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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Aiken, Lexington, Richland counties, South Carolina and tracked 105.1 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 53 and injuring 534. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Horrell Hill, SC.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Houston County, Georgia and tracked 1 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, killing 18 and injuring 300.
Billion-dollar disasters
A flooding disaster that cost $3.3 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 32, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 30, 2010 to May 2, 2010.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Freeborn, Waseca counties, Minnesota and tracked 20.1 miles, 267 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 22.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Freeborn, Steele counties, Minnesota and tracked 38.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 35.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Bent, Kiowa counties, Colorado and tracked 30.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SSE McClave to E Eads, CO.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bibb County, Georgia and tracked 6.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Macon, GA.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Sumter, Florence counties, South Carolina and tracked 24.9 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 144. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Lynchburg/N Sardis to Pamlico, SC.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Emmet, Martin, Faribault counties, Iowa and tracked 40.2 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 61. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Estherville, IA to Blue Earth, MN.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Haralson, Polk, Paulding counties, Georgia and tracked 30.1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Felton/SE Rockmart/S Cartersville, TN.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Clay, Dickinson counties, Iowa and tracked 14.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Everly to Lake Okoboji, IA.
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An F2 tornado touched down in Bowie County, Texas and tracked 0.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Texarkana, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sioux, O'Brien counties, Iowa and tracked 15 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Hospers, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pocahontas, Palo Alto counties, Iowa and tracked 7.9 miles, killing 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Plover to NE Mallard, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dixon, Union, Plymouth counties, Nebraska and tracked 60.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Newcastle, NE/W Elk Point/Richland, SD/Akron, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Burt, Monona, Woodbury counties, Nebraska and tracked 50.3 miles, 70 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Lyons, NE/S Whiting/SE Oto, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cedar, Dixon, Union counties, Nebraska and tracked 22.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lime Creek/NW Newcastle, NE.
An F2 tornado touched down in Stephens County, Oklahoma and tracked 3.2 miles, 1,300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 19. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Duncan, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Decatur, Red Willow counties, Kansas and tracked 20.1 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Cedar Bluffs, KS/N Marion/NW Danbury, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Coffee, Pike counties, Alabama and tracked 14.6 miles, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Tarentum/E Brundidge, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Haralson, Polk, Paulding counties, Georgia and tracked 30.1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Felton/SE Rockmart/S Cartersville, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Tennessee, killing 4 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Decherd, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lawrence, Morgan counties, Alabama and tracked 16.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Moulton/N Danville, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Carroll County, Georgia and tracked 7.1 miles, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Carrolton/Clem, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pike County, Georgia and 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Quilliana/Concord, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Clarke County, Alabama, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cunningham Landing, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Aiken, Lexington, Richland counties, South Carolina and tracked 105.1 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 53 and injuring 534. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Horrell Hill, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bibb County, Georgia and tracked 6.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Macon, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sumter, Florence counties, South Carolina and tracked 24.9 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 144. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Lynchburg/N Sardis to Pamlico, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hart, Anderson, Greenville counties, Georgia and tracked 56.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Hartwell, GA/Anderson/Walnut Grove/Moore/S Spartanburg, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Harris County, Georgia and tracked 8.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pine Mountain, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bullock, Macon counties, Alabama and tracked 23.1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Thompson/NW Union Springs/N Hannon, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Chatham County, North Carolina and tracked 2.2 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Pittsboro, NC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pitt, Martin, Bertie counties, North Carolina and tracked 14.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Robersonville, NC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Butler County, Alabama and 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Greenville, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nottoway, Amelia counties, Virginia and tracked 10.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Jetersville/Maplewood/E Amelia to S Chula, VA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lee, Chambers counties, Alabama and tracked 15.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Auburn/N Opelika, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Taylor, Crawford counties, Georgia and tracked 6 miles, injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Reynolds, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pike, Barbour counties, Alabama and tracked 24.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Tarentum/Milo/S Brundidge to SE Louisville, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Colquitt County, Georgia. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ellenton, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Gwinnett County, Georgia and tracked 4.9 miles, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lawrenceville, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Taliaferro, Wilkes counties, Georgia and tracked 2.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ficklin, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Meriwether County, Georgia, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Warm Springs/Greenville, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Chambers, Randolph counties, Alabama and tracked 10.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Roanoke, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yazoo County, Mississippi and tracked 10.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Yazoo City to Yazoo City, MS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Emmet, Martin, Faribault counties, Iowa and tracked 40.2 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 61. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Estherville, IA to Blue Earth, MN.
