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April 15

34 entries from the federal record fall on April 15, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1956F4, 21.3 mile path, 25 killed Jefferson, AL
  2. 1973F4, 23.3 mile path, 5 killed Frio, TX
  3. 1958F4, 0.1 mile path Polk, FL
  4. 2011EF3, 18.3 mile path, 4 killed Greene, MS; Washington, AL
  5. 2011EF3, 9.3 mile path, 3 killed Autauga, AL
  6. 1973F3, 7.6 mile path, 2 killed Hale, TX
  7. 1965F3, 6.5 mile path, 1 killed Cumberland, TN
  8. 1994F3, 15 mile path, 1 killed Hamilton, TN; Meigs, TN; Bradley, TN
  9. 2007EF3, 19 mile path, 1 killed Sumter, SC
  10. 2011EF3, 15.3 mile path, 1 killed Marengo, AL
  11. 1958F3, 3.6 mile path St. Johns, FL
  12. 1958F3, 14.8 mile path St. Lucie, FL
  13. 1960F3, 8.4 mile path Miami, KS; Cass, MO
  14. 1965F3, 10.4 mile path Bradley, TN
  15. 1965F3, 9.6 mile path Jackson, AL; DeKalb, AL
  16. 1973F3, 3.8 mile path Navarro, TX
  17. 1976F3, 9.9 mile path Runnels, TX
  18. 1999F3, 14.5 mile path Dooly, GA
  19. 2011EF3, 16.5 mile path Hinds, MS
  20. 2011EF3, 48.5 mile path Neshoba, MS; Kemper, MS; Sumter, AL
  21. 2011EF3, 18.4 mile path Greene, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL
  22. 2018EF3, 20.4 mile path Campbell, VA; Lynchburg city, VA; Amherst, VA
  23. 1987F2, 3 mile path, 1 killed Lake, FL
  24. 1994F2, 5 mile path, 1 killed Harris, TX
  25. 1994F2, 3 mile path, 1 killed Chester, SC
  26. 1999F2, 0.3 mile path, 1 killed Robeson, NC
  27. 2011EF1, 3.9 mile path, 2 killed Pulaski, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2002Heavy Snow, 8 deaths Bannock; Bingham; Blaine; Bonneville

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1934M5.0, near Pioche, Nevada Lincoln County, NV
  2. 1940M7.0, near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1940M7.0, near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 1970M6.7, near Yakutat, Alaska Yakutat City and Borough, AK
  5. 1980M5.0, near Morton, Washington Skamania County, WA
  6. 2008M6.6, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK