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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Guatemala. It killed 2,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Sebastian County, Arkansas and tracked 2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 270.
Earthquakes
The 1938 Kırşehir earthquake occurred at 12:59 local time on 19 April. 7 and a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 224 casualties.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Calhoun, Greene counties, Missouri and tracked 78.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 63. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Apex, MO to Springfield, IL.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Sangamon, Logan, DeWitt counties, Illinois and tracked 37.5 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Springfield, IL.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Brown County, Texas and tracked 10.5 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Bourbon, Vernon, Bates counties, Kansas and tracked 65.5 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 19. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Ft. Scott, KS to Henry City, MO.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Kirsehir, Turkey. It killed 224 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Tippah, Alcorn, Hardin counties, Mississippi and tracked 47.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 78.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Carter, Garvin, Murray counties, Oklahoma and tracked 28.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 6.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Caddo counties, Oklahoma and tracked 30.1 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Mountain View to NE Ft. Cobb, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 15.4 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Agawam to E Tabler, OK.
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An unrated tornado touched down in Dubuque County, Iowa, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dubuque, IA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Dyer County, Tennessee and tracked 4.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dyersburg, TN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pettis, Saline counties, Missouri and tracked 8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sweet Springs (Brownsville), MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Henry County, Missouri and tracked 5 miles, injuring 16. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Montroe, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Northampton County, Pennsylvania and tracked 7.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pennsville, PA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Holt County, Missouri and tracked 5.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Forbes/SE Oregon, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Miami-Dade County, Florida, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Biscayne, FL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Adair, Washington counties, Oklahoma and tracked 16 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Evansville/Prairie Grove, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Arkansas and tracked 10.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Flowery/Cass, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Miami-Dade County, Florida and tracked 3.3 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Miami, FL.
An F1 tornado touched down in Major County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.7 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Estelle, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bourbon, Vernon, Bates counties, Kansas and tracked 65.5 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 19. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Ft. Scott, KS to Henry City, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Moniteau, Cole counties, Missouri and tracked 20.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Jefferson City, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Benton, Morgan counties, Missouri and tracked 30.7 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Warsaw/NE Stover, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Kansas and tracked 15 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hoyt/Larkinburg, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Neosho, Allen counties, Kansas and tracked 5.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Elsmore, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Logan, Johnson counties, Arkansas and tracked 15.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Huckleberry Mountain/Piney, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yell County, Arkansas and tracked 12 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Stafford/W Mt. Nebo, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Calhoun, Greene counties, Missouri and tracked 78.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 63. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Apex, MO to Springfield, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sangamon, Logan, DeWitt counties, Illinois and tracked 37.5 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Springfield, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Caddo counties, Oklahoma and tracked 30.1 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Mountain View to NE Ft. Cobb, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Texas and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Cleburne, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 15.4 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Agawam to E Tabler, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma and tracked 4 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Frederick, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Phillips County, Kansas and tracked 5.9 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Logan to Logan, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Vermilion Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana and tracked 39.8 miles, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Gueydan to Arnaudville, LA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bertie County, North Carolina and 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Roxobel, NC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Juneau County, Wisconsin and tracked 21.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Monroe County, Wisconsin and tracked 9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings counties, Indiana and tracked 85.3 miles, 1,400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fort Bend County, Texas and tracked 0.2 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hidalgo County, Texas and tracked 1.5 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Kansas and tracked 7.7 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Poweshiek, Tama, Benton counties, Iowa and tracked 27.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Scott County, Iowa and tracked 2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
A severe hailstorm struck the Munday and Goree areas of Knox County, Texas, on this date in 1967. Damage was estimated at $1 million to property, and $500,000 to crops. Hailstones, some as large as golf balls, accumulated up to six inches deep. Some hail piles, drifted by the rain, were 2 to 3 feet deep. These same communities dodged a bullet the next day. A tornado touched down in open country 3 miles north of Munday, during the early afternoon, causing no damage.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sebastian County, Arkansas and tracked 2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 270.
An F3 tornado touched down in Seminole County, Oklahoma and tracked 6.6 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Gaines County, Texas and tracked 0.1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Tippah, Alcorn, Hardin counties, Mississippi and tracked 47.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 78.
An F3 tornado touched down in Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Louisiana and tracked 6.8 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in St. Francis County, Arkansas and tracked 1.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Deaf Smith County, Texas and tracked 6.1 miles, 133 yards wide at its widest, injuring 24.
An F4 tornado touched down in Carter, Garvin, Murray counties, Oklahoma and tracked 28.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 6.
An F4 tornado touched down in Henry County, Missouri and tracked 10 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Independence County, Arkansas and tracked 1 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18.
33 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 1973, in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois and more, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above).
An F5 tornado touched down in Brown County, Texas and tracked 10.5 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montague County, Texas and tracked 10.4 miles, 373 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche County, Texas and tracked 2.2 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
During the evening hours of April 19, 1976, a violent tornado struck Brownwood, Texas, United States. The damage caused by the tornado was extreme enough for the National Weather Service to rate the tornado F5 on the Fujita scale.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Ward County, Texas and tracked 4.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sussex, Surry counties, Virginia and tracked 35.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greeley County, Nebraska and tracked 10.8 miles, 17 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tulsa County, Oklahoma and tracked 9.9 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 49.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tulsa County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tulsa County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Creek County, Oklahoma and tracked 3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nolan County, Texas and tracked 4.5 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 100.
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison County, Florida and tracked 12 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 18.
Large hail fell at various locations in the eastern Kansas City suburbs, including along Interstate 435, Highway 350, and near Blue Ridge Mall. Numerous car dealerships along Noland Road in Independence reported substantial damage to automobiles.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines.
One aircraft was overturned and one hangar was damaged.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
37 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 1995, in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri.
An F3 tornado touched down in Champaign County, Illinois and tracked 2 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 13.
An F3 tornado touched down in Macon County, Illinois and tracked 14.5 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 29.
An F3 tornado touched down in Champaign County, Illinois and tracked 4 miles, 220 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
60 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 1996, in Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Iowa. They killed 1 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Logan, Tazewell, McLean counties, Illinois and tracked 9.4 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne counties, Illinois and tracked 17 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Perry County, Missouri and tracked 11.5 miles, 175 yards wide at its widest.
10 Million in damage and 4 hospitalized as this tornado moved from Bishop Hill through Galva. At least 6 Million of damage was reported in the city limits of Galva where 150 homes were damaged, 26 received extensive damage, and 15 had to be destroyed.
A tornado touched down 2 miles south southwest of Niantic and travelled to the east northeast causing extensive damage.
A tornado briefly touched down 1 mile north of Savoy (near Rt. 45 and Curtis Road) and destroyed 3 homes under construction. Then the tornado lifted, travelled to the northeast, and touched down again 1 mile south of Urbana.
A tornado touched down half a mile to the southwest of Ogden and travelled to the northeast right through the middle of the town. The tornado destroyed 68 homes, 12 businesses, 3 churches, the library, and a grade school.
Marion County was declared a Federal Disaster Area as a tornado, reaching F2 strength at its peak, created a 20 mile path of destruction from south of Odin to east of Salem. The bulk of the damage occurred on the south side of the city of Salem.
The roof was torn off an apartment building. Over 400 homes and businesses sustained damage and 32 received major damage. Five trucks were overturned at a plant. Homes and garages had roof damage. Numerous trees were damaged or blown down.
A supercell having produced golfball to baseball size hail from eastern Illinois to central Indiana produced a weak tornado in the south suburbs of Indianapolis. In Morgan county the tornado destroyed 6 buildings and damaged nearly 50 others.
At least 2 tornados were responsible for damage to 15 homes, a barn, and many outbuildings. One farm lost one 50,000 bushel and three 2,000 bushel grain bins as well as $20-30,000 of irrigation equipment.
The tornado destroyed 13 homes and caused major structural damage to 5 others. 63 other homes received minor or moderate structural damage. A total of 69 outbuildings and 6 businesses were damaged or destroyed.
Total damage was estimated around 3 million dollars. The tornado destroyed 3 homes and caused moderate to severe damage to 50 others. About 45 barns and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, along with 60 to 70 grain bins. The small community of Piopolis was nearly devastated.
A tornado touched down just south of the Logan/Tazewell County line (on 1350E), causing minor damage to three homes. Then the tornado travelled to the northeast, through the south side of Armington, destroying one home as well as several outbuildings.