An F4 tornado touched down in Clay, Dickinson counties, Iowa and tracked 14.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Everly to Lake Okoboji, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Alexander, Pulaski counties, Illinois and tracked 12.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mounds, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grant County, Arkansas and tracked 14.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tull to Ico, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Butler, Stoddard, Scott counties, Missouri and tracked 76.8 miles, killing 5 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cane Creek/W Poplar Bluff/S Dexter/N Sikeston/S Charleston/Bertrand/Wyatt, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Navarro County, Texas and tracked 0.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Richland, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Scott, Alexander counties, Missouri and tracked 19.2 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: WSW Chaffee/Illmo/Fornfelt, MO/Thebes/W Kelso, IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Scott County, Missouri and tracked 10.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Chaffee/W Kelso/Illmo, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bent, Kiowa counties, Colorado and tracked 30.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SSE McClave to E Eads, CO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Webster County, Missouri and tracked 8.6 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Seymour to NE Seymour, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Hamlin County, South Dakota, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Castlewood, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dillon, Robeson counties, South Carolina and tracked 14.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Dillon, SC to Fairmont, NC.
An F4 tornado touched down in McClain, Cleveland counties, Oklahoma and tracked 22.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 48. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Norman, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln counties, Oklahoma and tracked 23.8 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Stella to E Meeker, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fannin County, Texas and tracked 10.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Bonham to NE Telephone, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha counties, Oklahoma and tracked 29.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Boswell to W Soper, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bryan County, Oklahoma and tracked 35.2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Liberty to Bennington, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche, Grady counties, Oklahoma and tracked 34.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Lawton to McClain County, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garvin, McClain counties, Oklahoma and tracked 17.1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Antioch to NE Wayne, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma and tracked 6.2 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Frederick, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Davidson, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Choctaw County, Oklahoma and tracked 8.6 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Schooler Lake/W Sawyer, OK.
From April 30 to May 1, 1949, a tornado outbreak swept eastward across the United States, beginning over the Great Plains. The severe weather event claimed 10 lives and inflicted over 100 injuries.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Pratt County, Kansas and tracked 12.8 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tom Green County, Texas and tracked 0.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F4 tornado touched down in Houston County, Georgia and tracked 1 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, killing 18 and injuring 300.
An F3 tornado touched down in Twiggs County, Georgia and tracked 2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F2 tornado touched down in Twiggs County, Georgia and tracked 0.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F4 tornado touched down in Linn, Delaware, Clayton counties, Iowa and tracked 80.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Choctaw County, Oklahoma and tracked 1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Williamson, Travis, Milam counties, Texas and tracked 139.9 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bowie, Little River, Sevier counties, Texas and tracked 111.6 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Morris, Cass, Nevada counties, Texas and tracked 86.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Crawford, Washington counties, Arkansas and tracked 40.7 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Sabine Parish, Louisiana and tracked 16.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
29 tornadoes were recorded on April 30, 1954, in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 1 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 2 miles, 77 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Joseph, Elkhart counties, Indiana and tracked 36.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 49.
An F3 tornado touched down in Porter County, Indiana and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Freeborn, Waseca counties, Minnesota and tracked 20.1 miles, 267 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 22.
An F4 tornado touched down in Freeborn, Steele counties, Minnesota and tracked 38.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 35.
An F4 tornado touched down in Worth, Freeborn counties, Iowa and tracked 7.6 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Worth County, Iowa and tracked 13.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Freeborn, Waseca counties, Minnesota and tracked 18.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 23.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa and tracked 7.7 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Worth County, Iowa and tracked 17.2 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Butler, Ripley counties, Missouri and tracked 8.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hodgeman, Ness counties, Kansas and tracked 26.6 miles, 77 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dickinson County, Kansas and tracked 1.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lane County, Kansas and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lane, Ness counties, Kansas and tracked 13.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pawnee, Rush counties, Kansas and tracked 17 miles, 77 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ness County, Kansas and tracked 6.8 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ness County, Kansas and tracked 2.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Canadian, Oklahoma counties, Oklahoma and tracked 9.3 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lipscomb County, Texas and tracked 14.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 29.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
Hail damaged crops in northwest Greeley county.
Two tornadoes struck southern Franklin County. The first occurred in Antrim Township, southwest of Greencastle. The tornado first struck a church on Worleytown Road. The steeple was destroyed along with a large portion of the roof. Gravestones were also damaged.
An F0 tornado touched down just south of Highway 192 at the southwest edge of the town of Holopaw. The tornado moved northeast for 2 miles damaging numerous mobile homes and out buildings. No one was injured but 5 mobile homes were destroyed and about 40 others were damaged.
30 tornadoes were recorded on April 30, 1997, in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Indiana.
Two storms merged over Northern Fulton County and within a few minutes a tornado developed a quarter of a mile southwest of Fairview (Fulton County). In Fairview, 6 homes sustained extensive damage and 2 had only minor damage.
As a strong area of low pressure moved into the Midwest, severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front which moved through Central Illinois during the afternoon and early evening hours.
A tornado tracked nearly three miles across mostly open farm land but still managed to strike five farms destroying several outbuildings and over 20 power poles.
A tornado left an intermittant path of damage from south central Lewis County, Missouri into Adams County, Illinois. A machine shed was destroyed near Ewing where the tornado first formed.
An F1 tornado cut a 15 mile path across north central Perry county. The hardest hit areas were Apalona and Branchville. 2 mobile homes were destroyed in Apalona, and numerous roofs were lifted off houses in Branchville.
A classic severe weather setup was taking place on this day and would continue into the next day. A strong upper level low pressure system was centered near Las Vegas, NV and was moving slowly eastward toward the area.
An F3 tornado touched down in Young County, Texas and tracked 13 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest.
April 30, 2000 - Event NarrativeA big day for severe weather across northwest portions of the area. Several outflow boundaries, a dryline, and moist unstable air all helped contribute to thunderstorm development.
A brief tornado touchdown in open country was reported by trained storm spotters. No NWS storm survey was conducted.
Numerous severe thunderstorms moved across western portions of north Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 30th. Four tornadoes were confirmed, and there were numerous reports of large hail and some straight-line wind damage.
An isolated supercell spawned two tornadoes across Throckmorton County. The first tornado dropped down in open county and produced only minimal damage. However, the second tornado developed very near the community of Elbert, striking the town as the tornado moved east.
Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Supercell thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening north of a warm front that ran from Southern Iowa into Central Illinois. Three distinct supercells produced a majority of the wind, hail, and heavy rain reports from Jefferson County Iowa into Henry County Illinois.
Supercell thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening north of a warm front that ran from Southern Iowa into Central Illinois. Three distinct supercells produced a majority of the wind, hail, and heavy rain reports from Jefferson County Iowa into Henry County Illinois.
Damage report and survey determined that an F1 tornado touched down in Penitas at the intersection of Seven Mile Road and Tom Gill Road. Thirty-seven mobile homes and other structures sustained damage or were destroyed.
A strong storm system moved northeast across Kansas into northern Missouri during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There was a strong contrast across a warm front that extended east from the low.
This severe weather episode was similar to the one the week before, where there was a strong upper level system in combination with a southward moving canadian cold front and eastward moving dryline.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage across northwestern Lowndes County. It was determined that the damage was the result of a tornado that has been rated F1 on the Fujita Scale.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage that affected the Helena, Alabaster, Pelham, and Chelsea areas early Saturday morning. The tornado has been rated an F1 with winds estimated around 75 miles an hour.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the tornado damage that started over extreme northern TallapoosaCounty, about 2.2 miles northwest of Goldville. It appears the tornado began at 614 AM CDT.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage just northeast of Columbiana. It has been determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an F1 onthe Fujita Damage Scale with winds estimated around 75 miles an hour.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Conway, Van Buren counties, Arkansas and tracked 20.28 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15.
Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico surged into Arkansas at the end of April, so conditions in the state became warm and humid. On the 30th, a strong area of low pressure aloft approached from the west, resulting in the development of thunderstorms.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Arkansas and tracked 7.74 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest.
25 tornadoes were recorded on April 30, 2010, in Arkansas, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois. They killed 1 people.
An approaching shortwave trough and accompanying surface low tracked northeast of Arkansas and into southern Missouri. A modest instability and high shear environment with very moist airmass supported widespread convection and a few supercells.
A very unstable airmass developed across much of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley during the afternoon and evening hours of April 30th.
