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April 5

26 entries from the federal record fall on April 5, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2022EF4, 14.4 mile path, 1 killed Bryan, GA
  2. 1954F4, 6.3 mile path Atchison, MO; Page, IA
  3. 1972F3, 8.7 mile path, 6 killed Multnomah, OR; Clark, WA
  4. 1958F3, 60.5 mile path, 1 killed St. Clair, IL; Clinton, IL; Bond, IL
  5. 1952F3, 17.5 mile path York, PA
  6. 1954F3, 5.2 mile path Page, IA
  7. 1956F3, 5.2 mile path Brazos, TX
  8. 1958F3, 20.6 mile path Jackson, IL; Perry, IL; Franklin, IL
  9. 1972F3, 0.1 mile path Lincoln, WA
  10. 1985F3, 3 mile path Cullman, AL
  11. 1985F3, 8 mile path Marshall, AL
  12. 1985F3, 8 mile path Etowah, AL
  13. 2022EF3, 3.9 mile path Houston, GA
  14. 2022EF3, 13.3 mile path Allendale, SC
  15. 2022EF3, 34.5 mile path Allendale, SC; Bamberg, SC; Orangeburg, SC
  16. 2023EF2, 20.7 mile path, 5 killed Bollinger, MO; Cape Girardeau, MO
  17. 1957F2, 75 mile path, 2 killed Twiggs, GA; Wilkinson, GA; Schley, GA
  18. 1958F2, 19.2 mile path, 1 killed Colbert, AL; Lawrence, AL; Lauderdale, AL
  19. 1985F2, 1.8 mile path, 1 killed Randolph, IL
  20. 2011EF2, 3.1 mile path, 1 killed Dodge, GA

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1915M5.0, Near Coleville, California Mono County, CA
  2. 1961M5.1, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
  3. 1980M5.1, near Amboy, Washington Skamania County, WA
  4. 2018M5.3, near Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA Santa Barbara County, CA

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 1987Unnamed Fire, 131,408 acres MN
  2. 2016350 Complex, 58,003 acres OK