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May 8

39 entries from the federal record fall on May 8, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1965F5, 30.1 mile path Tripp, SD
  2. 1964F4, 3.3 mile path, 11 killed Macomb, MI
  3. 1965F4, 125.7 mile path, 4 killed Madison, NE; Pierce, NE; Cedar, NE
  4. 1965F4, 78.9 mile path Howard, NE; Greeley, NE; Wheeler, NE
  5. 2003F4, 17.3 mile path Cleveland, OK; Oklahoma, OK
  6. 2009EF3, 21.1 mile path, 2 killed Garrard, KY; Madison, KY
  7. 1969F3, 2 mile path, 1 killed Harrison, OH
  8. 2024EF3, 11.5 mile path, 1 killed Maury, TN; Marshall, TN
  9. 1964F3, 9.3 mile path Plymouth, IA
  10. 1965F3, 10.2 mile path Howard, NE
  11. 1965F3, 40.1 mile path Thayer, NE; Fillmore, NE; Saline, NE
  12. 1965F3, 44.8 mile path Holt, NE
  13. 1965F3, 1.5 mile path Gregory, SD
  14. 1969F3, 1.9 mile path Montgomery, OH
  15. 1979F3, 0.1 mile path Woodbury, IA
  16. 1984F3, 2 mile path Petersburg city, VA
  17. 1984F3, 5 mile path Hopewell city, VA
  18. 1986F3, 4 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  19. 1988F3, 32 mile path Scott, IA; Clinton, IA
  20. 1988F3, 16 mile path Lafayette, WI
  21. 2003F3, 25 mile path Osage, KS
  22. 2003F3, 45 mile path Osage, OK
  23. 2003F3, 23 mile path Woodson, KS; Allen, KS
  24. 2008EF3, 7.6 mile path Lee, MS
  25. 2008EF3, 2.9 mile path Forsyth, NC
  26. 2009EF3, 2.2 mile path Howell, MO
  27. 2024EF3, 3.8 mile path Lawrence, AL; Limestone, AL
  28. 2024EF3, 12.3 mile path Jackson, AL; DeKalb, AL
  29. 1973F2, 29.1 mile path, 2 killed Marshall, AL; DeKalb, AL
  30. 1962F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Goochland, VA; Powhatan, VA
  31. 1979F2, 4 mile path, 1 killed Polk, FL
  32. 2008EF2, 3.9 mile path, 1 killed Guilford, NC
  33. 1984F1, 18 mile path, 1 killed Dorchester, MD; Sussex, DE

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2009Thunderstorm Wind, 2 deaths, $61.8 million Bollinger; Butler; Cape Girardeau; Carter
  2. 2009Thunderstorm Wind, 1 deaths, $286 million Franklin; Hamilton; Jackson; Jefferson

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1983M5.2, near Coalinga, California Fresno County, CA
  2. 1991M5.5, Hawaii region, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2011Horseshoe 2 Fire, 226,042 acres AZ
  2. 2018Mallard Fire, 75,512 acres TX