Parts of southeast Wisconsin lay within the warm sector of a mid-latitude cyclone for much of the day with persistent southerly winds blowing ahead of a cold front draped from western Iowa through the Texas panhandle.
Storms developed ahead of a strong cold front during the afternoon and evening hours. Numerous reports of severe weather were received including large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.
Severe thunderstorms producing large hail, thunderstorm wind gusts, flash flooding and a tornado moved across the southern and eastern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours.
A warm front lifting north was the focus for severe weather development during the afternoon. An upper level jet streak helped in creating the lift and speed shear to produce severe weather.
Thunderstorms developed over northeastern Oklahoma along a warm front and an outflow boundary from earlier thunderstorms. Tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding were observed with these thunderstorms.
An upper low move across the plains with a divergent pattern aloft over Southeast Texas creating an atmosphere ripe for widespread storms. Flooding and a couple of severe storms developed.
During the early morning hours of April 30th, a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed across central Louisiana and pushed eastward across the ArkLaMiss. The line intensified as it approached the Mississippi River and caused wind damage and tornadoes.
43 tornadoes were recorded on April 30, 2017, in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama. They killed 1 people.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Yazoo, Holmes counties, Mississippi and tracked 23.4 miles, 1,900 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
A passing upper level disturbance and cold front generated numerous severe thunderstorms across the Midsouth starting in the early morning hours of April 30th through the early afternoon hours. All severe threats were observed with the event.
A passing upper level disturbance and cold front generated numerous severe thunderstorms across the Midsouth starting in the evening hours of April 29th through the early afternoon hours of April 30th. All severe threats were observed with the event.
During the early morning hours of April 30th, a line of severe thunderstorms tracked toward and through the ArkLaMiss region. This line brought damaging winds and tornadoes to the region.
Lines of strong to severe thunderstorms moved northeastward, producing isolated microbursts and a tornado. The storms were located in a region of strong wind shear very close to a warm front.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Bryan, Atoka counties, Oklahoma and tracked 27.6 miles, 1,400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 16.
56 tornadoes were recorded on April 30, 2019, in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Texas. They killed 2 people.
Very moist and unstable conditions developed over the Missouri Ozarks ahead of an intense low pressure system over the southern Plains.
A stationary front and and upper wave produced numerous thunderstorms with a variety of severe weather on the 30th.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the early afternoon hours of the 30th, to the east of a stationary frontal boundary that was located across north-central Oklahoma into northwest Texas.
A slow moving storm system brought severe weather to the region during the last day of the month.
An unstable airmass was in place when an upper level disturbance traveled from New Mexico into the Plains, igniting strong to severe thunderstorms in and north of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Tuesday evening. One storm produced two tornadoes in Denton County.
An EF3 tornado touched down in City of Virginia Beach County, Virginia and tracked 4.5 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and a cold front produced damaging winds and one strong tornado across portions of southeast Virginia.
In the evening hours of April 30, 2023, a rare and intense tornado struck portions of Virginia Beach, the largest city in the state of Virginia. The tornado inflicted heavy damage to dozens of homes, with wind speeds in the vortex reaching as high as 145 miles per hour (233 km/h).
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An EF3 tornado touched down in Pottawatomie County, Kansas and tracked 2.24 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
In the late afternoon hours of April 30, 2024, a strong tornado moved through the northern portions of Westmoreland, a community located in northern Kansas. 6 million.
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A rather nebulous upper air pattern existed across the Southern Plains on the 30th, with 30-40 knots of quasi-zonal flow at 500 mb.
An embedded shortwave passed across Iowa in the afternoon, providing a focus for convection as it phased with an increasing southerly moisture stream.
The environment during the afternoon of April 30th was characterized by increased instability and increasing deep layer shear. This resulted in the development of discrete supercells ahead of a mesoscale convective complex moving northeast from Oklahoma.
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Hurricane Quang reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 933 mb, a category 4 storm.
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Rainfall amounts of 6 to 13 inches from Wednesday night to Friday night caused fast rushing water and major flooding from the Fountain Creek watershed to the Arkansas River east of Pueblo.
Slow moving thunderstorms formed over portions of western and central Oklahoma during the late morning of the 30th and continued through mid-evening. These storms were responsible for isolated areas of wind damage, large hail, lightning damage, and some flooding.
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The combination of heavy rains and the melting of a record snowpack contributed to flooding of the Aroostook River at Masardis. The flooding affected mostly lowland areas along the river and Route 11 near Masardis.
