Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 28, 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.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Malazgirt, Turkey. It killed 3,560 people, destroyed 12,000 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Eastland County, Texas and tracked 13.4 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cisco, TX.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Foard County, Texas and tracked 3.1 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 250. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Crowell, TX.
Floods
The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods were severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms that hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the adjacent Uruguayan cities of Treinta y Tres, Paysandú, Cerro Largo, and Salto. From 29 April through to May, it resulted in 181 fatalities, widespread landslides, and a dam collapse.
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Tornadoes
An EF4 tornado touched down in Leake, Attala, Neshoba counties, Mississippi and tracked 33.39 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 84.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Noble, Osage counties, Oklahoma and tracked 15.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Red Rock to SE Ponca City, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 32.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Callahan County, Texas and tracked 1.3 miles, 233 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 5.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Charles, Calvert counties, Maryland and tracked 38 miles, 650 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 122.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Rusk, Panola counties, Texas and tracked 30.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Henderson to Tatum, TX.
Tornadoes
A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bexar County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15.
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An F1 tornado touched down in Upshur, Harrison counties, Texas and tracked 1.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Gilmer, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Eastland County, Texas and tracked 13.4 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cisco, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Noble, Osage counties, Oklahoma and tracked 15.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Red Rock to SE Ponca City, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grayson, Marshall, Bryan counties, Texas and tracked 10.1 miles, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Preston Bend, TX/Woodville, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Somervell County, Texas and tracked 5.7 miles, killing 8 and injuring 57. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Granbury/Glen Rose, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Illinois and tracked 10.2 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Oblong to SE Annapolis, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Rusk, Panola counties, Texas and tracked 30.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Henderson to Tatum, TX.
An F1 tornado touched down in Cass County, Texas, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Texarkana, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Barton County, Kansas and tracked 2.1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ellinwood, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Hays County, Texas and 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Kyle, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nuckolls, Jewell counties, Nebraska and tracked 9.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Nuckolls Co., NE/W Hardy/E Webber, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Kershaw County, South Carolina and tracked 7.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Lugoff to NW Camden, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Foard County, Texas and tracked 3.1 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 250. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Crowell, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Thomas, Sheridan counties, Kansas and tracked 17.8 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Colby, KS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 32.
An F4 tornado touched down in Callahan County, Texas and tracked 1.3 miles, 233 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Washita counties, Oklahoma and tracked 20.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bexar County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hays County, Texas and tracked 4.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bastrop County, Texas and tracked 0.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Saline, Gage counties, Nebraska and tracked 39.3 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F1 tornado touched down in Montgomery County, Illinois and tracked 4.7 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche County, Texas and tracked 4.9 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and tracked 11.7 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, injuring 57.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and tracked 6.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sedgwick County, Kansas and tracked 7.1 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 3.6 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 1.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Caddo County, Oklahoma and tracked 3.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in New Castle County, Delaware and tracked 0.3 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Tunica, DeSoto counties, Mississippi and tracked 34.6 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nemaha County, Nebraska and tracked 4.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cleburne, Haralson counties, Alabama and tracked 15.7 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F3 tornado touched down in Talladega County, Alabama and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Taylor, Nolan counties, Texas and tracked 4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
A strong, long-lived thunderstorm developed in Crane County and left a path of hail and wind damage through several counties in the Permian Basin. Two apartment complexes and a nursing home in Odessa lost most of their windows from wind-driven hail.
Tree limbs one foot in diameter were broke off.
An F1 tornado struck the south and southeast part of Joplin along the Jasper and Newton county line. The damage path was centered one-half mile north of the intersection of South Range Line Road and I-44. Eight businesses were heavily damaged, including three hotels.
An F1 tornado briefly touched down in the east part of Joplin 3 miles north of I-44 along South Range Line Road. A small strip mall was destroyed. No injuries were reported.
An F4 tornado touched down in Charles, Calvert counties, Maryland and tracked 38 miles, 650 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 122.
A massive tornadic storm tore through Central Charles and Calvert Counties between 7 and 8 PM EDT on the 28th. The tornadoes it produced left a 64 mile path of destruction ranging from F1 to F4 damage.
An F3 tornado touched down in Union, Johnson counties, Illinois and tracked 19.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10.
38 tornadoes were recorded on April 28, 2002, in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and more, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 5 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Rutherford County, Tennessee and tracked 3.2 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest, injuring 31.
An F3 tornado touched down in Crittenden, Webster, Hopkins counties, Kentucky and tracked 22 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 26.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pope, Moultrie counties, Illinois and tracked 22 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dorchester County, Maryland and tracked 18 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Breckinridge, Perry, Meade counties, Indiana and tracked 32.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 19.
The tornado first touched down in very hilly terrain in the Shawnee National Forest and then tracked east, crossing Route 127 just north of Mill Creek. The tornado then directly struck the community of Dongola, where most of the damage and casualties occurred.
The tornado crossed into central Breckinridge County from Perry County, IN. The tornado lifted periodically as it crossed eastern Breckinridge County, and reached the Irvington area around 0325 EST. A 52 year old male was killed in a mobile home in Irvington.
A strong F2 tornado touched down at 158 pm edt and caused major damage and two minor injuries along a path of just over seven miles. Major damage occurred along the path which was nearly a quarter mile in width at times.
The tornado was spawned by a long-lived supercell that originated over southeast Missouri and tracked across southern Illinois and western Kentucky.
Thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of the 28th produced two tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail up to golfball size.A tornado formed in Bedford City and traveled east one half mile before dissipating.
31 people were injured. Most of them were treated and released from the hospital. 6 people had to be hospitalized, and one person was seriously injured and had to be Life-Flighted to Vanderbilt hospital.
The tornado struck Galatia directly, damaging about 55 structures and destroying several. Peak winds were estimated between 120 and 130 MPH. The roof of a car wash was blown off, and then the walls collapsed on a police cruiser that was sheltered there.
Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
A long-lived supercell thunderstorm formed over northwest Rockingham County during the afternoon of the 28th. This severe storm moved east at 45 MPH, damaging property all of the way to the Potomac River. This same storm later produced a devastating F4 tornado in La Plata, MD.
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A storm spawning two separate tornadoes passed over southern Armstrong County, continuing eastward into Indiana County. The first tornado, an F0, touched down at approximately 2:45 PM EST just south of the town of Spring Church in Armstrong County.
A storm producing two separate tornadoes moved across Mercer and Venango counties.
Thunderstorms developed across the eastern Great Lakes region during the afternoon hours. The thunderstorms produced hail up to 1.25" in diameter in parts of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Wyoming counties. The thunderstorm downburst winds ripped down trees and power lines.
The tornado touched down just west of Tiptonville and tracked northeast just north of Tiptonville. Eleven mobile homes were destroyed and another twelve were damaged. A shed was demolished. Five homes were also damaged. Numerous trees were blown down.
The tornado touched down near Dixon Springs and tracked east, parallel and very close to Illinois Route 146. The path was through rural farm country and the Shawnee National Forest. A couple of farm buildings were damaged near the beginning of the track.
This tornado was produced by the same supercell thunderstorm that spawned a long-track tornado over southern Union and southwest Johnson Counties. This tornado touched down along U.S. Highway 45, about 3 miles south of Vienna.
Tornado path length 16-18 miles. One house and several outbuildings destroyed near Hip Roof Road. Most of the damage along tornado path rated F0 to F1.
This tornado crossed the Ohio River just upriver from Golconda, Illinois. It tracked eastward across northern Livingston County, over rural wooded and farm country. Many thousands of trees were blown down. Few structures were in the path of the tornado.
Reported between Bluff Dale and Chalk Mountain.
An EF3 tornado touched down in City of Suffolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Norfolk counties, Virginia and tracked 24 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 200.
Severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced numerous tornadoes across central and eastern Virginia.
Prolonged rain on this day resulted in significant flooding in Freestone, Limestone, and Navarro counties. Numerous roads and bridges were heavily damaged requiring millions of dollars in repair.
40 tornadoes were recorded on April 28, 2011, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina.
