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April 18

23 entries from the federal record fall on April 18, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1970F4, 65 mile path, 16 killed Gray, TX; Swisher, TX; Briscoe, TX
  2. 1978F4, 19.1 mile path, 4 killed Lawrence, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS
  3. 1969F4, 52.4 mile path, 2 killed Butler, AL; Crenshaw, AL; Montgomery, AL
  4. 1953F3, 39.8 mile path, 8 killed Lee, AL; Muscogee, GA
  5. 1950F3, 14 mile path Mobile, AL
  6. 1955F3, 8.9 mile path Wheeler, TX
  7. 1957F3, 1 mile path Grayson, TX
  8. 1966F3, 2 mile path Brazoria, TX
  9. 1966F3, 23.8 mile path Scott, MS
  10. 1969F3, 77.3 mile path Darlington, SC; Scotland, NC; Robeson, NC
  11. 1969F3, 25.8 mile path Sampson, NC; Duplin, NC
  12. 1975F3, 2 mile path Monroe, IL
  13. 1978F3, 10.5 mile path Monroe, AL
  14. 1975F1, 6.6 mile path, 1 killed Madison, TN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2009Flash Flood, 5 deaths, $7.5 million Fort Bend; Galveston; Harris; Wharton
  2. 2022Heat, 5 deaths Cochise; Pima; Pinal; Santa Cruz

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1906M7.9, San Francisco, California San Francisco County, CA
  2. 1906M6.3, Imperial Valley, California Imperial County, CA
  3. 1928M5.2, near Channel Islands Beach, California Ventura County, CA
  4. 1980M5.0, near Amboy, Washington Skamania County, WA
  5. 1990M5.4, near Aromas, California Santa Cruz County, CA
  6. 1990M5.1, near Interlaken, California Santa Cruz County, CA
  7. 2008M5.2, near Bellmont, Illinois Wabash County, IL