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May 12

22 entries from the federal record fall on May 12, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1956F4, 6.6 mile path, 3 killed Genesee, MI
  2. 1956F4, 6.8 mile path Wayne, MI
  3. 2004F4, 1.2 mile path Harper, KS
  4. 2000F3, 7 mile path, 2 killed Bosque, TX
  5. 1959F3, 8.6 mile path Jefferson, AL
  6. 1963F3, 12.8 mile path Pierce, NE
  7. 1969F3, 0.1 mile path Cameron, TX
  8. 1969F3, 0.1 mile path Cameron, TX
  9. 1978F3, 9.5 mile path Trigg, KY; Christian, KY
  10. 1980F3, 15.8 mile path Pettis, MO
  11. 1982F3, 9 mile path Erath, TX; Palo Pinto, TX
  12. 1982F3, 13 mile path Comanche, TX
  13. 1984F3, 27 mile path Clark, SD; Codington, SD
  14. 2005F3, 6 mile path Crosby, TX
  15. 1974F2, 9.4 mile path, 2 killed Tattnall, GA
  16. 1956F2, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Gratiot, MI
  17. 1974F1, 2 mile path, 1 killed Effingham, GA
  18. 1996F0, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Okeechobee, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2000Hail, $115 million Calumet; Manitowoc; Waushara; Winnebago

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1910M5.0, Near Lake Elsinore, California Riverside County, CA
  2. 1916M5.3, Western Idaho Washington County, ID
  3. 2023M5.2, near Canyondam, CA Plumas County, CA