Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 4, 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 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama and tracked 14.7 miles, 550 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 130.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and tracked 12.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 15 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Alexandria, LA.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk counties, Florida and tracked 135.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 530.
Volcanoes
Vesuvius, Italy erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 350 people and injured 300. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters. It killed 350 people and injured 300.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.9 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 9, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2011 to April 5, 2011.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Washington County, Wisconsin and tracked 1.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 53.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.0 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 5, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2023 to April 6, 2023.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes
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An unrated tornado touched down in Bibb, Jones, Baldwin counties, Georgia and tracked 110 miles, killing 11 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Macon/N Augusta/S Warrenton/Devereux, GA to Meriwether, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and tracked 12.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 15 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Alexandria, LA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Johnston, Nash counties, North Carolina and tracked 9.6 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Wendell, NC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Washington County, Arkansas and tracked 9.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Lincoln, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Coleman County, Texas and tracked 29.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gouldbusk/N Santa Anna/Shields, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Chippewa, Clark counties, Wisconsin and tracked 20.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Cadott/S Thorp, WI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Saint Landry Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana and tracked 20.4 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 33.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson Davis Parish, Acadia Parish, Louisiana and tracked 36.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F3 tornado touched down in Simpson, Smith, Jasper counties, Mississippi and tracked 40.2 miles, 167 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 75.
An F3 tornado touched down in McNairy County, Tennessee and tracked 7.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk counties, Florida and tracked 135.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 530.
An F3 tornado touched down in Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier counties, West Virginia and tracked 32.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 11.
An F3 tornado touched down in Washington, Smyth counties, Virginia and tracked 8.4 miles, 177 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Raleigh County, West Virginia and tracked 9.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F5 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama and tracked 14.7 miles, 550 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 130.
An F3 tornado touched down in Floyd County, Georgia and tracked 8.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in St. Clair County, Alabama and tracked 7.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Calhoun County, Mississippi and tracked 9.1 miles, 587 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Neshoba, Kemper counties, Mississippi and tracked 11.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
Throughout the period of April 4–5, 1977, a violent severe weather outbreak impacted the Southeastern United States. A total of 22 tornadoes touched down during this outbreak sequence, with the strongest tornado of the outbreak being a catastrophic and fatal F5 tornado that struck Metro Birmingham during the afternoon hours of April 4.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
An F4 tornado touched down in Washington County, Wisconsin and tracked 1.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 53.
In the early morning hours of April 4, 1981, an unusual and deadly anticyclonic F4 tornado struck West Bend, Wisconsin. It killed three people, and injured another 53.
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A long line of thunderstorms moved east across most of western and central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 5th resulting in widespread straight-line damage and 5 tornadoes.
Abandoned chicken coop collapsed, large oaks (3 feet in diameter) uprooted otherwise minor damage to vehicles and about 10 homes.
The largest hail stones fell in the Kilbourne area.
A potent early April storm slammed the area with widespread wind damage and several tornadoes.
Severe thunderstorms that developed during the evening of April 3rd across the northern half of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas continued into the southern portions of northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana in a very unstable atmosphere.
A slow moving cold front helped spark thunderstorms across Central Alabama, some of which produced large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front across northern Alabama during the morning of April 4th. Scattered wind damage and isolated tornadoes impacted the area.
An extremely progressive and highly kinematic upper flow remained in place across the U.S. A deep, full-latitude negatively tilted trough and associated strong Pacific cold front swept through the eastern U.S. April 4th into April 5th.
A powerful storm system took shape across the central United States and clashed with a warm and unstable airmass. An extensive and intense squall line resulted which quickly pushed eastward across the eastern half of the country.
43 tornadoes were recorded on April 4, 2011, in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina.
Thunderstorms gradually intensified along and ahead of a cold front from Arkansas into western Kentucky.
From the morning through mid afternoon hours on Monday, April 4th, a line of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee ahead of the passage of a strong surface and upper level frontal system.
A powerful storm system took shape across the central United States and clashed with a warm and unstable airmass. An extensive and intense squall line resulted which quickly pushed eastward across the eastern half of the country.
A strong cold front pushed into Arkansas on the 4th. In advance of the front, warm, moist air was in place. The atmosphere was more unstable than it had been any time so far this year. As a result, severe thunderstorms erupted along and ahead of the cold front.
Widespread wind damage occurred across eastern Kentucky as a squall line moved across the area.
A strong upper level short wave move from west to east across the Central Plains states of the U.S. driving a cold front southeast into the Four State Region. Strong to severe thunderstorms formed in the unstable air mass ahead of the cold front.
A strong storm system over the middle Mississippi River Valley pushed a cold front through southeast Louisiana. A squall line developed in advance of the front and produced numerous reports of severe weather.
A strong upper level wave and cold front moved across the region on the night of the 4th into early on the 5th of April. A line of heavy showers and thunderstorms accompanied this front.
During the late afternoon and evening of 4 April 2011, a fast moving and intense cold front moved southeast into a very warm, moist and unstable air mass over interior southeast Mississippi.
A strong upper level short wave move from west to east across the Central Plains states of the U.S. driving a cold front southeast into the Four State Region. Strong to severe thunderstorms formed in the unstable air mass ahead of the cold front.
A strong storm system and cold front produced supercells across the Missouri Ozark with damaging winds and large hail. The were a couple damaging tornadoes.
Thunderstorms developed along a slow moving cold front on the evening of Monday, April 4, aided by the arrival of an upper level disturbance. All modes of severe weather were produced across parts of primarily North Texas.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Fulton County, Illinois and tracked 19.92 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
A trough across the Rockies underwent lee cyclogenesis, pulling a warm front north into Iowa in the afternoon. While a few storms developed along the warm front, most development was along the later cold front that moved across the area in the evening.
As a warm front lifted northward, a highly unstable and sheared environment developed across west-central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of April 4th.
There were two rounds of severe thunderstorms on April 4th. The first round in Illinois occurred during the morning hours. These storms developed in eastern Iowa and moved into northwest Illinois by mid morning.
A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Despite considerable cloud cover across East Texas ahead of a cold front, relatively modest surface heating was ongoing by late morning on April 4th. A very moist air mass characterized by dew points in the upper 60s to lower 70s preceded the front.
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Hurricane Inigo reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 898 mb, a category 5 storm.
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On April 4th and 5th back in 1921, heavy rains resulted in widespread flash flooding in the Clinton area. This resulted in the drowning of several hundred cattle.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The 1929 Tasmanian floods were the most deadly floods on record in Tasmania's history. They occurred in April 1929, with 22 people were killed and 40 injured.
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Flooding was reported across the entire city. The local hospital had one foot of water in it while water also entered numerous homes. Rainfall for a 24 hour period averaged just under twelve inches.
Several trees were blown down in a rural area.
Thunderstorms produced general 1 inch rainfall in the central part of the county, with up to 6 inches south and east of Eagle Pass. City streets were flooded in Eagle Pass, with numerous cars stranded and their occupants forced to wait for rescue.
Heavy and persistent rains in the Santa Cruz mountains during the first half of April caused many landslides. Damage was estimated at nearly $13 million, with at least $6 million charged to county road damages.
Due to continued heavy rain and subsequent high stream flows, a break in Black Rascal Creek flooded homes in north Merced. And Bear Creek raised over its banks in West Merced flooding a residential section in that vicinity.
A line of showers and thunderstorms moved across central Alabama on April 4th, out ahead of a strong cold front. This line of storms produced widespread damaging winds and large hail.
A strong cold front produced a squall line across the Ohio, Tennessee and lower Mississippi Valleys during the afternoon and evening hours of the 4th. Ahead of the front, windy conditions developed with wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph.
A high pressure system over the central Atlantic was driven moderate to fresh winds, resulting choppy seas impacting the local waters of Puerto Rico. The risk of rip currents was high during this period.
Scattered thunderstorms moved across portions of northern Illinois during the afternoon of April 4th producing large hail and wind damage. Additional isolated thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the evening.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred across southern Missouri between April 4th and April 6th. The highest rainfall amounts occurred southeast of Springfield where pockets of 8-10 inches with localized amounts to 12 inches occurred.
The final round of rain in a stretch of 4 days brought rain amounts of 2-4.5 inches of rain to central Indiana in addition to the 3-5 inches that had fallen.
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Lightning struck a Zachary church school building. The resulting fire destroyed about 20,000 square feet of office and classroom space. Property damages were estimated to be around $1 million.
Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down.
A woman driving a van was impaled by a tree limb during a freak incident where gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph split a tree, causing part of it to fall on her vehicle. She died a week later in the hospital.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Millwood and Danville.
A powerful and nearly-stationary supercell thunderstorm pounded the Falfurrias area with large hail, gusty winds and heavy rain for a period of approximately three hours. The hail damaged homes, businesses, and automobiles.
