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September 17

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

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1876Unnamed storm, category 1 near Pender County, NC
  2. 1901Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Okaloosa County, FL
  3. 1906Unnamed storm, category 1 near Georgetown County, SC
  4. 1914Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Duval County, FL
  5. 1943Unnamed storm, category 1 near Matagorda County, TX
  6. 1947Unnamed storm, category 3 near Broward County, FL
  7. 1963Cindy, tropical storm near Jefferson County, TX
  8. 2000Gordon, category 1 near Manatee County, FL
  9. 2019Imelda, tropical storm near Brazoria County, TX

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1952F3, 1 mile path Dare, NC
  2. 1971F3, 0.3 mile path Coffee, AL
  3. 2004F3, 9 mile path Fauquier, VA
  4. 2018EF2, 7.5 mile path, 1 killed Chesterfield, VA
  5. 1988F1, 4 mile path, 1 killed Bexar, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2004Flood, 2 deaths, $50.0 million Adams; Bedford; Blair; Cambria
  2. 2003Hurricane (Typhoon), $436 million Beaufort; Carteret; Craven; Dare

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1927M5.9, near Mammoth Lakes, California Mono County, CA
  2. 1961M5.1, near Amboy, Washington Skamania County, WA
  3. 1991M5.2, near San Simeon, California Monterey County, CA
  4. 2026M6.5, near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2020Mullen Fire, 179,795 acres CO, WY