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April 23

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1968F5, 34 mile path, 7 killed Scioto, OH; Lawrence, OH; Gallia, OH
  2. 1968F4, 78.7 mile path, 6 killed Pendleton, KY; Bracken, KY; Edmonson, KY
  3. 1968F4, 24.1 mile path, 1 killed Clermont, OH; Brown, OH; Clinton, OH
  4. 1975F4, 11.4 mile path, 1 killed Caldwell, MO
  5. 1975F4, 28.2 mile path, 1 killed Macon, MO; Shelby, MO
  6. 1971F4, 25.4 mile path Monroe, AL
  7. 1961F3, 87.7 mile path, 1 killed Jones, IA; Marshall, IA; Tama, IA
  8. 1953F3, 0.1 mile path Crawford, AR
  9. 1955F3, 5.4 mile path Ringgold, IA
  10. 1960F3, 17.2 mile path Laramie, WY
  11. 1961F3, 51.7 mile path Will, IL; Lake, IN; Newton, IN
  12. 1965F3, 47.4 mile path Poweshiek, IA; Keokuk, IA; Washington, IA
  13. 1968F3, 60.9 mile path Mecosta, MI; Osceola, MI
  14. 1968F3, 0.1 mile path Greenup, KY
  15. 1970F3, 0.5 mile path Scott, KY
  16. 1971F3, 13.9 mile path Randolph, GA; Paulding, GA
  17. 1971F3, 13.5 mile path Sumter, GA; Dooly, GA; Crisp, GA
  18. 1973F3, 2.5 mile path Johnson, TX
  19. 1975F3, 14 mile path Linn, MO
  20. 1983F3, 33 mile path Barnwell, SC; Bamberg, SC; Orangeburg, SC
  21. 1985F3, 13 mile path Caddo, LA; Bossier, LA; Lafayette, AR
  22. 2000F3, 16 mile path Cass, TX
  23. 2000F3, 32.5 mile path Caddo, LA; Bossier, LA
  24. 2000F3, 19.3 mile path De Soto, LA; Red River, LA; Natchitoches, LA
  25. 1953F2, 1.5 mile path, 1 killed Okmulgee, OK
  26. 1953F2, 0.8 mile path, 1 killed McCurtain, OK
  27. 1971F2, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Macon, GA

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1906M6.4, Northwest of Eureka, California Humboldt County, CA
  2. 1968M6.6, near Halibut Cove, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK