Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 10, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Volcanoes
Tambora, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tambora, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 4 meters. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Independence, Jackson, Lawrence counties, Arkansas and tracked 34.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sneed, AR.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, Iran. It killed 5,374 people, injured 1,710 and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Wichita, Archer, Clay counties, Texas and tracked 46.9 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 42 and injuring 1,740.
Winter storms and snow
Snowstorm of April 10, 1927 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 10, 1927 to April 15, 1927.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Arkansas, Monroe, Lee counties, Arkansas and tracked 30.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Duncan, AR.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cross County, Arkansas and tracked 20.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Princedale, AR.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Wilbarger, Tillman, Foard counties, Texas and tracked 39.7 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 68.
Billion-dollar disasters
A flooding disaster that cost $2.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 30, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 10, 1980 to April 17, 1980.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Faulkner County, Arkansas and tracked 4.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 200.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Frederick, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lawrence, Dade, Greene counties, Missouri and tracked 35.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Miller to NE Luck, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Clark, Champaign counties, Ohio and tracked 9.7 miles, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NNE Springfield/W New Moorefield to E Mutual, OH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montgomery, Greene, Clark counties, Ohio and tracked 18.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Riverside/NE Dayton to Springfield, OH.
An F5 tornado touched down in Independence, Jackson, Lawrence counties, Arkansas and tracked 34.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sneed, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cross County, Arkansas and tracked 20.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Princedale, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Stone, Izard counties, Arkansas and tracked 17.9 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 48. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Guion, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jackson, Craighead, Greene counties, Arkansas and tracked 27.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Bono to Lorado, AR.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Arkansas, Monroe, Lee counties, Arkansas and tracked 30.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Duncan, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lee, St. Francis counties, Arkansas and tracked 20.3 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Forrest City, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski counties, Arkansas and tracked 10.1 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 28. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Woodson, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Boone County, Arkansas and tracked 7.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Harrison, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cross, Crittenden counties, Arkansas and tracked 15.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 21. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Parkin, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Arkansas and tracked 9.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sulphur Springs/NW Pine Bluff, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Ouachita County, Arkansas and tracked 23.6 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Stephens/Buena Vista/Camden/Harmony Grove, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Broward County, Florida and tracked 7.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20.
An F4 tornado touched down in Faulkner County, Arkansas and tracked 4.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 200.
An F3 tornado touched down in Leavenworth, Platte, Buchanan counties, Kansas and tracked 23.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F4 tornado touched down in Wichita, Archer, Clay counties, Texas and tracked 46.9 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 42 and injuring 1,740.
An F4 tornado touched down in Wilbarger, Tillman, Foard counties, Texas and tracked 39.7 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 68.
25 tornadoes were recorded on April 10, 1979, in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 57 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.5 miles, 170 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 100.
An F3 tornado touched down in Runnels, Coleman counties, Texas and tracked 25 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Carter County, Oklahoma and tracked 12.8 miles, 170 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wilbarger, Wichita, Tillman counties, Texas and tracked 74.1 miles, 1,056 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
The date of April 10, 1979, is fixed in the minds of many residents of Wichita Falls. On that date, one of the strongest tornadoes of recent memory ripped through the town, killing 45 people and injuring at least 1,700 in a matter of minutes. The worst tragedy was the fact that many deaths were easily preventable. Twenty-five people were killed when they got into their cars and tried to drive out of the tornado’s path. Sixteen of the 25 left homes that were not even damaged. Besides the terrible human costs, 3,100 homes were destroyed, with an estimated 20,000 people were left homeless. The total damage in Wichita Falls was around $400 million. The Wichita Falls tornado was not the first massive tornado that day in the western parts of north Texas. An earlier tornado killed 10 people in Vernon and 1 in Lockett.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
During the evening hours of Tuesday, April 10, 1979, a violent and deadly F4 tornado struck parts of Wichita Falls, Texas, causing catastrophic impacts to the city. 80 km) wide.
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Hail fell across most of the city.
Severe thunderstorms produced dime-size hail in Fisher and Stonewall Counties early on the 10th.
Severe weather broke out across the South Plains of West Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 10th. A band of storms moved across the area bringing large hail to many counties.
An F1 tornado touched down in Crosby County, Texas and tracked 0.2 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
The beginnings of a monster storm were in western Andrews County along the dry line and began moving to the northeast. Just after leaving Seminole in central Gaines County this storm became a supercell and turned almost straight east.
Six tornadoes across southern Oklahoma and one tornado across western north Texas developed during the overnight hours of the 11th. The most notable tornado formed across Coal County in Oklahoma and resulted in one fatality and one injury as it destroyed a mobile home.
29 tornadoes were recorded on April 10, 2001, in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma. They killed 1 people.
An F1 tornado touched down in Callaway County, Missouri and tracked 3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
The 2nd tornado from the Heavy Precipitation Supercell that moved across the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area formed just west of Fulton near Route F. Shortly after forming, the tornado destroyed a mobile home killing a man inside and injuring his wife and son.
The 6th and last tornado spawned by the Heavy Precipitation Supercell that moved across the NWS St. Louis, County Warning Area, formed on the east side of Granite City and moved east into south Pontoon Beach. The tornado first damaged an apartment complex near Worthen Park.
The 5th tornado spawned by the Heavy Precipitation Supercell that moved across the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area formed in Lake St. Louis. Most of the damage was at the Mystic Village apartment complex where the tornado was briefly F1 in intensity.
Severe thunderstorms producing large hail...damaging winds...and tornadoes occurred across the western Texas panhandle during the early evening hours and then moved east and northeast across the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the late evening hours.
Hail covered the ground.
Strong thunderstorms just north of a warm front moved into north-central Kansas. Despite the late hour of the day, cooler temperatures and foggy conditions, these thunderstorms began to rotate and produced several tornadoes across the area.
Severe thunderstorms with large hail...damaging winds...and tornadoes affected much of the Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours. A total of one hundred and twenty-two power poles were blown down due to the wind and tornadoes in Beaver county alone.
In addition to the tornado which developed near Wichita Falls, sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph from the southeast with gusts near 60 mph developed across western north Texas during the mid-evening of the 10th and persisted through much of the night.
Penny-size hail just northwest of Crockett.
Hail was observed on Highway 9 between May and Penn Avenue.
33 tornadoes were recorded on April 10, 2008, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois.
A strong pressure gradient initially across northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana during the pre dawn hours of April 10th produced non-thunderstorm wind gusts responsible for downing trees and power lines.
An intense spring storm took shape over the central U.S. during the day on the 10th. The surface low formed over the southern Rockies the previous night and moved into Kansas during the day, then moved into southwest Iowa during the evening of the 10th.
Heavy rain-producing thunderstorms moved across Northeast Missouri, Eastern Iowa, and west central & northwest Illinois during the late afternoon and evening hours of April 10th. Some of the storms produced tornadoes ranging in intensity from EF0 to EF2.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Rutherford County, Tennessee and tracked 23.25 miles, 750 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 58.
A strong upper level storm system moved across Middle Tennessee triggering early morning severe thunderstorms along with a line of severe thunderstorms that moved west to east across the entire mid state from the late morning hours through mid afternoon.
64 tornadoes were recorded on April 10, 2009, in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 2 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Aiken County, South Carolina and tracked 14.57 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 14.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Columbia, Richmond counties, Georgia and tracked 17.68 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Marshall, Jackson, DeKalb counties, Alabama and tracked 32.53 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Burke County, Georgia and tracked 26.33 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hopkins, Christian counties, Kentucky and tracked 2.02 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hancock County, Georgia and tracked 6.8 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
Supercell thunderstorms moved across the lower midlands and produced large tornadoes. Other storms in the central midlands produced large hail and microburst wind damage. The largest tornado tracked across Aiken county along highway 278.
A vigorous upper closed low was moving from the mid-south and Mississippi valley region into the mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the upper system.
Supercell thunderstorms moved across the CSRA and produced large tornadoes. One tornado tracked across Columbia and Richmond counties then went into Aiken county South Carolina along highway 278.
A strong upper level storm moving across the Mississipi Valley brought a dry line and cold front into north Alabama during the afternoon and early evening hours.
A powerful spring storm system, including a deepening surface low and a strong cold front, brought widespread severe weather to central Alabama. Damaging wind gusts, large hail, and 8 tornadoes were reported across the area.
Supercell thunderstorms moved into the western upstate in the early evening hours. As the evening progressed, the supercells tended to evolve into a series of bow echoes. Tornadoes were spawned by the supercells and the resultant bow echoes.
A strong low pressure system tracked east to the Lower Ohio Valley, with a trailing cold front sweeping east across western Kentucky. Storms developed and increased along the advancing cold front as they moved into increasingly unstable air.
An area of low pressure and associated cold front pushed through the southeast where kinematic profiles and anomalously cold air aloft existed. This lead to the development of strong storms over Allendale county overnight on April 10, 2009.
A cold front tracked across east Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours. The resulting squall line triggered numerous thunderstorm wind damage reports along with large hail. Three tornadoes were also reported. One person was injured.
Just after midnight on the 11th, a supercell thunderstorm spawned a tornado just northwest of Parrott and caused wind damage near Lee.
Supercell thunderstorms moved into extreme northeast Georgia in the early evening hours. Tornadoes were spawned by the supercells. There was also quite a bit of large hail and straight-line wind damage.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Marathon, Lincoln counties, Wisconsin and tracked 21.15 miles, 1,050 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front as it encountered moist and unstable air across Wisconsin. A record number of tornadoes for April struck Wisconsin on April 10.
A cold front pushed east into Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening hours of April 10th. Severe thunderstorms developed along the cold front and produced very large hail and three tornadoes over portions of western and central Wisconsin.
A strong upper level low pressure system over the southern Rockies aided in the late evening development of severe thunderstorms along a dryline across north central and central Texas.
A strong early Spring cold front moved across eastern Minnesota during the afternoon of Sunday, April 10th. Ahead of this cold front, strong southerly winds and instability made for a moderate risk of severe weather based the Storm Prediction Center and atmospheric dynamics.
Severe storms developed ahead of an advancing cold front on the afternoon and evening of the 10th. A few tornadoes occurred, and there were also reports of large hail and damaging winds.
A strong weather system moved through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of large hail, as well as damaging winds and three tornadoes.
Surface heating during the day destabilized the atmosphere, contributing to moderate instability in the warm sector of a surface cyclone. Thunderstorms developed as the cap weakened.
Thunderstorms developed across North and Central Texas during the afternoon hours on April 10th, and continued on the 11th. Thunderstorms produced a wide array of severe weather, including large hail and heavy rainfall.
An isolated EF1 tornado developed over extreme southeastern Kent county during the evening hours of April 10th. Dozens of large trees were snapped or uprooted and three barns were heavily damaged.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana and tracked 8.71 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7.
A cold front and associated short wave pushed across Louisiana early in the morning producing showers and storms. A pair of tornadoes occurred along with an isolated hail report.
Shortwave disturbance traversing Gulf Coast states produced a mesoscale convective system (MCS) ahead of a slow-moving cold front over the western Gulf that rapidly propagated away from the front across the central and eastern gulf and into West-Central and Southwest Florida…
The April 2022 North American storm complex affected much of the Rocky Mountains and the Midwestern United States with tornadoes, heavy snow, and gusty winds. The system in general first began impacting the Northwest on April 11, before moving eastward into the Rocky Mountains the following day.
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30 tornadoes were recorded on April 10, 2024, in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida.
A strong upper level disturbance, surface low, and cold front produced a line of severe thunderstorms that pushed across Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi in the morning and early afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
A strong upper level disturbance, surface low, and cold front produced a line of severe thunderstorms that pushed across Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi in the morning and early afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
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Hurricane Marie reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 930 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Olga reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 945 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Olivia reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 925 mb, a category 4 storm.
A weak circulation was noted on the evening of the 7th near 3N 157E. It had moved to near 4N 160E by the morning of the 9th. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified it as a Tropical Depression 02W later that day and to a tropical storm by the evening.
Hurricane Sudal reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 910 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Ita reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 918 mb, a category 5 storm.
What eventually became Super Typhoon Sinlaku (04W) originally crossed the Date Line at 4N around March 29, with a circulation at 4.2N 179.5E.
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General 6" rain amounts, with isolated totals near 14 inches were reported around Lavaca County. Hwy 95 was closed from Yoakum to Shiner, with widespread closures across the county. One man drowned in his truck while trying to get to Hallettsville to his job around 0100CST.
Heavy rains, combined with snow melt runoff, caused the Mississippi River to reach near record levels. In fact, at most locations the water reached levels second only to the all-time flood of record, which occurred in April 1965.
Water levels on the Mississippi River rose to near record levels due to a combination of snow melt runoff and heavy rains. In fact, only the all-time flood of record in April 1965 produced higher water than that recorded in April 2001.
A 6-foot wall of water moving down Palikea Stream in Haleakala National Park, in the southeast part of East Maui, swept a Kentucky man and his daughter over a 184-foot precipice at Makahiku Falls. Heavy showers falling at the higher elevations of Mt.
There was widespread heavy rain in northern and western Arkansas between the 9th and the 11th of the month.
A frontal boundary stalled over Michigan dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain. This resulted in the flooding of some rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Dozens of roads were closed across the following counties: Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer, and St. Clair.
A cold front moved through South Central Texas and generated thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced large hail and heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
Snowmelt brought enhanced flows, with avalanches, flooding and debris flows.
A major flash flood event occurred across portions of the Florida big bend and southern Georgia during the late night hours of April 10th through the early morning hours of April 11th.
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Severe thunderstorms in central Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 10th produced hail up to golf ball-size.
Dime-size hail was covering the ground at Raymore.
Severe thunderstorms in Osage County produced dime size hail at several locations in the eastern part of the county.
Dime size hail was reported.
Thunderstorms produced large amounts of, and large sized hail during this event. Hail ranged in size from dime to golf ball. No damage was reported.
The Heavy Precipitation Supercell continued east from St. Charles County and moved into north St. Louis County. The storm will likely go down in history as one of the most damaging hail storms ever in the area. Hail ranged from 1 to nearly 3 inches in diameter.
A 5 to 15 minute hail storm hit the Omaha, Council Bluffs and Bellevue area causing extensive auto and roof damage. The hail covered the ground to several inches in some locations with most stones in the 1/2 to 1 1/2 inch range, although some were larger.
The Heavy Precipitation Supercell that began in west central Missouri and spawned several tornadoes along its path entered the St. Louis area and produced widespread damaging hail. In St. Charles County numerous reports of hail from 1 inch to 2 inches in diameter were received.
Strong gradient winds behind a cold front produced blowing dust, and visibilities near zero. This caused numerous accidents on area interstates and state highways during the evening hours of 4/10/01. One fatality and three injuries were reported.
Two men working alone atop a new meatpacking building were blown off the 40-foot-high roof by the thunderstorm that rolled through the area and produced the widespread hail reports.
A supercell thunderstorm moved across Greene, Hale, and Perry Counties and produced significant wind damage along with very large hail. The supercell produced minor tree damage in extreme northwest Greene County north of Boligee and then became stronger.
A cold front pushed east into Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening hours of April 10th. Severe thunderstorms developed along the cold front and produced large hail and damaging winds over portions of southeast Minnesota.
A stationary front that set up just north of I-80 became the focus for convection on the afternoon of April 10th as a shortwave riding along the front approached.
A stationary front was located across northern Ohio on April 10th with temperatures ranging from 50 degrees near Lake Erie to near 80 degrees in Central Ohio.
An approaching cold front interacted with an unseasonably warm and humid airmass to trigger severe thunderstorms west of the I-55 corridor during the afternoon and evening of April 10th.
