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May 7

37 entries from the federal record fall on May 7, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1971F4, 50.9 mile path, 3 killed Gibson, TN; Carroll, TN; Benton, TN
  2. 1993F4, 25.5 mile path, 1 killed Russell, KS; Osborne, KS
  3. 1961F4, 26.2 mile path Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO
  4. 1998F4, 4 mile path Caldwell, NC
  5. 1961F3, 14.2 mile path, 3 killed Marion, AR
  6. 1995F3, 34.1 mile path, 3 killed Cooke, TX; Love, OK; Carter, OK
  7. 1995F3, 26 mile path, 2 killed Montague, TX; Cooke, TX
  8. 1998F3, 12 mile path, 1 killed Edgefield, SC
  9. 1961F3, 43.8 mile path Marion, AR; Ozark, MO; Howell, MO
  10. 1961F3, 3.6 mile path Shackelford, TX
  11. 1961F3, 58 mile path Hopkins, KY; Muhlenberg, KY; Ohio, KY
  12. 1961F3, 8.9 mile path Craig, OK
  13. 1962F3, 10 mile path Scott, IA
  14. 1964F3, 2.3 mile path Buchanan, IA
  15. 1967F3, 2 mile path Mason, KY
  16. 1973F3, 36 mile path Butler, MO; Stoddard, MO
  17. 1982F3, 6 mile path Jefferson Davis, MS
  18. 1982F3, 13 mile path Forrest, MS; Perry, MS
  19. 1984F3, 6 mile path Henry, TN
  20. 1984F3, 1 mile path East Carroll, LA
  21. 1986F3, 7 mile path Hemphill, TX
  22. 1993F3, 10 mile path McCook, SD
  23. 1993F3, 75 mile path Polk, NE; Webster, NE; Adams, NE
  24. 1998F3, 2 mile path Forsyth, NC
  25. 1998F3, 5 mile path Edgefield, SC
  26. 2002F3, 4 mile path Ford, KS
  27. 2002F3, 8.5 mile path Ford, KS
  28. 2002F3, 10 mile path Kiowa, KS
  29. 1988F2, 16.2 mile path, 2 killed Saunders, NE; Sarpy, NE; Douglas, NE
  30. 1995F2, 12 mile path, 1 killed Randall, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2002Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $1.0 million
  2. 2000Flash Flood, 2 deaths, $100 million Franklin
  3. 2003Flash Flood, $1.0 billion Jefferson

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1986M8.0, Atka, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2011Dickens County Complex, 90,789 acres TX
  2. 2011Schwartz Fire, 80,814 acres TX
  3. 2007Bicy Complex, 60,595 acres FL