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May 4

47 entries from the federal record fall on May 4, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2007EF5, 25.8 mile path, 11 killed Kiowa, KS
  2. 2003F4, 39 mile path, 11 killed Madison, TN; Henderson, TN
  3. 2003F4, 33 mile path, 4 killed Crawford, KS; Barton, MO
  4. 2003F4, 21 mile path, 2 killed Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO; Clay, MO
  5. 1950F4, 34.3 mile path Barton, KS; Pawnee, KS
  6. 1960F4, 8 mile path Pottawatomie, OK; Seminole, OK
  7. 1960F4, 30.8 mile path Choctaw, OK; Pushmataha, OK
  8. 1977F4, 12 mile path Jackson, MO; Clay, MO; Ray, MO
  9. 1977F4, 48.6 mile path Ray, MO; Carroll, MO; Chariton, MO
  10. 1977F4, 2 mile path Webster, IA
  11. 2003F4, 5 mile path Clay, MO
  12. 2003F3, 49 mile path, 7 killed Newton, MO; Lawrence, MO; Christian, MO
  13. 2003F3, 86 mile path, 5 killed Barton, MO; Cedar, MO; Polk, MO
  14. 2003F3, 25 mile path, 5 killed Cherokee, KS; Jasper, MO
  15. 2003F3, 14 mile path, 4 killed Camden, MO
  16. 1978F3, 1.5 mile path, 3 killed Pinellas, FL
  17. 1977F3, 29.8 mile path, 2 killed Bates, MO; Cass, MO
  18. 1961F3, 9.5 mile path, 1 killed Blaine, OK
  19. 1977F3, 26.2 mile path, 1 killed Lafayette, MO
  20. 1999F3, 71.5 mile path, 1 killed Franklin, TX; Titus, TX; Red River, TX
  21. 2007EF3, 18.2 mile path, 1 killed Kiowa, KS; Edwards, KS; Pratt, KS
  22. 2007EF3, 17.4 mile path, 1 killed Stafford, KS
  23. 1960F3, 7.1 mile path Sherman, KS
  24. 1960F3, 0.1 mile path Rogers, OK
  25. 1960F3, 7.4 mile path Tarrant, TX
  26. 1960F3, 18.3 mile path Pontotoc, OK
  27. 1960F3, 5.1 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  28. 1961F3, 1.1 mile path Pecos, TX
  29. 1965F3, 5.2 mile path Sheridan, KS
  30. 1977F3, 11.2 mile path Pettis, MO
  31. 1977F3, 7.6 mile path Colfax, NE
  32. 1977F3, 31.6 mile path Douglas, KS; Johnson, KS
  33. 1977F3, 17.8 mile path Tama, IA
  34. 1990F3, 8 mile path Amelia, VA
  35. 1999F3, 38.2 mile path Sequoyah, OK; Adair, OK; Crawford, AR
  36. 1999F3, 3 mile path St. Clair, MO
  37. 1999F3, 9 mile path Columbia, AR
  38. 2003F3, 34.9 mile path Faulkner, AR; Lonoke, AR; White, AR
  39. 2003F3, 43 mile path White, AR; Woodruff, AR; Cross, AR
  40. 2003F3, 21 mile path Madison, TN; Henderson, TN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2024Avalanche, 10 deaths, $4,500 Beaver; Box Elder; Duchesne; Iron
  2. 2003Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $2.7 million Bedford; Cannon; Cheatham; Clay
  3. 2000Wildfire, $1.5 billion Lincoln; Los Alamos

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1923M7.0, near Chignik, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK
  2. 1939M5.0, near Boulder City, Nevada Clark County, NV
  3. 2018M5.7, near Leilani Estates, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  4. 2018M6.9, near Leilani Estates, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI