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April 30

44 entries from the federal record fall on April 30, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1953F4, 1 mile path, 18 killed Houston, GA
  2. 1967F4, 20.1 mile path, 6 killed Freeborn, MN; Waseca, MN
  3. 1967F4, 38.7 mile path, 5 killed Freeborn, MN; Steele, MN
  4. 1954F4, 80.4 mile path Linn, IA; Delaware, IA; Clayton, IA
  5. 1967F4, 13.3 mile path Worth, IA
  6. 1967F4, 7.6 mile path Worth, IA; Freeborn, MN
  7. 1972F4, 26.6 mile path Hodgeman, KS; Ness, KS
  8. 1978F4, 9.3 mile path Canadian, OK; Oklahoma, OK
  9. 1967F3, 18.4 mile path, 2 killed Freeborn, MN; Waseca, MN
  10. 2019EF3, 27.6 mile path, 2 killed Bryan, OK; Atoka, OK
  11. 1953F3, 2 mile path, 1 killed Twiggs, GA
  12. 2010EF3, 20.3 mile path, 1 killed Conway, AR; Van Buren, AR
  13. 2024EF3, 2.2 mile path, 1 killed Pottawatomie, KS
  14. 1951F3, 12.8 mile path Pratt, KS
  15. 1951F3, 7.4 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  16. 1952F3, 0.5 mile path Tom Green, TX
  17. 1954F3, 139.9 mile path Leon, TX; Houston, TX; Travis, TX
  18. 1954F3, 1 mile path Choctaw, OK
  19. 1954F3, 86.3 mile path Morris, TX; Cass, TX; Nevada, AR
  20. 1954F3, 111.6 mile path Bowie, TX; Pike, AR; Clark, AR
  21. 1954F3, 40.7 mile path Crawford, AR; Washington, AR
  22. 1961F3, 2 mile path Grady, OK
  23. 1962F3, 36.5 mile path St. Joseph, IN; Elkhart, IN
  24. 1962F3, 0.1 mile path Porter, IN
  25. 1967F3, 7.7 mile path Cerro Gordo, IA
  26. 1967F3, 17.2 mile path Worth, IA
  27. 1970F3, 8.2 mile path Ripley, MO; Butler, MO
  28. 1972F3, 13.1 mile path Lane, KS; Ness, KS
  29. 1972F3, 1 mile path Lane, KS
  30. 1972F3, 17 mile path Pawnee, KS; Rush, KS
  31. 1972F3, 6.8 mile path Ness, KS
  32. 1972F3, 2.7 mile path Ness, KS
  33. 1972F3, 1.5 mile path Dickinson, KS
  34. 1978F3, 14.4 mile path Lipscomb, TX
  35. 2000F3, 13 mile path Young, TX
  36. 2010EF3, 7.7 mile path Jackson, AR
  37. 2023EF3, 4.5 mile path Virginia Beach city, VA
  38. 1953F2, 0.5 mile path, 1 killed Twiggs, GA
  39. 1954F2, 16.7 mile path, 1 killed Sabine, LA
  40. 1981F2, 29.1 mile path, 1 killed Grady, OK

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2004Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $24,000 Anderson; Bosque; Comanche; Cooke
  2. 2001Hail, $200 million Douglas

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1918M5.0, near Calexico, California Imperial County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2008Huckabee Fire, 84,968 acres TX