A strong cyclone moving across the central Rockies into the central Plains created widespread high winds on the afternoon of the 10th. Areas across the South Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle saw sustained winds between 40 and 45 mph with gusts generally in the 60s.
Southerly flow in the boundary layer brought a warm, moist airmass to South Central Texas. There was sufficient cold air advection above this layer to break the cap and generate thunderstorms late in the evening.
A cluster of supercells developed during the late afternoon hours, producing large hail at several locations in north central Alabama. The largest reported hail sized was 2.25 inches in Albertville in Marshall County. These storms also produced wind damage in northeast Alabama.
A broken line of thunderstorms moved southward across north GA during the evening hours of April 10th. Robust CAPE and shear enabled storms to become strong to severe. The main event of the day was the splitting of one of the embedded cells.
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Snowstorm of April 10, 1927 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 10, 1927 to April 15, 1927.
A late season moisture laden snow storm dumped 4 to 8 inches of accumulation across North Central and Northeast kansas generally north and west of Manhattan or along and north of a line from Abilene in Dickenson County to Baileyville in Nemaha County.
Heavy wet snow fell across the Northern third of Missouri throughout the day on the 10th followed by a second band of snow during the early morning hours of the 11th.
A combination of snow and ice resulted in a fatal head-on collision on an ice covered bridge on Flush Road near the town of Flush 1 1/2 miles north of Rock Creek High School.
A strong baroclinic frontal boundary formed to the south of Iowa during the night of the 9th and morning of the 10th. Warm air riding north on a southern flow in the low levels of the atmosphere over ran cold air at the surface.
An avalanche occurred in the Gun Creek canyon, during the annual Arctic Man Ski-N-Sno-go Classic held at Summit Lake. A 24 year old man was trying to free his snowmobile stuck near the bottom of the canyon.
Snowstorm of April 10, 2008 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 10, 2008 to April 13, 2008.
Freezing rain events are not all that uncommon across Oklahoma and north Texas, especially during the late winter and early spring months. However, the late nature of an event on April 9th and 10th, 2013 stands out as one of the latest for Oklahoma. Looking at past events, the latest freezing rain event that resulted in ice accumulation in Oklahoma City occurred back on April 17th and 18th, 1953. Northwest Oklahoma, which tends to have a greater frequency of winter weather events, had its latest freezing rain event on April 29th, 1994 at Gage. As far as the 2013 freezing rain event, freezing rain began late on April 9th and continued through the afternoon of the 10th. Most of western Oklahoma and western north Texas saw at least some light ice accumulations. Fortunately, ground temperatures were relatively warm thanks to several days of temperatures in the 70s and 80s preceding this event, preventing ice from sticking to roadways. However, ice accumulations of one-quarter to one-half inch occurred on trees and power lines, resulting in sporadic power outages. Substantial tree damage also occurred, especially to soft wood trees with developed leaf canopies due to the recent warm temperatures.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Low pressure developed over Colorado and slowly tracked into western Iowa over a two-day period. Repeated bands of snow and mixed precipitation tracked through southern Wisconsin from Wednesday, April 10 through Thursday, April 11, 2019.
A historic late-season, multi-day winter storm developed rapidly across the central Plains on Wednesday, April 10. This system spiraled several periods of wintry precipitation through the region.
A historic late-season, multi-day winter storm developed rapidly across the central Plains on Wednesday, April 10. This system spiraled several periods of precipitation through the region.
A strong early spring storm system produced snow, sleet and freezing rain across southeast Minnesota from April 10th into the 11th. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 3 to 7 inches.
Another widespread high wind event produced damage across parts of New Mexico on April 10, 2019 less than one month after a similar wind event in mid March.
There were multiple waves of precipitation that occurred with this major winter storm that lasted for more than two days.
A spring snow storm impacted areas along the Continental Divide in west-central Montana April 10th and 11th.
A very long period of extremely cold conditions for mid April and a continual push of Pacific moisture led to heavy mountain snowfall with snow levels down to valley floors. Interstate pile ups and a snow related fatal airplane crash all occuured during this period.