A wedge front was retreating northeast out of the region. A strong cold front and upper-level short wave were approaching the area from the west.
A potent early April storm slammed the area with widespread wind damage and several tornadoes.
A surface low pressure over the Texas Panhandle produced a tight pressure gradient during the day which resulted in strong winds across much of the Texas Panhandle. No injuries were reported...however several fences...a power pole...and a roof were damaged.
A potent squall line of severe thunderstorms raced eastward across the entire southeastern U.S. from the morning of April 4 through the afternoon of April 5, 2011.
A fast moving line of thunderstorms swept across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia during the late evening hours of the 4th and early morning hours of the 5th.
A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Western Kansas into the Great Lakes during the time period from April 2nd-April 4th, 2011. As a result, a trailing cold front moved through the Mid-South during the morning and early afternoon hours of April 4th.
A strong upper level low pressure system and cold front moved across the region on the night of the 4th into early on the 5th of April. A line of showers and thunderstorms accompanied this front.
A potent squall line of severe thunderstorms raced eastward across the entire southeastern U.S. from the morning of April 4 through the afternoon of April 5, 2011.
A potent squall line of severe thunderstorms raced eastward across the entire southeastern U.S. from the morning of April 4 through the afternoon of April 5, 2011.
A cold front moved into the Mid-South during the early morning hours of April 4th, 2014.
Isolated thunderstorms developed over the Brush Country during the early morning hours of April 4th in advance of a cold front with the assistance from a strong upper level jet moving out of northern Mexico.
A surface low deepened to near 988 hPa just to the east of the southern tip of Georgian Bay early Wednesday afternoon on April 4. Damaging wind gusts occurred across the entire area with multiple trees down, wires down, and overturned semis.
Warm, moist, and unstable air spread north across North and East Texas, North Louisiana, and extreme Southern Arkansas during the evening through the early morning hours of April 4th-5th, behind a warm front that lifted north through these areas.
A deepening Low with strong jet support brought strong surface winds across Columbia Basin into the region. Winds were sustained in the high teens and mid 20s. Gusts ranged in the upper 40s to near 60. Power outages affected around 15000 customers.
A deepening Low with strong jet support brought strong surface winds across Columbia Basin into the region. Winds were sustained in the high teens and mid 20s. Gusts ranged in the upper 40s to near 60. Power outages affected around 15000 customers.
There were numerous reports of large hail of up to tennis ball sized in diameter on April 4th mainly between the I-96 and I-94 corridors. The large hail did significant damage to the roofs and siding of many homes as well as cracked some windshields of vehicles.
Strong to severe storms affected the region from the late afternoon of the 4th to the afternoon of the 5th as a surface low and cold front over central Kansas moved across the Ozarks. Hail up to 2 inches in diameter occurred in Taney County near Lake Taneycomo.
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Snowstorm of April 4, 1982 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from April 4, 1982 to April 8, 1982.
Snowstorm of April 4, 1997 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 4, 1997 to April 7, 1997.
Warm weather the first three days of April lead much of North Dakota to believe that spring had arrived with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Mother Nature had other plans. A very strong area of low pressure moved out of the Colorado area into the northern plains.
An intense low pressure system, with center pressures around 28.8 inches, tracked from Fergus Falls to International Falls, Minnesota.
An intense low pressure system, with center pressures around 28.8 inches, tracked from Fergus Falls to International Falls. The initial rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning in Polk county, and then changed to freezing rain as the temperature fell.
Strong winds combined with snow amounts of generally 8 to 12 inches to create widespread blizzard conditions in southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle. By 845 PM April 4 all roads had been closed in and out of Cheyenne except for Interstate 25.
Strong winds combined with snow amounts of generally 8 to 12 inches to create widespread blizzard conditions in the Nebraska panhandle. Closed and impassable roads became the norm from the evening of April 4 through April 6 due to blowing and drifting snow.
Low pressure over Illinois brought a mix of wintry weather to parts of the Genesee Valley, the Finger Lakes and the North Country. Across the North Country the precipitation mainly fell as snow mixed with sleet at times.
A stationary front was west to east across Pennsylvania during the 3rd and 4th of April. Areas of low pressure moved along the front bringing precipitation to upstate New York. A large area of high pressure, centered over Hudson Bay Canada helped to keep cold air at the surface.
