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April 17

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1970F4, 96.6 mile path, 5 killed Hall, TX; Donley, TX; Hale, TX
  2. 1963F4, 57.3 mile path, 1 killed Kankakee, IL; Newton, IN; Jasper, IN
  3. 1970F4, 130 mile path, 1 killed Gray, TX; Parmer, TX; Randall, TX
  4. 1970F4, 30 mile path Cochran, TX; Hockley, TX
  5. 1976F4, 19.5 mile path Barber, KS
  6. 1976F4, 32.9 mile path Caddo, OK
  7. 1978F4, 3.6 mile path Washington, MS
  8. 1963F3, 0.5 mile path Monroe, MI
  9. 1973F3, 0.5 mile path Calcasieu, LA
  10. 1973F3, 0.5 mile path Calcasieu, LA
  11. 1976F3, 14.7 mile path Foard, TX
  12. 1978F3, 18.5 mile path Claiborne, MS
  13. 1978F3, 4.5 mile path Hinds, MS
  14. 2002F3, 8 mile path Dewey, OK; Woodward, OK
  15. 2025EF3, 8.1 mile path Douglas, NE; Washington, NE
  16. 1964F2, 21.9 mile path, 1 killed Harris, TX
  17. 1963F1, 1 mile path, 1 killed Branch, MI

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2016Flash Flood, 8 deaths, $51.3 million Austin; Colorado; Fort Bend; Galveston

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1916M7.4, near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1954M6.6, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1980M5.0, near Morton, Washington Skamania County, WA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2022Cooks Peak Fire, 61,143 acres NM