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September 3

23 entries from the federal record fall on September 3, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.

  1. 1913Unnamed storm, category 1 near Hyde County, NC
  2. 1934Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Carteret County, NC
  3. 1935Unnamed storm, category 5 near Monroe County, FL
  4. 1979David, category 2 near Martin County, FL
  5. 2011Lee, subtropical storm near Terrebonne Parish, LA
  6. 2019Dorian, category 4 near Palm Beach County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1980F3, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Stearns, MN
  2. 1961F3, 0.7 mile path Haskell, TX
  3. 1963F3, 8.4 mile path Elk, PA
  4. 1964F3, 17.1 mile path Richland, WI
  5. 1965F3, 0.1 mile path Sedgwick, KS
  6. 1970F3, 2.3 mile path Pickaway, OH
  7. 2008EF2, 7.1 mile path, 2 killed Evangeline, LA
  8. 1998F2, 18 mile path, 1 killed Beaufort, SC; Colleton, SC
  9. 1993F1, 4.2 mile path, 2 killed Genesee, NY
  10. 1982F1, 1 mile path, 1 killed Harris, TX

Earthquakes

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

  1. 2010M6.5, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 2013M6.5, near Atka, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 2016M5.8, near Pawnee, Oklahoma Pawnee County, OK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2006Sheep Fire, 152,997 acres NV
  2. 2006Amazon Fire, 105,232 acres NV
  3. 2024Lava Fire, 86,752 acres ID
  4. 2007Moonlight Fire, 65,726 acres CA