A combination of heavy rain and the melting of a record snowpack led to historic flooding along the Saint John River at Fort Kent. The Saint John River reached all-time historic levels during the flooding.
A combination of heavy rains and the melting of a record snowpack led to flooding along the Saint Francis River. The flooding affected mostly wilderness areas of the North Maine Woods bordering the river.
A combination of heavy rains and the melting of a record snowpack led to flooding of the Seboeis River near Shin Pond. The flooding affected mostly lowland wooded areas bordering the river.
A combination of heavy rains and the melting of a record snowpack led to flooding along the East Branch of the Penobscot River near Grindstone. The flooding affected mostly lowland areas bordering the river and portions of Route 11.
An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010.
A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across Eastern Pennsylvania centered on the 30th.
A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on the 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
An area of widespread rainfall developed across the western Carolinas in advance of a cold front late on the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th.
Heavy rainfall from an approaching weather system persisted for several hours. A locally enhanced line of thunderstorm activity triggered rapid and enhanced flooding in a few locations.
Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on drainages in Gunnison County. As a result, flooding compromised and led to the failure of a culvert which led to flooding near Bear Creek.
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Small cluster of storms crossed into Texas from Eastern New Mexico with the southern-most cell developing into a low-topped supercell. Hail was described as very hard.
Two large hail producing thunderstorm cells tracked across the greater Omaha area this day, one across Douglas county and the other across Sarpy county.
Several trees were blown down.
A large microburst from a thunderstorm blew down numerous trees in and around Chapman. Several of the trees fell on homes. One home had thirty four trees blown down in their yard. Luckily none fell on their house.
Strong winds and the resulting waves capsized an 18 foot fishing boat on Lake Celilo near Wishram. Four people were thrown off the boat. Three people drowned and 1 person suffered minor hypothermia.
Showers and thunderstorms moved northeastward across the area April 30th, as a cold front pushed into central Iowa. Some of the storms surpassed severe thresholds, producing damaging winds and large hail.
A strong downslope windstorm began on the afternoon of April 30, and then peaked during the early morning hours of May 1, causing significant damage in Davis and Weber counties. Note that this episode continued into May.
A Squall line moved through southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi and the adjacent coastal waters with sporadic wind damage and strong wind gusts.
Scattered late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms along a stationary frontal boundary across North Georgia produced isolated reports of damaging thunderstorm winds.
A QLCS (Quasi-Linear Convective System) moved from southwest to northeast across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on April 30. Numerous reports of wind damage were received.
A squall line tracked east-northeast through middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours. As the line of storms moved through Lincoln County, one individual was killed by a falling tree in Fayetteville.
A warm front lifted north across the Upper Ohio Valley causing a line of showers and thunderstorms to develop. A couple of the stronger storms became severe. A downburst hit portions of Mahoning County causing extensive damage in Boardman.
A sub 1000 millibar surface low tracked through NC during the early afternoon hours. Showers and thunderstorms developed along a retreating warm front, causing numerous reports of downed trees and wind damage.
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The latest time in spring that snow has fallen in Oklahoma City is April 30. This occurred in both 1907 and 1951.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A powerful late spring storm system swept across the Northern Plains region April 29th into May 1st. Significant amounts of moisture was drawn into the storm from the Gulf of Mexico, leading to heavy amounts of precipitation over west and central North Dakota.
Snowstorm of April 30, 2013 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from April 30, 2013 to May 4, 2013.
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Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 1 to 3 degrees above normal, causing Low HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for an individual in Tucson to be heat caused.
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The month of April in 2013 was the fifth coldest April recorded in Oklahoma City.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The Sunken Str Fire started on April 30, 1985, in Maine, and burned 1,200 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 30, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 5,015 acres.
The Mesa Fire was discovered on April 30, 1992, in California, and burned 4,200 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Spring Lk Fire was discovered on April 30, 1992, in South Dakota, and burned 1,435 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 30, 1996, in Minnesota, and burned 1,299 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Cockleburr Fire was discovered on April 30, 1997, in New Mexico, and burned 2,020 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Bass River Fire was discovered on April 30, 1999, in Burlington County, New Jersey, and burned 11,765 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The MARQUETTE9 Fire was discovered on April 30, 1999, in Marquette County, Michigan, and burned 5,625 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The No Pablo Fire was discovered on April 30, 2000, in Oscoda County, Michigan, and burned 5,200 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Highland Fire started on April 30, 2000, in New Mexico, and burned 2,453 acres.
