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December 16

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

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2000F4, 18 mile path, 11 killed Tuscaloosa, AL
  2. 2019EF3, 62.6 mile path, 1 killed Beauregard, LA; Vernon, LA; Rapides, LA
  3. 2000F3, 12.8 mile path Etowah, AL; Cherokee, AL
  4. 2019EF3, 30.3 mile path Amite, MS; Lincoln, MS
  5. 2019EF3, 5.8 mile path Lamar, MS; Covington, MS
  6. 2019EF3, 18.6 mile path Simpson, MS; Smith, MS
  7. 2019EF3, 61.2 mile path Jones, MS; Wayne, MS; Clarke, MS
  8. 2019EF2, 18.5 mile path, 2 killed Lawrence, AL; Limestone, AL
  9. 2000F2, 4.5 mile path, 1 killed Geneva, AL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2010Heavy Snow, 6 deaths Bernalillo; Cibola; Colfax; Guadalupe
  2. 2002Flood, 3 deaths, $860,000 Orange; Riverside; San Bernardino; San Diego
  3. 2016Winter Weather, 3 deaths, $500,000 Camden; Greene; Jasper; Laclede

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1929M7.9, near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1954M7.1, Fairview Peak, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  3. 1954M6.9, Dixie Valley, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  4. 1954M5.0, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  5. 1954M5.0, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  6. 1954M5.0, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  7. 1954M5.8, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  8. 1954M5.3, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  9. 1954M5.1, near Gabbs, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  10. 1955M5.3, near Brawley, CA Imperial County, CA
  11. 1997M6.6, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  12. 2022M5.2, Range Hill, Texas Martin County, TX