A tornado touched down 2 miles east of Jacksonville, at the MOBIL Chemical Plant, moving east over a portion of the Jacksonville Correctional Facility. "F2" damage was found along this portion of the tornado path.
The damage path was from the Ohio River east across a major manufacturing plant. The tornado tracked just south of State Route 66 and immediately north of the Ohio River. About $250,000 damage occurred to one building at the plant.
The tornado destroyed numerous barns, damaged several houses, and uprooted hundreds of trees. At one farmstead, the tornado lifted a 40-foot section of a 1 by 2 foot concrete base that had been under a wooden barn. Farm equipment such as tractors and hay balers were damaged.
Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off. The roof was lifted off one house, which was destroyed. Ten other houses received minor to moderate wind damage. Between 10 and 15 barns and small sheds were demolished.
Two mobile homes were destroyed, two homes were damaged, and trees and power lines were blown down by a tornado.
A mobile home was overturned. Large trees fell on cars and homes.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montgomery, Labette, Neosho counties, Kansas and tracked 34 miles, 290 yards wide at its widest.
Remained in open country.
An F2 tornado entered the southwest corner of Crawford County west of McCune and traveled northeast over the southwest section of the county. The intermittent damage path was 300 yards wide.
An F2 tornado entered western Crawford County about 3 miles south of Walnut and moved through the northwest portion of the county. The damage path was intermittent and about 200 yards wide.
Wind was measured by Woodward AWOS.
A trained spotter reported an F0 tornado three miles north of Welty in Creek county. The tornado lasted approximately five minutes and traveled through rural areas causing little more than tree damage.
A strong low pressure system tracking northeast from the southern Ozarks into the Ohio Valley brought a cold front into the central Tennessee Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 19th.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Marshall County, Alabama and tracked 3 miles, 60 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
Yet another deep upper trough was translating across the south central and southeast United States accompanied by a strong Pacific cold front. Although instability was marginal for the time of year, the upper atmosphere was highly sheared with a strong low-level jet.
A powerful spring storm system and associated cold front brought numerous thunderstorms to central Alabama. Many of the storms produced large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Macoupin County, Illinois and tracked 4.32 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
70 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 2011, in Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky.
Thunderstorms organized into a bow echo that produced widespread very damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. A shortwave trough over the central and southern high Plains moved northeast through the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the upper Great Lakes.
Late afternoon and evening severe weather, in the form of hail to the size of softballs and at least 5 tornadoes, affected southeast Oklahoma on this day in 2011. Stringtown, in Atoka County, received hail the size of softballs, while numerous tornadoes moved through the Kiamichi Mountains of far southeast Oklahoma. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A deepening area of low pressure tracked along the I-72 corridor during the evening of April 19th. A very sharp temperature gradient existed across central Illinois at the time, with readings ranging from the middle 40s north of the low track to around 80 degrees to the south.
A line of storms moved through the area during the late night hours of April 19th and into the early morning hours of April 20th.
Thunderstorms organized into lines and bows that produced widespread damaging winds. A shortwave trough over the central and southern high Plains moved northeast through the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the upper Great Lakes.
A powerful storm system pushed across the region on the evening of the 19th of April. Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. These evening storms brought widespread wind damage, heavy rain, and a couple of tornadoes.
Thunderstorms organized into lines and bows that produced numerous reports of very damaging winds. A shortwave trough over the central and southern high Plains moved northeast through the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the upper Great Lakes.
A warm front was lifting northward through the region, triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms produced tornadoes as well as a lot of large hail. There were 6 tornadoes with this event, including an EF3.
A cold front pushed through the Southeast on the 19th. Instability increased ahead of the front across central Georgia during the afternoon hours, and several thunderstorms were able to become severe, with mostly damaging winds reported.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the region on April 19th, bringing with it tornadoes, straight line wind damage, and significant flash flooding across portions of southeast Alabama.
Supercell thunderstorms produced four tornadoes in SC. One occurred in Edgefield county, one in Aiken County, one in Lexington County, and one in Calhoun County. Therre were two injuries in Calhoun county when a mobile home was destroyed.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Virginia and tracked 8.11 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
45 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 2019, in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania.
This event was characterized by a mid-level shortwave becoming negatively tilted in the Tennessee Valley and attendant surface low pressure.
