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May 2

34 entries from the federal record fall on May 2, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1953F4, 4.2 mile path, 4 killed Meigs, TN; McMinn, TN
  2. 1979F4, 20.6 mile path, 1 killed Major, OK; Garfield, OK
  3. 2008EF3, 45.3 mile path, 5 killed Conway, AR; Van Buren, AR; Cleburne, AR
  4. 2010EF3, 29.6 mile path, 3 killed Benton, MS; Tippah, MS; Hardeman, TN
  5. 1983F3, 28 mile path, 2 killed Chautauqua, NY
  6. 1983F3, 5 mile path, 1 killed Wood, OH
  7. 1983F3, 12 mile path, 1 killed Cuyahoga, OH
  8. 1983F3, 20 mile path, 1 killed Cayuga, NY; Onondaga, NY
  9. 1954F3, 0.4 mile path Arkansas, AR
  10. 1954F3, 0.1 mile path Henderson, TX
  11. 1972F3, 7.9 mile path Mercer, PA; Crawford, PA
  12. 1975F3, 4.7 mile path Washita, OK
  13. 1979F3, 8.4 mile path Garfield, OK
  14. 1983F3, 23 mile path Macomb, MI; St. Clair, MI
  15. 1983F3, 15 mile path Chemung, NY; Tioga, NY
  16. 1983F3, 2 mile path Tioga, NY
  17. 1983F3, 3 mile path Oswego, NY
  18. 1983F3, 3 mile path Oneida, NY
  19. 1984F3, 61 mile path Caddo, LA; De Soto, LA; Bossier, LA
  20. 1991F3, 13 mile path Perkins, NE
  21. 1997F3, 20 mile path Holmes, MS
  22. 2008EF3, 0.9 mile path Clay, MO
  23. 2008EF3, 20.2 mile path Cross, AR; Crittenden, AR; Mississippi, AR
  24. 2024EF3, 3.3 mile path Jones, TX
  25. 1950F2, 2 mile path, 1 killed Catahoula, LA
  26. 2008EF2, 40.7 mile path, 1 killed Grant, AR; Saline, AR; Pulaski, AR
  27. 2010EF2, 1.4 mile path, 1 killed Lafayette, MS
  28. 1997F1, 10 mile path, 1 killed Walker, GA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2007Flash Flood, 4 deaths Bexar; Blanco; Caldwell; Fayette
  2. 2002Flash Flood, 2 deaths, $89.6 million Boone; Logan; McDowell; Mingo

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1949M5.7, near Twentynine Palms, CA Riverside County, CA
  2. 1983M6.7, Coalinga, California Fresno County, CA
  3. 1983M5.5, near Coalinga, California Fresno County, CA
  4. 1996M5.4, near Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington King County, WA