Search
Menu

Explore

Hazards

Analysis

Rankings

Reference

September 15

17 entries from the federal record fall on September 15, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1860Unnamed storm, category 2 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  2. 1882Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Cameron Parish, LA
  3. 1903Unnamed storm, category 1 near Dare County, NC
  4. 1924Unnamed storm, category 1 near Gulf County, FL
  5. 1932Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Franklin County, FL
  6. 1945Unnamed storm, category 4 near Miami-Dade County, FL
  7. 1960Ethel, category 1 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  8. 1961Unnamed storm, tropical storm near York County, ME
  9. 1976Unnamed storm, subtropical storm near Beaufort County, SC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2004F2, 7 mile path, 4 killed Calhoun, FL
  2. 2004F1, 5 mile path, 1 killed Bay, FL
  3. 2004F1, 5 mile path, 1 killed Bay, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1999Flash Flood, 19 deaths Cumberland; Edgecombe; Franklin; Halifax
  2. 2004Hurricane (Typhoon), 6 deaths, $125 million Bay; Calhoun; Dixie; Franklin
  3. 2020Hurricane (Typhoon), 3 deaths, $311 million Baldwin; Butler; Clarke; Conecuh

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1992M5.3, near Yucca Valley, California San Bernardino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2018Roosevelt Fire, 55,290 acres WY