Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 2, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Crisp, Dooly counties, Georgia and tracked 14.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 500. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cordele, GA.
Volcanoes
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines' Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, behind only the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Eruptive activity began on April 2 as a series of phreatic explosions from a fissure that opened on the north side of Mount Pinatubo.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Bojnurd, Iran. It killed 700 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Guilford County, North Carolina and tracked 11.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 144. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Greensboro, NC.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lamar, Red River counties, Texas and tracked 23 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 170.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.6 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 33, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 2, 1982 to April 4, 1982.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Choctaw, McCurtain counties, Oklahoma and tracked 53 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 29.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Hua-Lien, Taiwan. It killed 18 people, injured 1,155, destroyed 111 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck E. Taiwan-Ryukyu Islands, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It killed 18 people, injured 1,155, destroyed 111 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage.
Tornadoes
55 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 1982, in Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and more, 4 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 30 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Kansas and tracked 20 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Girard, KS.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Sevier, Howard, Hempstead counties, Arkansas and tracked 45 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 23.
152 on April 2, oldest first.
An F4 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Kansas and tracked 20 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Girard, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Kansas and tracked 5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ottawa, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cherokee County, Kansas and tracked 15 miles, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Chetopa/Columbus, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Sussex County, Delaware, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dagsboro, DE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montgomery County, Missouri and tracked 8.1 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mineola/S Florence, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Stoddard County, Missouri and tracked 3.4 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hunterville/Grayridge, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Reno County, Kansas and tracked 1.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Partridge, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Reno County, Kansas. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Pretty Prairie, KS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Crisp, Dooly counties, Georgia and tracked 14.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 500. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cordele, GA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Guilford County, North Carolina and tracked 11.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 144. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Greensboro, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Terrell County, Georgia and tracked 9.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sasser, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lee, Sumter counties, Georgia and tracked 14.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Neyami, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Alamance, Orange counties, North Carolina and tracked 4.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Mebane, NC.
An F1 tornado touched down in Colleton County, South Carolina and tracked 1.2 miles, 80 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lodge, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Arkansas and tracked 2.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kay, Cowley, Chautauqua counties, Oklahoma and tracked 108.3 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 29.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Creek counties, Oklahoma and tracked 42.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 68.
An F3 tornado touched down in Marion, Chase, Lyon counties, Kansas and tracked 127 miles, 790 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Woods, Alfalfa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 20 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Barton, Rice, Ellsworth counties, Kansas and tracked 20.1 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ellsworth County, Kansas and tracked 5.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bryan County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dallas County, Texas and tracked 17.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 200.
An F4 tornado touched down in Marshall County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6.
28 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 1957, in Texas, Oklahoma, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 18 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Collin, Grayson counties, Texas and tracked 10.7 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wise County, Texas and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Murray County, Oklahoma and tracked 2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lamar County, Texas and tracked 6.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F2 tornado touched down in Delta County, Texas and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wichita, Clay counties, Texas and tracked 16.4 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 14.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montague County, Texas and tracked 18.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Orange County, Florida and tracked 0.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 9.
An F3 tornado touched down in Coweta County, Georgia and tracked 0.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Forsyth County, Georgia and tracked 6.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F1 tornado touched down in Gaston County, North Carolina and tracked 9.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10.
An F4 tornado touched down in Eaton County, Michigan and tracked 16.6 miles, 613 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 44.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and tracked 12.4 miles, 183 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F4 tornado touched down in Baylor County, Texas and tracked 8.4 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lamar, Red River counties, Texas and tracked 23 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 170.
An F5 tornado touched down in Choctaw, McCurtain counties, Oklahoma and tracked 53 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 29.
55 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 1982, in Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and more, 4 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 30 people.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sevier, Howard, Hempstead counties, Arkansas and tracked 45 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 23.
An F4 tornado touched down in Ozark, Howell counties, Missouri and tracked 20 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 28.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hempstead County, Arkansas and tracked 18 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Leake, Neshoba, Kemper counties, Mississippi and tracked 42 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40.
