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May 22

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2011EF5, 21.6 mile path, 158 killed Newton, MO; Jasper, MO
  2. 1987F4, 3 mile path, 30 killed Reeves, TX
  3. 2004F4, 54 mile path, 1 killed Otoe, NE; Jefferson, NE; Saline, NE
  4. 1952F4, 26.9 mile path Douglas, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Johnson, KS
  5. 1981F4, 16.7 mile path Caddo, OK; Canadian, OK
  6. 2010EF4, 5.7 mile path Walworth, SD; Edmunds, SD
  7. 2019EF3, 11.3 mile path, 3 killed Jasper, MO; Barton, MO
  8. 2008EF3, 38.7 mile path, 1 killed Weld, CO; Larimer, CO
  9. 1957F3, 4.1 mile path Hill, TX
  10. 1972F3, 9.5 mile path Greer, OK
  11. 1981F3, 10.3 mile path Custer, OK
  12. 1983F3, 3.5 mile path Nottoway, VA; Dinwiddie, VA
  13. 1983F3, 2 mile path Frederick, MD; Carroll, MD
  14. 1985F3, 3.5 mile path Forsyth, NC
  15. 2011EF3, 17.9 mile path Delaware, OK; McDonald, MO
  16. 2014EF3, 6.8 mile path Schenectady, NY; Albany, NY
  17. 2016EF3, 4 mile path Howard, TX
  18. 2016EF3, 3.7 mile path Glasscock, TX
  19. 2019EF3, 9.2 mile path Cherokee, KS; Jasper, MO
  20. 2019EF3, 32.7 mile path Miller, MO; Cole, MO; Callaway, MO
  21. 2024EF3, 4.8 mile path Sterling, TX
  22. 1962F2, 4.1 mile path, 1 killed Johnson, IA
  23. 1989F2, 9 mile path, 1 killed Giles, TN
  24. 2019EF2, 4.8 mile path, 1 killed Adair, IA; Guthrie, IA
  25. 2011EF1, 13.6 mile path, 1 killed Hennepin, MN; Anoka, MN; Ramsey, MN

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1910M5.3, Near Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake County, UT
  2. 1968M5.2, near Rachel, Nevada Nye County, NV
  3. 2015M5.3, near Caliente, Nevada Lincoln County, NV
  4. 2026M6.0, near Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2002Vinasale Fire, 175,425 acres AK
  2. 2002Galatea Creek Fire, 58,156 acres AK
  3. 2018Buzzard Fire, 51,028 acres NM