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April 6

17 entries from the federal record fall on April 6, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1955F3, 30.2 mile path, 1 killed Grayson, TX; Fannin, TX
  2. 1953F3, 0.5 mile path Jefferson, AL
  3. 1955F3, 21.7 mile path Jack, TX; Clay, TX
  4. 1955F3, 15.1 mile path Cooke, TX
  5. 1958F3, 25.7 mile path Marshall, AL; Jackson, AL
  6. 2003F3, 38.2 mile path Cherokee, TX; Rusk, TX
  7. 2005F3, 15 mile path Rankin, MS
  8. 2005F3, 28 mile path Covington, MS; Smith, MS; Jasper, MS
  9. 1972F2, 17.5 mile path, 1 killed Ogle, IL; Lee, IL
  10. 1972F2, 6.8 mile path, 1 killed Will, IL
  11. 2025EF2, 12.4 mile path, 1 killed Jones, MS; Smith, MS; Jasper, MS

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2003Flash Flood, 1 deaths, $270 million Choctaw; Copiah; Covington; Forrest

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1934M5.5, near Avon, Utah Cache County, UT
  2. 1979M5.3, near Trinidad, California Humboldt County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2022Hermits Peak Fire, 351,782 acres NM
  2. 2017West Mims Fire, 166,678 acres FL, GA
  3. 2011Swenson Fire, 136,718 acres TX