An F3 tornado touched down in Faulkner County, Arkansas and tracked 3.5 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 37.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fulton County, Arkansas and tracked 1.5 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Red River, Bowie, McCurtain counties, Texas and tracked 52 miles, 233 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fannin, Lamar counties, Texas and tracked 32 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kankakee County, Illinois and tracked 12 miles, 750 yards wide at its widest, injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in Boone County, Arkansas and tracked 1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dyer County, Tennessee and tracked 8 miles, 77 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Love County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.5 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Choctaw County, Oklahoma and tracked 8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in St. Francis County, Arkansas and tracked 1.6 miles, 60 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 13.
Thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on the 2nd produced two tornadoes, hail up to softball size, winds up to 75 mph, and damaging lightning in portions of northern, central, and southeast Oklahoma.
Synoptic-scale high winds of 39-53kts with gusts to 63kts ripped across Central Kansas from mid-morning thru late afternoon. The high winds tore the roof off a modular building around 9:30 am at St. Francis Academy, 5 miles west of Salina.
Severe thunderstorms affected much of western and central Oklahoma from the afternoon of the 2nd through the early morning of the 3rd. Six tornadoes were confirmed, 5 of which occurred in west-central and southwest Oklahoma.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cleburne, Calhoun counties, Alabama and tracked 1.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
The tornado began at 12:34 am just south of Vigo at the end of Helen Drive. Vigo is located east of Piedmont, AL. The tornado traveled on a northeast track crossing Bethel Church Road and continuing along Vigo Road (County Road 70).
An F3 tornado touched down in Dyer County, Tennessee and tracked 18 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 70.
One large tree was blown down clipping the front part of a house and taking the chimney off of the house.
67 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 2006, in Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana. They killed 27 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Gibson, Weakley, Carroll counties, Tennessee and tracked 31 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 44.
An F3 tornado touched down in Randolph, Greene, Dunklin counties, Arkansas and tracked 77 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 177.
An F3 tornado touched down in Gibson County, Tennessee and tracked 8 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6.
Straight line winds caused damage to a building and the Malden Airport. Some campers were rolled. Trees were uprooted.
An F3 tornado touched down in Christian, Todd counties, Kentucky and tracked 29.7 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, injuring 28.
An F3 tornado touched down in Woodruff, Cross, Crittenden counties, Arkansas and tracked 38 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F2 tornado touched down in Saint Clair County, Illinois and tracked 7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 11.
The tornado moved into Lawrence County from Sharp County and tracked east to 3 miles east of Ravenden. The tornado lifted near the Randolph and Lawrence County line. A rental home was damaged in Ravenden. Thirty to forty other homes had minor damage across the county.
The tornado formed from a long-track supercell that originated in southeast Missouri near Poplar Bluff. The tornado began less than two miles from the Trigg County line with an east-southeast movement, then curved slightly left before crossing Highway 91.
Around 515 pm CDT the tornado first caused damage 200 yards south of the intersection of Union Hill road and Long Acre Drive in southwest Fairview Heights, Illinois. Several large trees and large limbs were downed by the tornado.
Widespread straight line wind damage occurred throughout Daviess County. One of the damaged strcutures was a home that was still being rebuilt from the 15 November 2005 tornado in the area. Near West Boggs Lake, three campers were rolled by the high winds.
The tornado briefly touched down causing minor roof and tree damage.
A cold front pushing through the southeastern states brought several rounds of severe thunderstorms to central Alabama. The storms produced widespread damaging winds and two tornadoes.
A powerful low pressure system tracked from Arkansas into the Ohio Valley, lifting a warm front north during the afternoon, and pushing a cold front during the evening hours.
A line of showers and thunderstorms,ahead of an approaching surface front and upper level trough, moved west to east from the southwest during the early afternoon hours through the late evening hours.
A northward advancing warm front moved into portions of Southern Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of April 2nd, 2014. As this boundary moved north, showers and thunderstorms developed along it or to the south of it, generally south of US highway 54/400.
A small compact complex of severe thunderstorms developed near the border of Colorado and Kansas during the late evening hours of April 2nd, 2015.
A cold front and upper trough pushed through the region with severe storms ahead of the system. The very soupy air mass also produced high amounts of rainfall that lead to flooding.
