 5 killed Lincoln, AR
  22. 1974F4, 11 mile path, 5 killed Pickett, TN; Wayne, KY
  23. 1974F4, 35.6 mile path, 4 killed Bartholomew, IN; Decatur, IN; Franklin, IN
  24. 1974F4, 79.4 mile path, 4 killed Anderson, KY; Franklin, KY; Scott, KY
  25. 1974F4, 24 mile path, 4 killed Fannin, GA; Cherokee, NC
  26. 1956F4, 11.6 mile path, 3 killed Henderson, TN
  27. 1974F4, 18.5 mile path, 3 killed Jefferson, KY; Oldham, KY
  28. 1974F4, 37.9 mile path, 3 killed Hardin, KY; Nelson, KY; Spencer, KY
  29. 1974F4, 110.6 mile path, 3 killed Pickens, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Fayette, AL
  30. 1968F4, 50.6 mile path, 2 killed Calloway, KY; Marshall, KY; Trigg, KY
  31. 1974F4, 19.8 mile path, 2 killed Hamilton, OH; Warren, OH
  32. 1956F4, 50.3 mile path, 1 killed Manistee, MI; Benzie, MI; Grand Traverse, MI
  33. 1974F4, 18 mile path, 1 killed Henry, IN; Delaware, IN; Randolph, IN
  34. 1956F4, 41.8 mile path Ottawa, OK; Cherokee, KS; Kiowa, KS
  35. 1974F4, 18.9 mile path Hancock, IN; Rush, IN; Henry, IN
  36. 1974F4, 27.1 mile path Jefferson, IN; Switzerland, IN; Ohio, IN
  37. 1974F4, 14 mile path Grayson, KY
  38. 1974F4, 20.2 mile path Green, KY; Taylor, KY
  39. 1974F4, 16.1 mile path Wayne, KY; McCreary, KY
  40. 1981F4, 11.9 mile path Madison, IL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2003Ice Storm, 1 deaths, $161 million Bay; Genesee; Huron; Lapeer

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1926M5.5, near Twentynine Palms, California Riverside County, CA
  2. 1980M5.1, Washington Skamania County, WA
  3. 1980M5.0, near Morton, Washington Skamania County, WA