April 24

28 entries from the federal record fall on April 24, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2010EF4, 149 mile path, 10 killed Madison, LA; Warren, MS; Issaquena, MS
  2. 1993F4, 5.5 mile path, 7 killed Tulsa, OK; Rogers, OK
  3. 1955F4, 8.6 mile path, 5 killed Morgan, AL
  4. 1975F4, 11.9 mile path, 3 killed Newton, MO
  5. 2002F4, 40.5 mile path Carter, MO; Butler, MO
  6. 2010EF4, 16.6 mile path DeKalb, AL
  7. 2007EF3, 4 mile path, 7 killed Maverick, TX
  8. 1957F3, 14.7 mile path Bastrop, TX; Williamson, TX
  9. 1961F3, 64.2 mile path Pike, IL; Scott, IL; Morgan, IL
  10. 1964F3, 20.6 mile path Caddo, LA; Bossier, LA
  11. 1965F3, 6.5 mile path Marshall, IL
  12. 1970F3, 25.4 mile path Marshall, KY; Livingston, KY; Lyon, KY
  13. 1970F3, 17 mile path Shelby, TN
  14. 1970F3, 12.3 mile path DeSoto, MS; Shelby, TN
  15. 1970F3, 10.4 mile path Shelby, TN
  16. 1976F3, 24.6 mile path Coahoma, MS; Quitman, MS
  17. 1991F3, 3.5 mile path Haskell, TX
  18. 1993F3, 8 mile path Rogers, OK
  19. 2003F3, 12 mile path Rankin, MS
  20. 2010EF3, 29.6 mile path Walker, AL; Jefferson, AL; Blount, AL
  21. 2010EF3, 17.7 mile path Marshall, AL
  22. 2010EF3, 21.2 mile path DeKalb, AL
  23. 2010EF3, 14.3 mile path DeKalb, AL; Chattooga, GA
  24. 1975F2, 1.5 mile path, 1 killed Cumberland, TN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2026Lightning, 3 deaths, $3.8 million Anderson; Collin; Dallas; Delta

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1914M6.4, Near Fernley, Nevada Lyon County, NV
  2. 1984M6.2, Morgan Hill, California Santa Clara County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2011Last Chance Fire, 53,445 acres NM