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May 6

33 entries from the federal record fall on May 6, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1973F5, 10.6 mile path McLennan, TX; Bosque, TX
  2. 1965F4, 17.3 mile path, 6 killed Hennepin, MN; Ramsey, MN
  3. 1965F4, 12.3 mile path, 3 killed Carver, MN; Hennepin, MN
  4. 1965F4, 6.8 mile path, 3 killed Anoka, MN
  5. 1975F4, 8 mile path, 3 killed Sarpy, NE; Douglas, NE
  6. 2003F4, 33 mile path, 2 killed Pulaski, IL; Massac, IL; Pope, IL
  7. 2024EF4, 40.8 mile path, 2 killed Osage, OK; Washington, OK
  8. 1965F4, 6.9 mile path Carver, MN; Hennepin, MN
  9. 1975F4, 4.1 mile path Pierce, NE
  10. 1960F3, 26.7 mile path, 1 killed Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR
  11. 1967F3, 4.3 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, AL
  12. 1983F3, 19 mile path, 1 killed Shawnee, KS
  13. 1961F3, 33.4 mile path LaGrange, IN; Steuben, IN; Williams, OH
  14. 1965F3, 15.5 mile path Sibley, MN; McLeod, MN
  15. 1968F3, 0.5 mile path Roberts, TX
  16. 1969F3, 41.6 mile path Kimble, TX; Menard, TX; McCulloch, TX
  17. 1969F3, 38.9 mile path Kendall, TX; Blanco, TX; Burnet, TX
  18. 1969F3, 1 mile path Lamb, TX
  19. 1975F3, 44.8 mile path Pierce, NE; Cedar, NE; Knox, NE
  20. 1975F3, 15.9 mile path Stanton, NE; Wayne, NE
  21. 2003F3, 2 mile path Cape Girardeau, MO
  22. 2015EF3, 10.3 mile path Grady, OK
  23. 2015EF3, 16.5 mile path Sedgwick, KS; Harvey, KS
  24. 2015EF3, 1.9 mile path Republic, KS
  25. 2015EF3, 2 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  26. 1961F2, 1.5 mile path, 2 killed White, AR; Independence, AR
  27. 1955F2, 10.1 mile path, 1 killed Bell, TX
  28. 1965F2, 11.2 mile path, 1 killed Sibley, MN; Carver, MN
  29. 1971F1, 8.1 mile path, 1 killed Crawford, IN; Harrison, IN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2000Heat, 7 deaths Chester; Philadelphia
  2. 2001Hail, $120 million Bexar

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1910M6.0, Near Bishop, California Inyo County, CA
  2. 1934M5.5, near Howell, Utah Box Elder County, UT