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November 16

17 entries from the federal record fall on November 16, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2006F3, 2.1 mile path, 8 killed Columbus, NC
  2. 1952F3, 21.6 mile path Nodaway, MO
  3. 1957F3, 1 mile path Sabine, LA
  4. 1965F3, 3.8 mile path Fayette, OH
  5. 2015EF3, 51.3 mile path Seward, KS; Meade, KS; Gray, KS
  6. 2015EF3, 31.9 mile path Gray, TX; Roberts, TX
  7. 2015EF3, 10.9 mile path Gray, TX
  8. 2011EF2, 5.8 mile path, 3 killed York, SC
  9. 1965F2, 5.9 mile path, 2 killed Stark, OH
  10. 2011EF2, 12.5 mile path, 2 killed Davidson, NC; Randolph, NC
  11. 1989F1, 9.1 mile path, 9 killed Orange, NY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2014Winter Weather, 3 deaths Bailey; Briscoe; Castro; Childress

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1938M6.9, near Perryville, Alaska Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
  2. 1975M5.0, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
  3. 1983M6.7, near Volcano, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  4. 2003M7.8, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  5. 2022M5.4, Coalson Draw, Texas Reeves County, TX