A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana and tracked 0.8 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
Between April 2–3, 2017, the Deep South was impacted by a deadly springtime tornado outbreak. 62 confirmed tornadoes touched down in this period.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi.
A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.
Widespread thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Sunday April 2 in the vicinity of a dryline and a warm front, both of which were draped across the area. Many of these storms became severe, and a few storms in Central Texas produced large hail up to 3 inches.
69 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 2024, in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and more.
A strong area of low pressure tracking through the Ohio Valley caused multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the state of West Virginia on April 2nd and 3rd.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of Ohio at the start of the month of April.
A low pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
Eastern Kentucky's first substantial severe weather day of 2024 occurred on April 2nd, as a rapidly intensifying low pressure system tracked just northwest of the area.
Early morning, the surface low was located just north of St. Louis, Missouri, lifting to the NNE as it rapidly deepened. For Southwest Indiana, early morning effective bulk shear was 65-70 kts, with a very high 25-30 kts of 0-1 km shear, while SRHs were around 150-200 m2/s2.
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms prompted a widespread flash flood problems across the Ohio River Valley on April 2nd to April 3rd.
As a surface low cut across Missouri and Illinois, its eastward stretching warm front moved north across central Indiana while its cold front moved east towards the Lower Ohio Valley.
Early morning, the surface low was located just north of St. Louis, Missouri, lifting to the NNE as it rapidly deepened.
A strong low pressure system and accompanying frontal boundary set forth multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms from April 2nd to the 3rd.
Early morning, the surface low was located just north of St. Louis, Missouri, lifting to the NNE as it rapidly deepened.
An EF3 tornado touched down in McNairy, Hardin counties, Tennessee and tracked 29.15 miles, 650 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 14.
88 tornadoes were recorded on April 2, 2025, in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan and more. They killed 5 people.
A significant multi-hazard, multi-day event occurred across the Mid-South from April 2, 2025, to April 8, 2025, producing 35 tornadoes, record flooding, and numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail. A large upper-level trough covered the Western U.S. in early April.
From April 2–7, 2025, a slow-moving weather system and a stationary front caused both a widespread and devastating tornado outbreak and historic, life-threatening flash flooding across much of the Southern and Midwestern United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Poinsett, Craighead counties, Arkansas and tracked 24.18 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
On the night of April 2nd, 2025, a cold front approached the lower Ohio Valley. Along and ahead of the cold front, numerous supercells developed over southern Illinois and western Kentucky.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Tate County, Mississippi and tracked 12.22 miles, 650 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Crawford, Washington counties, Missouri and tracked 21.95 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Kentucky and tracked 9.68 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest.
Severe weather, including widespread flash flooding occurred over a five day period across the entire state. This multiday event featured tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail.
A major and historic multi-day severe weather event unfolded across Middle Tennessee during early April 2025. This event began during the afternoon hours of April 2nd and continued through April 6th.
A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes.
A significant multi-hazard, multi-day event occurred across the Mid-South from April 2, 2025, to April 8, 2025, producing 35 tornadoes, record flooding, and numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail. A large upper-level trough covered the Western U.S. in early April.
A significant multi-hazard, multi-day event occurred across the Mid-South from April 2, 2025, to April 8, 2025, producing 35 tornadoes, record flooding, and numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail. A large upper-level trough covered the Western U.S. in early April.
Severe thunderstorms moved through southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the morning hours on Wednesday, April 2nd, producing a tornado in Nevada and damaging winds.
The atmosphere was primed for severe weather during the afternoon and evening hours of April 2nd. 0-1 km SRH values of 300 to 500 m2/s2, 60 to 70 kts of shear and MLCAPE of around 1000 J/KG set the stage for numerous thunderstorms.
The atmosphere was primed for severe weather during the afternoon and evening hours of April 2nd. 0-1 km SRH values of 300 to 500 m2/s2, 60 to 70 kts of shear and MLCAPE of around 1000 J/KG set the stage for numerous thunderstorms.
An area of low pressure tracked from southeastern Nebraska during the morning of April 2nd to western Wisconsin by evening, triggering two rounds of convection across central Illinois.
