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May 1

26 entries from the federal record fall on May 1, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1953F4, 12.1 mile path, 7 killed Clay, AL
  2. 1953F4, 0.1 mile path, 2 killed Choctaw, AL
  3. 1954F4, 68.6 mile path Foard, TX; Wilbarger, TX; Tillman, OK
  4. 1954F4, 59.2 mile path Pottawatomie, OK; Lincoln, OK; Creek, OK
  5. 1954F3, 12.3 mile path, 3 killed Tillman, OK; Cotton, OK
  6. 1973F3, 3.6 mile path, 2 killed Clark, MO
  7. 1954F3, 6.2 mile path Stephens, OK
  8. 1954F3, 8 mile path Cotton, OK; Jefferson, OK
  9. 1967F3, 5.2 mile path Allen, LA
  10. 1983F3, 9 mile path Osage, MO
  11. 1983F3, 4 mile path Greene, IL
  12. 1983F3, 16 mile path St. Louis city, MO; Madison, IL
  13. 1984F3, 8 mile path Motley, TX
  14. 2018EF3, 15.8 mile path Saline, KS; Ottawa, KS
  15. 1983F0, 0.2 mile path, 2 killed Effingham, IL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2010Flood, 18 deaths, $1.6 billion Benton; Cheatham; Clay; Cumberland
  2. 2023Dust Storm, 8 deaths Montgomery
  3. 2010Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $670 million Carroll; Chester; Crockett; Decatur
  4. 2010Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $5.7 million Adair; Allen; Anderson; Barren
  5. 2011Flood, 4 deaths, $6.6 million Clay; Craighead; Crittenden; Cross
  6. 2004Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $30,000 Henderson; McLennan; Navarro
  7. 2007Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $2.7 million Anderson; Bosque; Collin; Comanche

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1971M7.0, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1990M6.6, near King Salmon, Alaska Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
  3. 2008M6.6, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 2026M5.2, near Silver Springs, Nevada Lyon County, NV