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July 28

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1986F4, 52.5 mile path Dixon, NE; Dakota, NE; Woodbury, IA
  2. 1961F3, 20.2 mile path Randolph, IN; Darke, OH
  3. 1961F3, 0.5 mile path Shelby, OH
  4. 1976F3, 0.1 mile path Madison, IL
  5. 2018EF3, 4.4 mile path Converse, WY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1999Heat, 99 deaths Cook; DuPage; Kane; Kendall
  2. 2018Heat, 15 deaths Maricopa
  3. 2002Heat, 7 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  4. 1997Flash Flood, 5 deaths, $190 million Larimer
  5. 2017Heat, 5 deaths Clark
  6. 2006Heat, 4 deaths Cook
  7. 2002Heat, 3 deaths Berks; Bucks; Chester; Delaware
  8. 2004Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $25.2 million Dallas; Denton; Ellis; Johnson

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1934M6.6, near Chignik, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK
  2. 1950M5.3, near Calipatria, CA Imperial County, CA
  3. 2017M5.1, near Indianola, California Humboldt County, CA
  4. 2021M8.2, Chignik, Alaska Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2020Red Salmon Complex, 147,429 acres CA
  2. 2023York Fire, 94,728 acres CA, NV