During the afternoon and early evening of April 2, 2025, numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted southeast and east-central Missouri as well as south-central Illinois. Large hail, damaging wind, and a few tornadoes were observed.
During the afternoon and early evening of April 2, 2025, numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted southeast and east-central Missouri as well as south-central Illinois. Large hail, damaging wind, and a few tornadoes were observed.
19 on April 2, oldest first.
Overland flooding due to melting snow forced the towns of Casselton, Amenia, and Mapleton to dike and sandbag. Water filled entire fields along Interstate 94 between Casselton and West Fargo, even flowing over Interstate 94 in several spots.
Trees down on FM 224 near Coldspring and on FM 2025 and FM 2066.
A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 1 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt.
For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. In all, about 5,715 homes were evacuated along the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers in Pennsylvania.
For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. In all, about 5,715 homes were evacuated along the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers in Pennsylvania.
For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. But, this time flooding also extended into the Passaic River Basin.
A low pressure system developed in the Gulf Of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it moved north to northeast. The low passed over the Appalachian Mountains and moved slowly west of the local area during Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd.
A low pressure system developed in the Gulf Of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it moved north to northeast. The low passed over the Appalachian Mountains and moved slowly west of the local area during Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd.
A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt.
A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 3 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, river levels were elevated due to a previous storm March 28th and snowmelt. By the time the river fell below flood stage most of the snow had melted.
For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. But, this time flooding also extended into the Passaic River Basin.
Interior Central California came under an inclement weather period where rain fell daily for the first 5 days of the month.
Heavy early April rains brought induced many landslides throughout the North Bay Mountains. In the western hills portion of Napa County - approximately $11 million damage was done to county roads.
Repeated heavy rainfall caused areal and riverine flooding in portions of Dougherty, Baker, Decatur and Lowndes counties.
A series of upper troughs were moving through a large, deep upper trough centered in the mid part of the U.S. One such upper trough and associated cold front were sweeping through the southeast U.S. on April 1st, with another stronger system on the 2nd.
The heaviest and most widespread rains of the month occurred at the beginning of April. Storms from the 2nd through the 4th dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain on central and southern Indiana. Central Indiana experienced widespread areal flooding from the 3rd through the 4th.
A stalled frontal boundary across the area brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to the lower Ohio Valley April 2nd and 3rd. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and early evening hours April 2nd, resulting in large hail and damaging winds.
Moderate to heavy rainfall spread across southwest Georgia during the April 1-3 period with storm total estimates generally between 3 and 7 inches.
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms prompted a widespread flash flood problems across the Ohio River Valley on April 2nd to April 3rd.
10 on April 2, oldest first.
Baseball-size hail fell on parts of western north Texas on April 2, 1991. The severe thunderstorms caused extensive damage, especially in Iowa Park and Burkburnett, just west and north of Wichita Falls.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A strong low pressure system in northern Arizona produced high winds across northern Utah. Gusty, easterly canyon winds caused damage especially near the canyons of the Wasatch Front. Some peak gusts included: Mt.
Large tree blown down onto Belvidere Road. The large tree fell and smashed a Ford Explorer. The force of the falling tree knocked the Ford Explorer into a light pole, killing the woman driver.
Deep low pressure developed to the north of the region. Southern South Carolina, including Hampton county, was in a dry slot on the 2nd with sunny skies allowing the atmosphere to mix into very strong winds aloft. Wind gusts to 50 mph were common across the region.
A 42-year-old man was killed when his mobile home was overturned in the Circle City area, which is just north of U.S. Highway 60 east of Dexter. His 12-year-old son was slightly injured. The mobile home was rolled and became pinned against a large tree.
A man was killed while hiking in Castlewood State park when he was hit by a large tree branch broken by thunderstorm winds.
Trees were down. Car damaged by fallen tree. Porch on a trailer was damaged, too.
The combination of a strong upper level disturbance, rich gulf moisture, and good instability helped to develop a strong squall line that moved north out of southeast Louisiana causing scattered hail and thunderstorm wind damage across portions of central Mississippi.
