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May 3

22 entries from the federal record fall on May 3, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1999F5, 37 mile path, 36 killed Grady, OK; McClain, OK; Cleveland, OK
  2. 1999F4, 24 mile path, 6 killed Sumner, KS; Sedgwick, KS
  3. 1999F4, 35 mile path, 2 killed Logan, OK; Payne, OK; Noble, OK
  4. 1999F4, 15 mile path, 1 killed Kingfisher, OK
  5. 1984F3, 7 mile path, 5 killed Montgomery, AL; Elmore, AL
  6. 1955F3, 6.8 mile path Lincoln, WI
  7. 1956F3, 3.8 mile path Covington, AL
  8. 1958F3, 59.2 mile path Gregg, TX; Harrison, TX
  9. 1979F3, 7.2 mile path Wood, TX
  10. 1999F3, 6 mile path Caddo, OK
  11. 1999F3, 9 mile path Caddo, OK; Grady, OK
  12. 1999F3, 21 mile path Canadian, OK; Blaine, OK; Kingfisher, OK
  13. 1999F3, 22 mile path Canadian, OK; Kingfisher, OK
  14. 1999F3, 16 mile path Lincoln, OK; Creek, OK
  15. 1999F3, 13 mile path Logan, OK
  16. 2024EF3, 3.5 mile path Coke, TX
  17. 1999F2, 18 mile path, 1 killed Pottawatomie, OK; Lincoln, OK

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1905M6.2, Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1934M6.8, near Glacier View, Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
  3. 2018M5.1, near Fern Forest, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  4. 2025M5.4, near Whites City, New Mexico Culberson County, TX

Wildfires

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

  1. 2002Blackjack Bay Complex, 107,047 acres FL, GA