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April 16

28 entries from the federal record fall on April 16, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1998F5, 69.4 mile path, 3 killed Wayne, TN; Lawrence, TN; Giles, TN
  2. 1998F4, 5 mile path, 2 killed Mississippi, AR
  3. 2011EF3, 17.9 mile path, 12 killed Bertie, NC; Hertford, NC
  4. 2011EF3, 65.2 mile path, 6 killed Moore, NC; Lee, NC; Chatham, NC
  5. 1967F3, 19.4 mile path, 2 killed Van Buren, IA
  6. 1998F3, 4 mile path, 2 killed Dyer, TN
  7. 1998F3, 48 mile path, 2 killed Logan, KY; Lawrence, KY; Allen, KY
  8. 2011EF3, 52.9 mile path, 2 killed Hoke, NC; Cumberland, NC; Harnett, NC
  9. 2011EF3, 26.5 mile path, 2 killed Surry, VA; James City, VA; York, VA
  10. 1960F3, 29.8 mile path, 1 killed Grundy, IA; Black Hawk, IA; Buchanan, IA
  11. 1998F3, 42.1 mile path, 1 killed Davidson, TN; Wilson, TN; Trousdale, TN
  12. 1960F3, 27 mile path Benton, MO; Harrison, MO
  13. 1960F3, 9.2 mile path Franklin, KS
  14. 1961F3, 0.1 mile path Cumberland, PA
  15. 1967F3, 27.8 mile path Lafayette, WI; Green, WI
  16. 1998F3, 2 mile path Dickson, TN
  17. 1998F3, 7.2 mile path Robertson, TN
  18. 1998F3, 20 mile path Adair, KY
  19. 1998F3, 8.6 mile path Pickett, TN
  20. 2002F3, 2.1 mile path Tarrant, TX
  21. 2011EF3, 20.4 mile path Wayne, NC; Lenoir, NC; Greene, NC
  22. 2011EF3, 3.8 mile path Onslow, NC
  23. 2011EF2, 29.9 mile path, 3 killed Bladen, NC; Cumberland, NC; Sampson, NC
  24. 1998F2, 8 mile path, 1 killed Metcalfe, KY
  25. 2011EF2, 13.1 mile path, 1 killed Bladen, NC
  26. 1998F1, 11.5 mile path, 1 killed Bradley, TN

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1999M5.6, near P?hala, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2007Sweat Farm Road Fire, 52,477 acres GA