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May 15

45 entries from the federal record fall on May 15, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1968F5, 62.1 mile path, 13 killed Howard, IA; Franklin, IA; Butler, IA
  2. 1968F5, 13.1 mile path, 5 killed Fayette, IA
  3. 1968F4, 20.9 mile path, 35 killed Jackson, AR; Craighead, AR; Mississippi, AR
  4. 1957F4, 17 mile path, 21 killed Briscoe, TX
  5. 1968F4, 0.3 mile path, 7 killed Independence, AR
  6. 2013EF4, 2.5 mile path, 6 killed Hood, TX
  7. 1968F3, 2 mile path, 4 killed St. Clair, IL
  8. 1968F3, 7.3 mile path, 3 killed Baxter, AR
  9. 1977F3, 0.8 mile path, 1 killed Stephens, OK
  10. 1990F3, 7 mile path, 1 killed Payne, OK
  11. 1952F3, 7.4 mile path Weld, CO
  12. 1957F3, 10.2 mile path Donley, TX
  13. 1957F3, 1 mile path Swisher, TX
  14. 1961F3, 3 mile path Cattaraugus, NY
  15. 1962F3, 0.1 mile path Gregory, SD
  16. 1965F3, 9.3 mile path Jones, TX
  17. 1965F3, 1 mile path Midland, TX
  18. 1968F3, 12.6 mile path Mason, IL; Logan, IL
  19. 1968F3, 2.7 mile path Miami, KS; Cass, MO
  20. 1968F3, 7.1 mile path Iroquois, IL
  21. 1972F3, 8.5 mile path Pitt, NC
  22. 1986F3, 1.2 mile path Branch, MI
  23. 1991F3, 11.5 mile path Harper, OK
  24. 1991F3, 15 mile path Collingsworth, TX; Wheeler, TX
  25. 1995F3, 6 mile path Gray, KS
  26. 1998F3, 47 mile path Washington, IA; Johnson, IA; Cedar, IA
  27. 1998F3, 8 mile path Buffalo, WI; Pepin, WI
  28. 2013EF3, 7.8 mile path Johnson, TX
  29. 1976F2, 10.1 mile path, 3 killed Robeson, NC
  30. 1976F2, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Richland, SC
  31. 1986F2, 4 mile path, 1 killed Scott, MO
  32. 1968F1, 25.4 mile path, 4 killed De Witt, IL
  33. 1980F1, 0.5 mile path, 1 killed Franklin, LA
  34. 1998F1, 9 mile path, 1 killed Stearns, MN
  35. 1957F0, 4.1 mile path, 1 killed Floyd, TX
  36. 2018EF0, 0.6 mile path, 1 killed Orange, NY

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1909M5.4, Northeastern Montana Daniels County, MT
  2. 1910M6.0, Lake Elsinore, California Riverside County, CA
  3. 1954M5.0, near Machias, Washington Snohomish County, WA
  4. 1993M6.9, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  5. 1999M5.5, near Aspen Springs, California Mono County, CA
  6. 2020M6.5, Monte Cristo Range, NV Esmeralda County, NV
  7. 2020M5.1, near Mina, Nevada Esmeralda County, NV

Wildfires

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

  1. 2002Spurs Fire, 72,583 acres AK
  2. 2004Peppin Fire, 60,500 acres NM