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April 28

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2014EF4, 33.4 mile path, 10 killed Leake, MS; Attala, MS; Neshoba, MS
  2. 1950F4, 1.3 mile path, 5 killed Callahan, TX
  3. 1950F4, 4.5 mile path, 5 killed Hughes, OK
  4. 2002F4, 38 mile path, 3 killed Charles, MD; Calvert, MD
  5. 1953F4, 1 mile path, 2 killed Bexar, TX
  6. 2014EF3, 15.6 mile path, 2 killed Limestone, AL
  7. 2014EF3, 26.8 mile path, 2 killed Lincoln, TN; Moore, TN
  8. 1950F3, 20.8 mile path, 1 killed Kiowa, OK; Washita, OK
  9. 1953F3, 4.9 mile path, 1 killed Hays, TX
  10. 1963F3, 4.9 mile path, 1 killed Nemaha, NE
  11. 2002F3, 19.3 mile path, 1 killed Union, IL; Johnson, IL
  12. 2014EF3, 29.7 mile path, 1 killed Hinds, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS
  13. 1953F3, 0.5 mile path Bastrop, TX
  14. 1956F3, 39.3 mile path Jefferson, NE; Saline, NE; Gage, NE
  15. 1958F3, 4.9 mile path Comanche, TX
  16. 1960F3, 3.3 mile path Caddo, OK
  17. 1960F3, 7.1 mile path Sedgwick, KS
  18. 1960F3, 3.6 mile path Grady, OK
  19. 1960F3, 1.5 mile path Grady, OK
  20. 1960F3, 11.7 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  21. 1961F3, 0.3 mile path New Castle, DE
  22. 1964F3, 0.1 mile path Talladega, AL
  23. 1964F3, 15.7 mile path Haralson, GA; Cleburne, AL
  24. 2002F3, 22 mile path Pope, IL; Moultrie, IL
  25. 2002F3, 22 mile path Crittenden, KY; Webster, KY; Hopkins, KY
  26. 2002F3, 3.2 mile path Rutherford, TN
  27. 2002F3, 18 mile path Dorchester, MD
  28. 2008EF3, 24 mile path Suffolk city, VA; Portsmouth city, VA; Norfolk city, VA
  29. 2014EF3, 31 mile path Lee, MS; Itawamba, MS; Prentiss, MS
  30. 2014EF3, 4.3 mile path Scott, MS
  31. 2014EF3, 8.9 mile path Cullman, AL
  32. 2014EF3, 10.5 mile path Jones, MS; Wayne, MS
  33. 2014EF3, 11.7 mile path Etowah, AL; DeKalb, AL
  34. 1960F2, 6.1 mile path, 3 killed Cleveland, OK
  35. 1962F2, 34.6 mile path, 1 killed Tunica, MS; DeSoto, MS
  36. 1985F2, 4 mile path, 1 killed Nolan, TX; Taylor, TX
  37. 2002F2, 32.3 mile path, 1 killed Perry, IN; Breckinridge, KY; Meade, KY
  38. 1956F1, 4.7 mile path, 2 killed Montgomery, IL
  39. 2024EF1, 0.3 mile path, 1 killed Trinity, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2017Flash Flood, 5 deaths, $83,000 Benton; Carroll; Crawford; Madison

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1923M5.8, near Shelter Cove, California Humboldt County, CA
  2. 1923M5.6, near Samoa, California Humboldt County, CA
  3. 1969M5.5, near Borrego Springs, CA San Diego County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2011Miller Fire, 84,897 acres NM
  2. 2003Boiler Fire, 56,854 acres NM