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A record cold arctic air mass overspread the northern Virginia piedmont and the Shenandoah Valley over night on the 9th and 10th, dropping temperatures into the upper teens to lower 20s across the entire area.
A record cold arctic air mass overspread eastern West Virginia overnight on the 9th and 10th, dropping temperatures into the mid teens to lower 20s. These temperatures came on the heels of an above normal winter season.
A record cold arctic air mass overspread northern and western Maryland overnight on the 9th and 10th, dropping temperatures into the upper teens to lower 20s across the entire area.
Unseasonably cool air led to strong radiational cooling conditions and minor frost episodes on the mornings of April 1st (unofficial report of 29 deg F.), 2nd, and the coolest conditions of these three days occurred on the morning of Easter Sunday, the 4th, in the Central and…
According to the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association newsletter, most Minnesota apple orchards escaped relatively well, or less than 30% bloom loss, especially the larger orchards from the freezes in early April.
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The Sage Creek Fire started on April 10, 1985, in South Dakota, and burned 2,997 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 10, 1985, in Minnesota, and burned 1,068 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 10, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 17,782 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 10, 1991, in Kansas, and burned 1,196 acres.
The Tinsley Fire was discovered on April 10, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 1,920 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1993, in Atoka County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,600 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1995, in Newton County, Mississippi, and burned 4,212 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Terrapin Creek Fire was discovered on April 10, 1995, in Alabama, and burned 3,321 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1995, in Beltrami County, Minnesota, and burned 2,360 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1996, in Hinds County, Mississippi, and burned 4,152 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 10, 1996, in Colorado, and burned 1,664 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1996, in Haskell County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,100 acres.
The Tnc Fire was discovered on April 10, 1998, in Nebraska, and burned 3,600 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 1999, in Tennessee, and burned 2,480 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Caribou Fire was discovered on April 10, 2003, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 12,680 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Jim River Fire was discovered on April 10, 2003, in South Dakota, and burned 4,258 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Units 34 33 W Fire started on April 10, 2003, in Minnesota, and burned 2,646 acres.
A prescribed fire originally lit on April 9th burned out of control on April 10th, destroying four summer cabins/homes and a pick-up camper in the Homestead Park #2 subdivision located eight miles southwest of Lander.
The Daniels Fire was discovered on April 10, 2006, in Oklahoma, and burned 4,100 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 2006, in Wheeler County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 2006, in Wheeler County, Texas, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The combination of an upper level disturbance and strong onshore gradients produced strong and damaging winds across Southern California, especially across southern Santa Barbara county, the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties and the Antelope Valley.
The Elephant Fire was discovered on April 10, 2007, in Lander County, Nevada, and burned 2,188 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 10, 2007, in Butler County, Kansas, and burned 1,000 acres.
The Ellison Fire was discovered on April 10, 2008, in Crane County, Texas, and burned 16,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Parker Fire was discovered on April 10, 2008, in Andrews County, Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Fire was discovered on April 10, 2008, in Ector County, Texas, and burned 2,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Goldsmith Fire was discovered on April 10, 2008, in Ector County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Newport Fire started on April 10, 2009, in Texas, and burned 1,118 acres.
The Tallgrass Complex was discovered on April 10, 2010, in Kansas, and burned 3,490 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Wildcat Fire was discovered on April 10, 2011, in Coke County, Texas, and burned 158,308 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Encino Fire was discovered on April 10, 2011, in Tom Green County, Texas, and burned 12,659 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Horsethief Fire was discovered on April 10, 2011, in Ellsworth County, Kansas, and burned 2,380 acres.
The Gravel Pit Fire was discovered on April 10, 2011, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Grass Fire was discovered on April 10, 2012, in Cochran County, Texas, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Zorro Fire was discovered on April 10, 2013, in Perry County, Kentucky, and burned 1,059 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Strong Southwest winds developed across the Delta region of Northeast Arkansas during the late morning and afternoon hours on April 10, 2016. Loose top soil from recent spring farming caused the visibility to drop to a quarter of a mile or less at times in blowing dust.