A deepening upper-level trough, which featured a strong polar jet ejecting northeast atop an eastward advancing cold front, brought severe thunderstorms that produced|7 tornadoes and widespread damaging straight-line winds across central NC.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and numerous tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
A strong area of low pressure moved from the Mississippi Valley into the Tennessee Valley. The atmosphere in advance of this system was ripe for the development of rotating thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging winds.
The NWS confirmed that an EF2 tornado occurred near Lewistown in Mifflin County on April 19, 2019. The maximum wind speed was 115 mph, with a maximum path width of 200 yards and a path length of nearly 5 miles.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Walthall, Marion, Lamar counties, Mississippi and tracked 53.76 miles, 2,275 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Henry County, Alabama and tracked 5.18 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
A potent upper trough moved across the southeast states with numerous severe storms, including widespread wind damage and tornadoes. The tri-state area was under an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center.
A potent upper trough moved across the southeast states with numerous severe storms, including widespread wind damage and tornadoes. The tri-state area was under an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center.
An EF3 tornado touched down in McClain County, Oklahoma and tracked 10.9 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
Broad troughing was present aloft across the Western US during the afternoon/evening of the 19th.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.6 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
31 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 2023, in Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas. They killed 1 people.
A lone supercell thunderstorm moved from south central Kansas into central Kansas during the afternoon and evening of April 19th, 2023. The cyclic storm produced very large hail up to 4 inches in diameter and numerous tornadoes across Chase county, Kansas.
A severe weather and flash flood episode occurred across central and southern portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area from the evening of the 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th. A slow-moving upper system continued to approach the area on the 19th.
28 tornadoes were recorded on April 19, 2025, in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma. They killed 1 people.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Hughes County, Oklahoma and tracked 2.1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
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Hurricane Tilda reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 930 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Rosita reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 4 storm.
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After three days of very heavy rain, from April 17th to 19th, 1970, areas around Medford, Jefferson, Lamont, and Blackwell were struck by extensive flooding. The town of Jefferson was completely inundated. Only nine homes escaped damage, with a few buildings reporting as much as two feet of water in them. In Blackwell, 40 city blocks and 200 homes were flooded when the Chikaskia River crested at six and one-half feet above flood stage.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Floodwaters from the Red River closed Interstate 29 at the Oslo, Minnesota, exit. Most roads east of the interstate were closed due to high water. A ring dike around the city of Grafton kept it dry from the Park River. The Red River crested on the 23rd in Oslo.
As the Red River crested in Oslo on the 23rd, the city was surrounded by water. The ring dike held together, keeping the city dry. Floodwaters from the Snake River flooded the city of Warren on the 19th, causing problems to one-third of the town.
Major hail damage to homes, cars and buildings occurred in a swath from Montgomery and Blue Ash into Symmes Township and Loveland.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms produced 5 to 6 inches of rainfall across portions of the Luquillo rainforest. Runoff from this rainfall caused the River Fajardo to swell.
A cold front approached Arkansas on the 19th. Thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist air out ahead of the front. From the evening of the 19th into the morning of the 20th, a line of storms formed and pushed across Arkansas.
Local news media reported numerous water rescues of motorists, evacuations of homes, and school closings or delays on the 19th in west central and north central Indiana.
An upper low was located over Arizona which was able to tap into some mid level Baja moisture. At the same time, southeast surface winds brought in Gulf of Mexico moisture at the low levels.
A prolonged heavy rainfall event with slow-moving boundary produced significant small stream and subsequent river flooding in the mountains of southwest VA beginning overnight Sunday, April 19th.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the late evening of the 19th, as a strong upper level disturbance slowly translated into the Southern Plains, increasing low level forcing along and ahead of a weak surface front that stretched…
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A large supercell thunderstorm moved across the area producing widespread hail to softball size. Substantial damage was done at the airport and across the northern half of the city. Cooperate buildings sustained major hail damage, windows were broken, and many roofs were damaged.
Thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage over northern Lake County. The storms entered northwest Lake County around 1100 pm CDT. Trees and power lines were blown down at Fox Lake, Chain O'Lakes and west of Antioch.
A thunderstorm with hail and high winds moved through the District of Columbia during the afternoon of the 19th. Winds gusted as high as 70 MPH and at least 82 trees were downed across the city. Most of the damage was reported in the northern sections of town.
