September 24

12 entries from the federal record fall on September 24, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1940Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Cameron Parish, LA
  2. 1960Florence, tropical storm near St. Lucie County, FL
  3. 2005Rita, category 3 near Iberia Parish, LA

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2001F4, 10 mile path Culpeper, VA; Fauquier, VA
  2. 2001F3, 17.5 mile path, 2 killed Prince George's, MD; Howard, MD
  3. 1961F3, 38.6 mile path Delaware, IN; Randolph, IN
  4. 1973F3, 20.8 mile path Craig, OK; Ottawa, OK
  5. 2005F3, 14 mile path Concordia, LA; Tensas, LA
  6. 2019EF3, 7 mile path Dunn, WI; Chippewa, WI
  7. 1961F1, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Jersey, IL
  8. 2005F1, 3.5 mile path, 1 killed Humphreys, MS; Sunflower, MS

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1982M5.0, near Dyer, Nevada Esmeralda County, NV