The Penasco Fire was discovered on April 30, 2002, in Otero County, New Mexico, and burned 16,020 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
The Unit 4 Fire started on April 30, 2002, in Minnesota, and burned 5,879 acres.
The Mckinley Fire was discovered on April 30, 2002, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 2,400 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Cannon Fire was discovered on April 30, 2002, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Clipped Wing Fire was discovered on April 30, 2003, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 1,150 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Mckinley 2 Fire was discovered on April 30, 2003, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 600 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Hughes Lake Fire was discovered on April 30, 2006, in Oscoda County, Michigan, and burned 5,818 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Cardinal Fire was discovered on April 30, 2006, in Page County, Virginia, and burned 1,935 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Adams-Reiner Fire was discovered on April 30, 2007, in Minnesota, and burned 4,700 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Huckabee Fire was discovered on April 30, 2008, in Pecos County, Texas, and burned 98,168 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Four Lakes Fire was discovered on April 30, 2008, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 23,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 30, 2008, in Texas, and burned 1,900 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Truck Trail 1 Fire was discovered on April 30, 2011, in Putnam County, Florida, and burned 3,701 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Babcock Ranch Fire was discovered on April 30, 2011, in Charlotte County, Florida, and burned 778 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Apache Pass Fire was discovered on April 30, 2012, in Cochise County, Arizona, and burned 1,704 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Perkinsville Fire was discovered on April 30, 2013, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 1,408 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Opera Fire was reported on April 30, 2017, in Riverside County, California, and burned 1,350 acres.
The McDannald Fire was reported on April 30, 2018, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 19,043 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Oregon Lakes Fire was reported on April 30, 2019, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 34,741 acres.
The Four Sixteen Fire was reported on April 30, 2021, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 13,032 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Smith Fire was reported on April 30, 2021, in Roosevelt County, Montana, and burned 4,997 acres.
The Hogback Fire was reported on April 30, 2021, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and burned 1,730 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Berg Fire was reported on April 30, 2023, in Marshall County, Minnesota, and burned 1,728 acres.
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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Verona, Italy. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Roma (Rome), Italy. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Shaanxi Province, China. It killed 62 people.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Forli, Spoleto, Romagna, Marche, Bologna, Italy. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Buru I, Ambon I, Haruku I, Indonesia. With the tsunami it caused, it destroyed 3 houses.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Tonga Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Solomon Islands. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 12 people.
An earthquake struck Panama. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Sophades (Karditsa), Greece. It killed 31 people, injured 717 and did $3.2 million in damage.
The 1954 Sofades earthquake struck central Greece on 30 April 1954, at 16:02 (UTC+3). 0 Mw and had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Sendai, Honshu, Japan. It killed 1 person.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Demirci, Western Anatolia, Istanbul, Turkey.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Magnisia, Greece. It destroyed 7 houses.
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Camiguin, Philippines erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed few people (about 1 to 50) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Marapi, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 80 people.
Popocatepetl, Mexico erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 5 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Gulf of Venice, Italy.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Sulu Sea, Philippines. It killed few people (about 1 to 50) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 1.2 meters. It destroyed 3 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Tonga Islands, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Solomon Islands, with a maximum water height of 10.5 meters. It killed 12 people.
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A G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm began April 30, 1960, reached Kp 9 and lasted 33 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 174; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 40 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 30, 1978, reached Kp 8 and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 58; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 30, 1985, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 42; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.2 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 30, 2001 to May 1, 2001.
A flooding disaster that cost $3.3 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 32, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 30, 2010 to May 2, 2010.
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In Lacey-Keosauqua State Park southwest of Keosauqua, Iowa, 2 brothers were struck by lightning while setting up a tent for a camping/hunting trip. One brother survived, but the other died 11 weeks later on his 34th birthday after never coming out of a coma.
April 2005 went down in the history books as one of the driest months in recorded history for both Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls. Both cities measured just under 0.3 inches of precipitation for the month. On average, the April precipitation totals are between 2.5 and 3 inches.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A weak trough lifted north over the area bringing showers and a few thunderstorms. Moderate to strong onshore winds from the tightened pressure gradient between the trough and high pressure ridging across the region caused rip currents to form along area beaches.
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.