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail in Orange County and damaging winds and frequent lightning across parts of the NYC Metropolitan Area.Here are selected reports of hail from NWS Skywarn Spotters: Orange County -- 0.88-inch diameter hail in Gardnerville (Central Portion of…
The Deputy Emergency Management Director for Catoosa County reported penny-sized hail from Ringgold to the southeast corner of the county near Tunnel Hill.
A strong area of low pressure moved from the Southern Plains into the Middle Mississippi Valley from April 19th into April 20th.
A shortwave trough moved east over the Southern Plains during the early afternoon hours. This aided in the development of supercell thunderstorms along a weak cold front oriented along the Interstate 35 corridor in North Texas.
Moderate to strong atmospheric instability and shear led to two separate lines of showers and thunderstorms that moved east across the region during the afternoon and evening, producing some wind damage. An indirect fatality occurred in an automobile accident.
Strong winds caused rough conditions on Bangs Lake, an inland lake in Wauconda, IL. Two boys took a paddle boat onto the lake in the evening and then went into the water. A 10 year old boy was rescued by nearby fisherman.
A small but intense bowing mesoscale convective system (MCS) tracked rapidly across northern Maryland during the evening hours, producing widespread and significant straight-line wind damage.
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A 76-year-old man died of hyperthermia after he fell asleep in his vehicle in Philadelphia during the afternoon of the 19th. The high temperature was 86 degrees, the warmest day of the month of April. The victim's body temperature was recorded at 107 degrees.
During a period of unseasonably warm weather, 17-year-old Jeramiah Smith swimming across the Green River in Auburn with six friends had trouble and then went under in the cold river water.
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Freezing morning temperatures from April 19th through April 22nd resulted extensive crop damage. In the Wenatchee area, there was an estimated loss of 90 million dollars to the cherry crop, and 15 million to the pear crop.
A strong cold front moved through northeast Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 19th, ushering in a much colder air mass. Temperatures dropped into the mid-20s to lower 30s overnight and remained well below normal through Tuesday, April 21st.
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The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Florida, and burned 19,089 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Florida, and burned 15,991 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Florida, and burned 4,404 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Florida, and burned 2,790 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Nebraska, and burned 2,295 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 1989, in Florida, and burned 1,533 acres.
The Whiterock Fire was discovered on April 19, 1992, in California, and burned 2,400 acres.
The Ca Chnl 2 Fire was discovered on April 19, 1992, in Arizona, and burned 1,285 acres; the cause was recorded as fireworks.
The Walbergers Fire was discovered on April 19, 1994, in Montana, and burned 1,550 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The State Fire was discovered on April 19, 1999, in Florida, and burned 158,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Ranger Stadium Fire was discovered on April 19, 2001, in Charlotte County, Florida, and burned 1,400 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 19, 2001, in Sarasota County, Florida, and burned 1,350 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire was discovered on April 19, 2001, in South Dakota, and burned 1,100 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Merritt Fire was discovered on April 19, 2002, in Cochise County, Arizona, and burned 2,653 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Crystal Lake Fire was discovered on April 19, 2004, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and burned 2,265 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 19, 2004, in Tennessee, and burned 1,237 acres.
The Two Set Fire was discovered on April 19, 2005, in Dade County, Florida, and burned 1,400 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Woodtick Fire was discovered on April 19, 2007, in North Dakota, and burned 2,560 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Bull Run Fire was discovered on April 19, 2008, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and burned 4,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Anderson 2 Fire was discovered on April 19, 2008, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 2,688 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Lizzy Henry Fire was discovered on April 19, 2008, in Pender County, North Carolina, and burned 2,084 acres.
The Klitzke Fire was discovered on April 19, 2008, in Burke County, North Dakota, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Dolphin Fire was discovered on April 19, 2009, in Texas, and burned 2,548 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cookes Fire was discovered on April 19, 2009, in Luna County, New Mexico, and burned 1,172 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Pritchard Fire was discovered on April 19, 2011, in Texas, and burned 11,009 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Southwest Royalty Fire was discovered on April 19, 2011, in Garza County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Skunk Fire was reported on April 19, 2014, in Graham County, Arizona, and burned 73,622 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Grand Lake Fire was reported on April 19, 2015, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 2,103 acres.
The Clemmons Road Fire was reported on April 19, 2016, in Brunswick County, North Carolina, and burned 1,578 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Kritser East Fire was reported on April 19, 2017, in Potter County, Texas, and burned 1,546 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The and YY Rd Fire was reported on April 19, 2018, in Chase County, Kansas, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Moffat Fire was reported on April 19, 2018, in Inyo County, California, and burned 1,265 acres.
The Holcombe Rd Fire was reported on April 19, 2020, in Crockett County, Texas, and burned 25,958 acres.
The Sunday Afternoon Fire was reported on April 19, 2020, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 1,286 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bonito Rock Fire was reported on April 19, 2021, in Apache County, Arizona, and burned 1,668 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
As a surface high pressure developed to the east of New Mexico, it established easterly to southeasterly return flow across eastern New Mexico.
Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada was affected by a record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
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The Great Lakes Fire was reported on April 19, 2023, in Craven County, North Carolina, and burned 32,156 acres.
The Mile Marker 32 Fire was reported on April 19, 2024, in Kenedy County, Texas, and burned 1,331 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
Extreme to exceptional drought continued or worsened for the majority of the region throughout the month of April. This, combined with many days of breezy to gusty wind conditions, resulted in a number of wildfires that continued through the end of the month.
The Railroad Fire was reported on April 19, 2026, in Putnam County, Florida, and burned 4,796 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Crews Rd (10) Fire was reported on April 19, 2026, in Clay County, Florida, and burned 1,700 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Tumey Fire was reported on April 19, 2026, in Fresno County, California, and burned 1,600 acres.
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An earthquake struck Tabriz, Iran. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Azov Sea, Ukraine. With the tsunami it caused, it killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
An earthquake struck Hudavendigar, Turkey. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
An earthquake struck Gavader, Pakistan.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Izmit, Esme, Labinia, Turkey. It killed 40 people and injured 500. It caused a tsunami.
The 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes occurred in northern California as a large doublet on April 19 and April 21. 2 M events were assigned a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), and affected the North Bay and Central Valley areas.
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An earthquake struck Vacaville,winters, California, United States. It did $250,000 in damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Guatemala. It killed 2,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Turkey.
An earthquake struck SE of Tasmania, Australia. It caused a tsunami.
The 1938 Kırşehir earthquake occurred at 12:59 local time on 19 April. 7 and a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 224 casualties.
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Kirsehir, Turkey. It killed 224 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Drakia-Agria (Magnesia), Greece. It killed 8 people, injured 149, destroyed 459 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Chile. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1 person.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Spain. It killed 11 people, injured 70 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
The 1956 Atarfe–Albolote earthquake occurred at 18:38 CEST on 19 April. 0 Mw earthquake affected a wide area, and especially the area between Sierra Elvira and Granada, Spain.
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A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Qinghai Province, China.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Aichi, Shizouka Prefectures, Japan. It killed 1 person and injured 4. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Tibet (Xizang Province), China.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea. It caused a tsunami.
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Kilauea, United States erupted. It killed 1 person and injured 22.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Azov and Black Seas, Ukraine. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Nova Scotia, Canada, with a maximum water height of 3 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Gulf of Izmit, Turkey. It killed 40 people and injured 500.
A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Tasmania, Australia.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Volos Gulf, Greece. It killed 8 people, injured 149, destroyed 459 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Central Chile, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It killed 1 person.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck S. Kuril Islands, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.2 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 0.11 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Soufriere Volcano, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 19, 1939, reached Kp 7- and lasted 21 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 45; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 19, 1985, reached Kp 8+ and lasted 45 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 103; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 43 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 19, 2002, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 33 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 71; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 19, 2024, reached Kp 7 and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 45; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 19, 2011 to April 20, 2011.
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.1 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 1, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 19, 2023 to April 20, 2023.
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A local man was pulled from the surf and died after being caught in a rip current.
High surf conditions developed at the Southern California beaches. One swimmer near Manhattan Beach was swept out to sea by the surf and died.
A man died in high surf.
A 19 year old male and a friend went into the Gulf around 6 pm and began having trouble. The friend made it back to shore, but the 19 year old male did not. Double red flags were flying and a high risk of rip currents was in affect.
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