A strong cold front slowly passed through the region during the morning and early afternoon hours of the 28th. A southerly flow ahead of the front caused deep moisture over the area. The deep moisture combined with a mid-level trough to produce moderate amounts of instability.
A line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and moved through the area producing some large hail and wind damage. Most of the damage was due to trees falling, some on homes or vehicles. Three small tornadoes also touched down in the Midlands.
A strong upper level trough pushed through the Southeast during the 28th, with showers and thunderstorms developing across north and central Georgia ahead of an approaching cold front.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Leake, Attala, Neshoba counties, Mississippi and tracked 33.39 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 84.
A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days.
53 tornadoes were recorded on April 28, 2014, in Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 15 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Limestone County, Alabama and tracked 15.56 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 30.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Moore counties, Tennessee and tracked 26.76 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hinds, Rankin, Scott counties, Mississippi and tracked 29.72 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Lee, Itawamba, Prentiss counties, Mississippi and tracked 30.97 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 32.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Jones, Wayne counties, Mississippi and tracked 10.46 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 15.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Scott County, Mississippi and tracked 4.27 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Cullman County, Alabama and tracked 8.88 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Etowah, DeKalb counties, Alabama and tracked 11.73 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest.
A strong storm system brought record flooding along with severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds and tornadoes to the region.
A tornado outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and evening across the central Tennessee Valley on the 28th. Several cyclic supercells produced tornadoes, some of which were strong. Very heavy rainfall occurred in some areas as well.
A large scale severe weather event began Saturday, April 26 and ended Wednesday, April 30th, producing several waves of severe weather from the Central Plains eastward through the Deep South, and across a significant portion of the eastern United States.
A tornado outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and evening across the central Tennessee Valley on the 28th. Several cyclic supercells produced tornadoes, some of which were strong.
33 km) path. 05 million in damage, the tornado reached a peak width of 1,320 yd (1,210 m).
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A broad closed upper low over the Midwest dropped Southeast on the 28th and 29th, with several shortwaves rotating around the larger low. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed across the area as a result.
A strong storm system brought record flooding along with severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds and tornadoes to the region.
A strong upper level trough moved into the Southern Plains during the afternoon of April 27th.
A stalled frontal boundary was located from North Central Arkansas to the Tennessee and Kentucky border during the early morning hours of April 28, 2014. The airmass south of the boundary was very unstable.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of northwestern Arkansas, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of eastern Oklahoma, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day.
An unseasonably warm and humid air mass developed across the lower Ohio Valley during late April 2017. A powerful weather system across the central Plains brought several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms over the 3 day period.
A broken line of severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon hours of the 28th, as a cold front moved into the area. The line of thunderstorms moved southeast across eastern Oklahoma through the evening hours.
A weak shortwave trough shifted east across East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning hours of April 28th, where large scale forcing contributed to the development of showers and thunderstorms over East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana.
A deepening upper level trough sweeping southeast across Oklahoma and Arkansas reinforced a cold front southeast across the Southern Plains and Ozarks region during the afternoon and evening hours on April 28th, where a complex of showers and thunderstorms developed by mid and…
Thunderstorms developed along a cold front in northern Mexico and moved into South Central Texas. Some of these storms grew to be supercells and produced giant hail, damaging wind gusts, and one tornado. Some areas along Highway 90 had multiple rounds of supercells.
Heavy rain developed over southern Missouri on the night of the 27th and continued through the evening of the 28th as a slow moving cold front moved across the region and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass over the region.
An upper-level disturbance interacted with a warm front across northwest Tennessee resulting in a cluster of storms during the early evening hours of April 28th. The storms traveled east along the warm front and produced a tornado across parts of Henry County.
The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002, causing at least $115 million in damages.
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Another complex surface pattern unfolded on Friday April 28, comprising of a low pressure center, warm front, dryline, and Pacific cold front.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Trinity County, Texas and tracked 0.29 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
Evening through overnight storms produced a lot of flash flooding, a couple tornadoes, some winds damage and some hail.
There were two rounds of severe thunderstorms on the 28th. The first in the morning along a cold front as it moved into a warm, moist airmass with storms producing a tornado and damaging wind gusts. The second later in the day as the airmass recovered and a dryline moved in.
Regenerative thunderstorm development occurred during the afternoon on April 28th across Central Texas along existing outflows from an MCS that decayed earlier in the morning.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Palo Pinto, Parker counties, Texas and tracked 4.66 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
A shortwave trough, slow moving cold front, and continued presence of a dryline resulted in additional severe thunderstorm development on April 28 and 29. Large hail was the primary severe weather occurrence.
The final day of a prolonged stretch of severe weather potential (beginning on the 23rd) yielded another round of significant hail, winds and tornadoes across southern Oklahoma into portions of north Texas.
A couple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma on the 28th, as a warm front stretched across southeastern Oklahoma and an upper level disturbance approached from the west.
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Hurricane Mala reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 922 mb, a category 4 storm.
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On April 28 and 29, 1993, severe storms and flash flooding affected much of western and central Oklahoma, and even extended into the western parts of north Texas. Rainfall of five to eight inches caused extensive flooding in the Lake Carl Blackwell area. The hardest hit area was in parts of southwest Stillwater, where more than 100 people were forced to evacuate their homes, and several others had to be rescued from abandoned cars. In addition, the storms dropped up to golf ball size hail over the area.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Extremely heavy rainfall amounts of about 8 inches in less than 24 hours caused severe flash flooding. Franklin County was declared a federal disaster area. Close to 100 people were evacuated from their homes by boat.
Rains of 1.5 to 3 inches fell in less than 12 hours, on saturated ground, during the early morning hours. The rains were associated with a warm front.
A cold front moved through Maine on the afternoon of April 27th. Low pressure developed on the front along the coast of Maine late in the day and produced copious amounts of rainfall across the area into the morning of the 28th.
Heavy rain from a slow moving surface trough produced flash flooding over portions of East Arkansas on April 28, 2009.
After near record-setting spring rainfall, a warm front brought two to four inches of rain to the eastern Lake Ontario Region. The runoff resulted in flooding across the Black River basin, including the Black River and some of its major tributaries.
Late season melting of significant snow pack caused minor to moderate flooding across west and north central Upper Michigan from the 28th into 30th. Gogebic County was hardest hit by the flooding where numerous primary and secondary roads were closed.
April 2015 was a wet month for much of the region. While in the midst of a long-term and exceptional drought across western Oklahoma, locations from around Taloga, to Cheyenne and Sayre received between 10 and 15 inches of rain during the month! This made April 2015 the second wettest month for west-central Oklahoma since records began in 1895.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms and extremely heavy rainfall over several days led to historic and devastating flash floods, record breaking river levels, large hail, wind damage, and at least one tornado across the Missouri Ozarks region.
An unseasonably warm and humid air mass developed across the lower Ohio Valley toward late April 2017. A powerful storm system across the central Plains brought several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms to the region.
An above average seasonal snowpack and cold start to April which delayed snow melt contributed to an above average late April snowpack. Rainfall from the last week of April through the first week of May generally ranged from 2.00 to 3.00 inches.
A large complex of strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening as a dry line and cold front moved across the region and interacted with a very unstable air mass.
The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods were severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms that hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the adjacent Uruguayan cities of Treinta y Tres, Paysandú, Cerro Largo, and Salto. From 29 April through to May, it resulted in 181 fatalities, widespread landslides, and a dam collapse.
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AT 12 MILES WEST OF WELLINGTON, 68-CAR FREIGHT TRAIN, 1.2 MILES LONG, BLOWN OFF TRACK CAUSING $6-7 MILLION DAMAGE.
Thunderstorm winds of up to 73 kts (84 mph) blew through southern Cherokee county affecting the towns of Baxter Springs and Galena. The hardest hit was Baxter Springs where 75 percent of the homes and businesses sustained some damage.
A thunderstorm complex containing straight-line winds of 80 mph affected the western part of the county. The main damage was in a path from Billings to Clever where over a total of 150 homes and businesses sustained damage.
Strong thunderstorm outflow winds entered the west side of Pagosa Springs and blew down two large billboards as well as six pine trees which were about 80 feet tall and over two feet in diameter.
Initial firing of storms was mostly along the dryline on this day.
An area of very strong low pressure moved northeast across the Great Lakes during the evening hours of April 27th and the morning hours of the 28th. A strong cold front stretching south from this low swept east across northern Ohio prior to daybreak on the 28th.
A strong cold front and deep upper level trough produced periods of wind damage across central North Carolina. Some of the wind damage on the morning of April 28th, 2011 occurred with non-thunderstorm winds due to rapid pressure falls/rises associated with a gravity wave.
An area of low pressure moved east along Interstate 70 corridor with a warm front extending eastward across southern Illinois and a cold front trailing southwestward along I-44.
An east to west front had lifted north into southern Ohio and northern West Virginia during the day. By mid afternoon, the front was south of Columbus Ohio to near the Mason Dixon line around Morgantown. More clouds and cooler temperatures lingered north of the boundary.
The first round of severe weather occurred during the early morning hours of April 28th as a weak upper level disturbance allowed isolated storms to form near a dryline. One storm in particular moved into North Texas and produced severe winds and large hail.
An upper level low and a cold front near the surface resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across much of North and Central Texas. Several storms produced very large hail and damaging winds west of I-35.
On this date in 2021, an isolated severe thunderstorm intensified just west of Norman in the Bridge Creek, Newcastle, and Blanchard areas. As the storm raced to the east into northern portions of Norman, it produced 60 mph to 70 mph winds with up to baseball sized hail. Extensive damage was done to houses and cars, breaking windows and damaging roofs. At least one injury from the hail was reported. Although the storm produced smaller hail farther east, it was still producing damaging winds over into Shawnee.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A couple thunderstorms turned severe during the very early morning hours of April 28, 2023. The strongest of these thunderstorms was near Columbia where one inch hail was reported. The most significant damage, however, was from lightning.
Strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of a strong cold front raced along the Rio Grande from the evening of April 28th into the morning of April 29th. The initial phase of the storms produced large hail across Zapata and Starr Counties the evening of April 28th.
A couple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas on the 28th, as a warm front stretched across the area and an upper level disturbance approached from the west.
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Warm weather triggered a large "glide" avalanche in Stairs Gulch on Storm Mountain above Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing 2 hikers. The enormous slide was 1,000 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The slide funneled 2,000 vertical feet down into the narrow gulch.
A vigorous mid-level disturbance and attendant surface cold front moved through Montana in a northwest to southeast direction on Sunday April 28th.
A series of mid-April snowstorms dropped up to a foot of snow near Crested Butte, Colorado. From April 23 to 27, temperatures warmed above freezing during the day and dropped back below freezing at night with some melting of the snowpack.
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1 SSW Hondo recorded 1.26 pounds, Texas’s hail: weight, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
1 SSW Hondo recorded 19.73 inches, Texas’s hail: circumference, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
1 SSW Hondo recorded 40.239 cubic inches, Texas’s hail: volume, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The River Road Fire started on April 28, 1984, in Michigan, and burned 1,690 acres.
The Grand Fire was discovered on April 28, 1996, in California, and burned 10,925 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 1998, in Hawaii County, Hawaii, and burned 6,500 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 1999, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 3,490 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 1999, in Roseau County, Minnesota, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 1999, in Marshall County, Minnesota, and burned 480 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 2000, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 1,280 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 28, 2000, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 800 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 28, 2001, in Florida, and burned 1,661 acres.
The Boiler Fire was discovered on April 28, 2003, in Catron County, New Mexico, and burned 34,941 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The St Hilaire Fire was discovered on April 28, 2004, in Pennington County, Minnesota, and burned 1,120 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 28, 2005, in Florida, and burned 4,829 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 28, 2005, in Florida, and burned 1,206 acres.
