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April 21

35 entries from the federal record fall on April 21, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1967F4, 15 mile path, 33 killed Cook, IL
  2. 1967F4, 25.5 mile path, 24 killed Boone, IL; McHenry, IL
  3. 1967F4, 8.8 mile path, 1 killed McHenry, IL; Lake, IL
  4. 2001F4, 5 mile path, 1 killed Barton, KS
  5. 1952F4, 2.3 mile path McLennan, TX
  6. 1957F4, 29.2 mile path Hockley, TX; Lamb, TX
  7. 1957F4, 15.5 mile path Lubbock, TX
  8. 1967F4, 59 mile path Linn, MO; Macon, MO; Knox, MO
  9. 1967F4, 12 mile path Clinton, MI
  10. 1973F4, 14.6 mile path Mercer, MO; Putnam, MO
  11. 1974F4, 26 mile path Fond du Lac, WI; Winnebago, WI
  12. 1984F3, 71 mile path, 15 killed Union, MS; Leflore, MS; Tallahatchie, MS
  13. 1972F3, 0.3 mile path, 3 killed Pope, IL
  14. 1985F3, 4.5 mile path, 3 killed Throckmorton, TX; Young, TX
  15. 1951F3, 33.5 mile path, 2 killed Jones, MS; Jasper, MS
  16. 1974F3, 58.6 mile path, 2 killed Dodge, WI; Fond du Lac, WI; Sheboygan, WI
  17. 1996F3, 10.1 mile path, 2 killed Sebastian, AR; Crawford, AR; Sequoyah, OK
  18. 1996F3, 15 mile path, 2 killed Madison, AR
  19. 1977F3, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed St. Martin, LA
  20. 2002F3, 31.5 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, IL; Wayne, IL
  21. 1964F3, 14.1 mile path McDonough, IL
  22. 1967F3, 14.6 mile path Ray, MO; Carroll, MO
  23. 1967F3, 0.1 mile path Jefferson, IA
  24. 1967F3, 13.6 mile path Kent, MI
  25. 1972F3, 12.8 mile path Leflore, MS
  26. 1972F3, 5.7 mile path Butler, KY
  27. 1972F3, 32.3 mile path Lawrence, TN; Giles, TN
  28. 1972F3, 1 mile path Grayson, KY
  29. 1972F3, 9.1 mile path Lincoln, MS
  30. 1974F3, 22.2 mile path Dodge, WI; Fond du Lac, WI
  31. 1984F3, 3 mile path Shelby, TN
  32. 2005F3, 5 mile path Neosho, KS
  33. 1955F2, 0.5 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, AR

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1918M6.7, San Jacinto, California Riverside County, CA
  2. 2001M5.3, near Freedom, Idaho Caribou County, ID