May 19

28 entries from the federal record fall on May 19, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2013EF4, 23 mile path, 2 killed Cleveland, OK; Pottawatomie, OK
  2. 1960F4, 27.5 mile path, 1 killed Shawnee, KS; Jefferson, KS
  3. 1960F4, 20.6 mile path Wabaunsee, KS; Shawnee, KS
  4. 1973F4, 5.4 mile path DeKalb, AL
  5. 1967F3, 0.3 mile path, 1 killed Garrett, MD
  6. 1983F3, 12 mile path, 1 killed St. Helena, LA; LaSalle, LA
  7. 1960F3, 11.5 mile path Jefferson, KS
  8. 1960F3, 13.3 mile path Jefferson, KS; Leavenworth, KS
  9. 1980F3, 13.1 mile path Hancock, MS
  10. 1980F3, 10.6 mile path Harrison, MS
  11. 1980F3, 4.3 mile path George, MS
  12. 1982F3, 1.5 mile path Gray, TX
  13. 1982F3, 4 mile path Gray, TX
  14. 1982F3, 2 mile path Gray, TX
  15. 1982F3, 2 mile path Sherman, KS
  16. 1983F3, 1.2 mile path DeKalb, AL
  17. 1983F3, 3 mile path Sabine, LA
  18. 1983F3, 2 mile path Natchitoches, LA
  19. 1983F3, 23 mile path Winn, LA
  20. 1983F3, 2 mile path Caldwell, LA
  21. 2004F3, 1.5 mile path Kittson, MN
  22. 2012EF3, 9.7 mile path Harper, KS; Kingman, KS
  23. 2012EF3, 9.7 mile path Harper, KS
  24. 2013EF3, 20.8 mile path Oklahoma, OK; Logan, OK; Lincoln, OK
  25. 2025EF3, 16 mile path Pittsburg, OK

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2009Flood, 1 deaths, $68.6 million Volusia

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1902M5.4, South of Elmira, California Solano County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2023Pass Fire, 66,128 acres NM