The Long Pine Key Wf Fire was reported on April 10, 2016, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 3,780 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Blackout Fire was reported on April 10, 2016, in Okaloosa County, Florida, and burned 1,038 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Goshen Pass Fire was reported on April 10, 2017, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and burned 3,100 acres.
The 267 Fire was reported on April 10, 2019, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Circle K Fire was reported on April 10, 2022, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,395 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Halifax Fire was reported on April 10, 2025, in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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The 991 Damascus earthquake took place in the city of Damascus on 5 April, 991.
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Zhongwei, Ningxia, China. It injured 12 and destroyed 50 houses.
An earthquake struck Nicosia, Cyprus. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Kingston, Jamaica.
An earthquake struck Gjirokaster, Albania.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Revilla Gigedo Islands, Mexico.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States.
An earthquake struck SW. Sumatra, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck California, United States.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, Iran. It killed 5,374 people, injured 1,710 and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
The 1972 Qir earthquake occurred at 05:36 local time on 10 April 1972. 7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Birjand, Gonabad, Iran. It killed 12 people, injured 30 and destroyed 600 houses.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Izmir, Seferihisar, Turkey. It injured 90.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Padang, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Luhuo, Sichuan Province, China.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Atlantida, Honduras. It destroyed 12 houses.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Nagarote, Managua, Nicaragua. It killed 2 people, injured 250, destroyed 168 houses and did $3 million in damage.
The April 2014 Nicaragua earthquake occurred on April 10 at 17:27 local time. The earthquake hit about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the town of Managua.
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7 mi). The shock had a maximum intensity of V (Moderate).
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan. It killed 6 people and injured 5.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck San Salvador,soyapango, El Salvador. It killed 1 person and injured 3.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Muccia, Italy.
An earthquake occurred on 10 April 2021 at 14:00 local time (UTC+07:00) off the south coast of eastern Java. The epicenter of the earthquake is located 44 km south–southwest of Gondanglegi Kulon in East Java province.
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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Lumajang, Malang, Java, Indonesia. It killed 10 people, injured 39, destroyed 85 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
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Aogashima, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 7 people and destroyed 61 houses.
Tambora, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Cerro Negro, Nicaragua erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 11 people, injured 50 and did $3 million in damage.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tambora, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 4 meters. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami struck La Matina, Costa Rica.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Calabrian Arc, Italy.
A tsunami struck Lixouri, Greece.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck SW. Sumatra, Indonesia.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Columbia River Valley, WA, United States, with a maximum water height of 19.81 meters.
A tsunami struck Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, with a maximum water height of 15 meters. It did $300,000 in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 1957, reached Kp 7- and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 58; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 1960, reached Kp 7- and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 33; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 1978, reached Kp 8- and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 64; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 1982, reached Kp 7 and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 61; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 1997, reached Kp 7- and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 37; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 10, 2022, reached Kp 7- and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 29; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A flooding disaster that cost $2.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 30, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 10, 1980 to April 17, 1980.
A severe storm disaster that cost $4.6 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 10, 2016 to April 12, 2016.
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A 49 year old woman was struck and killed by lightning while working outside at her home at Sunset Lake west of Girard.
Waves as high as 9 feet were reported along the Orange County Coast. A man and woman were killed when a large wave swept them off a Newport Beach jetty as they were fishing.
Strong rip currents along the Florida Panhandle beaches cause drowning deaths along Okaloosa County beaches in the Destin area.
A 24-foot boat left Stuart with four boaters in the morning. They encountered high seas just offshore the coast generated by gusty onshore winds and the boat capsized. Three of the four boaters drowned and the fourth person made it to the beach and was rescued.
A man drowned after attempting to rescue others caught in a rip current at Surfside Beach.
A 13-year-old boy drowned after being caught in a rip current in Volusia County.
A 26 year old female tourist was swept away by rip currents at Playa Azul in Luquillo. She was rescued from the water by emergency personnel and transported to a local hospital, where she was declared deceased.
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