A strong shortwave trough and associated 130 knot upper jet moved across western Kansas during the afternoon and evening. At the surface frontogenesis along an secondary cold front ignited severe thunderstorms.
A bow echo embedded in a large area of showers and thunderstorms moved into North Mississippi during the early evening of April 2nd with some damaging winds.
9 on April 2, oldest first.
Snowstorm of April 2, 1987 was ranked category 4, Crippling, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Ohio Valley. It lasted from April 2, 1987 to April 6, 1987.
A strong upper level system brought a quick blast of snow to south central and southeast Colorado.
A third in a series of low pressure systems over Wyoming and western South Dakota moved east...southeast and intensifiedover the Northern Plains during the day reaching southern Minnesota and northern Iowa on Thursday, April 3rd.A stationary surface frontal boundary extended…
A strong area of low pressure moved northeast from Texas to western Pennsylvania during the early morning hours of the April 2nd. Heavy wet snow fell across Northeast Ohio during the day on the 2nd, and strong winds of up to 50 mph were reported.
An avalanche in Clark County claimed the life of one man. The slide took place near Lone Pine Pass just east of Signal Mountain and 7 miles northeast of Spencer. The slide was 40 yards wide and 15 feet deep.
A significant and damaging early spring storm severely impacted much of south central North Dakota on Good Friday, April 2nd. Widespread damages to electrical utilities and nearly impossible travel conditions were common.
A winter storm dropped heavy snow in the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range and also caused snow and ice covered roads across portions of Elko county.
During the early morning hours of the 2nd, patchy drizzle developed across the Texas Panhandle. With at or slightly below freezing surface temperatures the drizzle froze on elevated surfaces such as bridges and overpasses.
A cold front moved through the area the afternoon of April 2nd, 2016. Wind gusts 58 MPH and greater brought down trees and power lines.
1 on April 2, oldest first.
On this date in 1936, Oklahoma City’s morning low temperature of 20 degrees set the all-time coldest April temperature in the city. This record was later tied on April 13, 1957.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
1 on April 2, oldest first.
Mt. Mansfield recorded 149 inches, Vermont’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
40 on April 2, oldest first.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1985, in Georgia, and burned 2,332 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1986, in Florida, and burned 4,342 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1986, in Florida, and burned 3,192 acres.
The Dunning Fire started on April 2, 1989, in Nebraska, and burned 4,111 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1989, in Nebraska, and burned 1,804 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1990, in Kansas, and burned 3,177 acres.
The Rdoorecmpx Fire was discovered on April 2, 1992, in Montana, and burned 4,000 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 1994, in Kansas, and burned 2,253 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 2, 1995, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 3,100 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The Ohara Fire was discovered on April 2, 1995, in New Mexico, and burned 1,450 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 2, 1996, in Greenwood County, Kansas, and burned 10,000 acres.
The FRITCH2 Fire was discovered on April 2, 1998, in Texas, and burned 20,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Horizon Fire was discovered on April 2, 2001, in Glades County, Florida, and burned 1,523 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The A-Road Fire was discovered on April 2, 2001, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Fire 10249 was discovered on April 2, 2003, in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,470 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 12,103 acres.
The Thompson Park Fire was discovered on April 2, 2004, in Dade County, Florida, and burned 3,400 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,238 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,661 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,209 acres.
The Sweet Gum Fire was discovered on April 2, 2004, in Lake County, Florida, and burned 2,189 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 2, 2006, in Wyoming, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Turtle Fire was discovered on April 2, 2009, in Texas, and burned 7,157 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Sandia Complex Fire was discovered on April 2, 2009, in Jim Wells County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Hog Trap Fire was discovered on April 2, 2011, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,520 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The East Fire was discovered on April 2, 2011, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,340 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Sevilleta Fire was discovered on April 2, 2011, in Socorro County, New Mexico, and burned 2,700 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Owens South Fire was discovered on April 2, 2011, in Yoakum County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 2, 2011, in Texas, and burned 1,709 acres.
The Tamarack Fire was reported on April 2, 2015, in Aitkin County, Minnesota, and burned 2,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cold Fire was reported on April 2, 2016, in Custer County, South Dakota, and burned 1,895 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 04-02-1 Fire was reported on April 2, 2016, in Chautauqua County, Kansas, and burned 1,600 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Turn Table fire was reported on April 2, 2017, in Berkeley County, South Carolina, and burned 1,695 acres.
