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December 3

16 entries from the federal record fall on December 3, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1953F4, 85.5 mile path, 9 killed Vernon, LA; Rapides, LA; Grant, LA
  2. 1978F4, 6.2 mile path, 2 killed Bossier, LA
  3. 1978F3, 60 mile path, 2 killed Webster, LA; Claiborne, LA; Union, LA
  4. 1983F3, 4 mile path, 2 killed Calhoun, AL
  5. 1953F3, 18.8 mile path Issaquena, MS; Sharkey, MS
  6. 1973F3, 3 mile path Rains, TX
  7. 1978F3, 61.1 mile path Bossier, LA; Webster, LA; Claiborne, LA
  8. 1982F3, 10 mile path Ouachita, AR
  9. 1978F2, 6.4 mile path, 1 killed Union, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2010Cold/Wind Chill, 5 deaths Cook; Will
  2. 2021Dense Fog, 5 deaths, $1.0 million Fresno; Kings; Madera; Merced

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1931M5.1, near Carmel Valley Village, California Monterey County, CA
  2. 1938M5.5, near Mammoth Lakes, CA Mono County, CA
  3. 1942M5.5, near Wadsworth, Nevada Washoe County, NV
  4. 1988M5.0, near Pasadena, CA Los Angeles County, CA
  5. 1992M5.3, near Lucerne Valley, California San Bernardino County, CA