The Crowell Fire was discovered on April 28, 2005, in Louisiana, and burned 1,100 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Carroll-Hamre Fire was discovered on April 28, 2007, in Beltrami County, Minnesota, and burned 3,536 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Christianson Hill Fire was discovered on April 28, 2007, in Riley County, Kansas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Beaches Lake Fire was discovered on April 28, 2010, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 1,273 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Miller Fire was discovered on April 28, 2011, in New Mexico, and burned 88,835 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Olympia Fire was discovered on April 28, 2011, in Hockley County, Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Heliksen Prairie Fire was discovered on April 28, 2011, in Becker County, Minnesota, and burned 1,122 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Carl Fire was reported on April 28, 2015, in San Diego County, California, and burned 4,000 acres.
The Tinder fire was first observed on April 27, 2018 at 11:43 AM by Moqui Tower lookout. The fire was caused by an illegal and abandoned campfire. Fire restrictions were in place at 800 AM that morning.
The Escondido Tanks Fire was reported on April 28, 2018, in Otero County, New Mexico, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Roosevelt Creek Fire was reported on April 28, 2021, in Billings County, North Dakota, and burned 4,580 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Feed Yard Fire was reported on April 28, 2022, in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, and burned 4,480 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The TA-43 Fire was reported on April 28, 2022, in Pueblo County, Colorado, and burned 1,300 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Marsh Fire was reported on April 28, 2023, in Mora County, New Mexico, and burned 1,678 acres.
The Stronghold Fire was reported on April 28, 2025, in Cochise County, Arizona, and burned 2,138 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sparks Fire was reported on April 28, 2026, in Quay County, New Mexico, and burned 6,000 acres.
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An earthquake struck Oomati, Japan. It killed 56 people and destroyed 300 houses.
An earthquake struck Buarcos, Aveiro, Portugal. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Malazgirt, Turkey. It killed 3,560 people, destroyed 12,000 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck San Salvador, El Salvador. It killed some people (about 51 to 100) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China. It killed 2 people.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Folkestone, England, United Kingdom. It injured 1 and did $60 million in damage.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Sarangani, Philippines. With the tsunami it caused, it injured 7 and destroyed 1 house.
1 mi) depth. The quake struck with an epicenter 140 km north of the main city of Guwahati.
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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Assam, India. It killed 2 people and injured 12.
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Cameroon erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Kilauea, United States erupted. It killed 1 person.
Kilauea, United States erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It injured 1, destroyed 716 houses and did $370 million in damage. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Portugal.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Western Norway, with a maximum water height of 4 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.03 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.02 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Soccsksargen, Philippines, with a maximum water height of 0.2 meters. It injured 7 and destroyed 1 house.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 28, 1956, reached Kp 8- and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 65; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 28, 1969, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 60; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 28, 1991, reached Kp 7- and lasted 42 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 59; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $2.2 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 28, 1992 to April 29, 1992.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.2 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 28, 1995 to April 28, 1995.
A severe storm disaster that cost $4.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 1, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 28, 2012 to May 1, 2012.
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A young person drowned at Jobos' Beach while practicing the sport of surfing.
With a high pressure system over New England, winds and waves sharply increased during Sunday morning as a warm front moved northeast toward the region.Buoy 44025, located about 20 miles south of Fire Island Inlet, measured a sharp increase in south to southeast winds,…
A 52-year old Mexican national was killed while working near a ditch at a farm two miles from Oil Well Road. Two other men standing about 10 feet away were injured by the same lightning strike. It was raining heavily at the time. It was raining heavily at the time.
Large long period northeast swells affected the north coast of Puerto Rico with swells between 7 to 9 feet with periods of 15 to 17 seconds.
The 2015 Bahia landslide occurred on 28 April 2015 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The landslide killed at least 14 people.
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Strong east winds brought rough seas and rip currents to all Atlantic beaches during the day. Several swimmers were caught in a rip current along the Miami-Dade County coast, resulting in several injuries and a fatality.
A 39 year old male from Texas drowned after being caught in a rip current near the Shirah Beach Access.
Moderate to fresh trade-wind pattern across Micronesia, elevated the easterly swell around the Marianas, increasing surf and risk of rip currents along east facing reefs.
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