The Fm 294 Fire was reported on April 2, 2018, in Armstrong County, Texas, and burned 14,824 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Ok 426 B Fire was reported on April 2, 2019, in Chilton County, Alabama, and burned 2,590 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 345 Fire was reported on April 2, 2021, in Shawnee County, Kansas, and burned 3,580 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Joy Fire was reported on April 2, 2021, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,624 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Gila Fire was reported on April 2, 2021, in Yuma County, Arizona, and burned 2,130 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cowley Fire was reported on April 2, 2023, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 9,377 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sargent Fire was reported on April 2, 2026, in Baker County, Florida, and burned 2,523 acres.
15 on April 2, oldest first.
An earthquake struck Sur (Tyre), Sayda (Saida, Sidon), Lebanon. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Xichang, Sichuan Province, China. It killed 101 people.
An earthquake struck La Paz, Bolivia. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Weishan, Yunnan Province, China. It killed 20 people.
An earthquake struck Chittagong, Dacca, Arracan, Bangladesh. With the tsunami it caused, it killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy. It killed 2 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Valparaiso, Chile. It killed few people (about 1 to 50) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Bojnurd, Iran. It killed 700 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Apia, Samoa Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Kum-Dag, Turkmenistan. It did $5 million in damage.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Manchester, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. It killed 8 people, injured 11 and destroyed 876 houses.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Hua-Lien, Taiwan. It killed 18 people, injured 1,155, destroyed 111 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage. It caused a tsunami.
2 on April 2, oldest first.
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines' Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, behind only the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Eruptive activity began on April 2 as a series of phreatic explosions from a fissure that opened on the north side of Mount Pinatubo.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fogo, Cape Verde erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It injured 20 and destroyed 10 houses.
6 on April 2, oldest first.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Lebanon Coasts. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, with a maximum water height of 1.83 meters. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Italian Coast, Italy, with a maximum water height of 0.15 meters. It killed 2 people.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Off Northwest Coast of Indonesia. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Samoa Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.08 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck E. Taiwan-Ryukyu Islands, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It killed 18 people, injured 1,155, destroyed 111 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage.
3 on April 2, oldest first.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 2, 1940, reached Kp 8 and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 99; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 2, 1944, reached Kp 8+ and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 88; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 43 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 2, 1994, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 57 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 93; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
3 on April 2, oldest first.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.6 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 33, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 2, 1982 to April 4, 1982.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 2, 2012 to April 3, 2012.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.9 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 2, 2014 to April 3, 2014.
7 on April 2, oldest first.
After a day of area rains, the area cleared and conditions were favorable for fog development. Widespread dense fog developed during the morning hours of April 2nd.
Moderate east to southeast winds led to rip current formation along the southeast Florida coast.
Strong rip currents resulted in over three dozen rescues by life guards along the Volusia County coastline throughout the day. Another man was found unconscious in the water and was pulled to shore by first responders.
Wind and wave conditions in the local Atlantic lead to a moderate risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches on the day of April 2. A father and his children had to be rescued from a rip current that developed near Jupiter during the early afternoon hours.
Areas of dense fog developed during the early morning hours of April 2nd across portions of southeast South Dakota. With temperatures at or slightly below freezing, slick spots developed on area roadways.
A strong high pressure system centered well to the south of American Samoa created stronger than usual east/southeasterly trades winds throughout the American Samoa islands and along the territory's coastal waters.
High surf conditions led to an incident on April 2, 2026, at Poza Las Mujeres Beach in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Gathered from this site’s archives: the tornado record (NOAA SPC, and Grazulis before 1950), IBTrACS and the National Hurricane Center, NOAA NCEI’s Storm Events Database, Regional Snowfall Index, billion-dollar disasters list, State Climate Extremes Committee and hazard databases, USGS, NIFC, GFZ Potsdam’s Kp index (CC BY 4.0), the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, and Wikidata (CC0), with article leads from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, each credited where it appears. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.