A very cold airmass blasted into the region, leading to intense lake effect snow squalls from Saginaw to Flint and east into Lapeer County. The squalls were narrow but intense bands that dumped up to 4 inches of snow in some areas with only trace amounts in other areas.
Snowstorm of April 4, 2009 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from April 4, 2009 to April 7, 2009.
A powerful spring storm system tracked northeast from southern Colorado into north central Kansas and eastern Nebraska on April 4th and 5th, 2009. Widespread snow occurred as north winds increased to 30 to 40 mph with gusts over 50 mph at times.
A major winter storm took a three day period to move through northern Utah, bringing heavy wet snow to the area. Though the snowfall remained primarily in northern Utah, southern Utah received strong gusty winds as this storm moved through the region.
The low which brought snow to eastern Maine during the 3rd continued to intensify while tracking across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to Labrador during the 4th.
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The first week of April, way back in 1893, was one of the warmest weeks ever during April in Oklahoma City. From the 3rd through the 7th, the high temperature averaged an incredible 94 degrees. In fact, each of the daily high temperatures over that five-day period remains a record more than 100 years later. Despite the week of heat, April 1893 does not rank as one of the top ten warmest Aprils on record in Oklahoma City.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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A relatively late spring frost, in pockets, did extensive damage to San Joaquin Valley grapes and, to a lesser extent, some other fruits in Merced, Madera, Fresno, and Kings Counties. Temperatures were unofficially reported as low as 27 degrees F. in Madera County.
A second cold snap hit the west central valleys of western Colorado early in the growing season. Reported minimum temperatures ranged from the upper teens to mid 20s. Between this event and the previous freeze in late March of 2003, the apricots were nearly a total loss.
The passage of a cold front April 3rd drove cold arctic air into the Central Plains States, and forced temperatures to plummet to some of the coolest readings ever recorded during early April.
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The Unnamed Fire started on April 4, 1985, in North Carolina, and burned 4,604 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 4, 1987, in Minnesota, and burned 2,181 acres.
The Danks Fire started on April 4, 1988, in North Dakota, and burned 2,429 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 4, 1990, in New Mexico, and burned 2,222 acres.
The Shirttail Fire started on April 4, 1991, in South Dakota, and burned 6,825 acres.
The Isabel Fire was discovered on April 4, 1992, in New Mexico, and burned 2,880 acres.
The Greenwood State Forest Fire was discovered on April 4, 1995, in Ocean County, New Jersey, and burned 19,225 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The E112 Fire was discovered on April 4, 1995, in Florida, and burned 5,948 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Norwood Fire was discovered on April 4, 1995, in Nelson County, Virginia, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Red Cross Fire was discovered on April 4, 2000, in North Dakota, and burned 4,000 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Sanfrancisco Fire was discovered on April 4, 2003, in New Mexico, and burned 2,080 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Forsyth county Emergency Management Director reported that an outdoor burning incident, fueled by gusty northwest winds at speeds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts over 30 mph and low relative humidity values in the 15 to 20% range, quickly turned into a ravaging out of control…
The Mckenzie Hill Fire was discovered on April 4, 2005, in Reynolds County, Missouri, and burned 3,422 acres.
The Red Lake Fire was discovered on April 4, 2006, in New Mexico, and burned 3,690 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Riverdale Woods/Downstream Fire was discovered on April 4, 2006, in North Dakota, and burned 1,764 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Magic City Wildfire began around 1135 CST about four miles east of Kellerville in Wheeler County...just north of Farm to Market Road 2473.
The Magic City Fire was discovered on April 4, 2009, in Texas, and burned 15,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cleo Fire was discovered on April 4, 2009, in Major County, Oklahoma, and burned 11,520 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Craig Naler Fire was discovered on April 4, 2009, in Lincoln County, Kansas, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Browning Fire was discovered on April 4, 2009, in Greenwood County, Kansas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Kiowa West 4 Fire was discovered on April 4, 2009, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,900 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The South 160 Fire was discovered on April 4, 2011, in Oklahoma, and burned 4,620 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Road Fire was reported on April 4, 2015, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,781 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Tampa Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Marion County, Kansas, and burned 3,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Halls Top Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Cocke County, Tennessee, and burned 2,460 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Amorita Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,400 acres.
The 04-04-2 Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Chautauqua County, Kansas, and burned 2,150 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Top Hat Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,544 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 04-04-1 Fire was reported on April 4, 2016, in Chautauqua County, Kansas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The County Road 56 Fire was reported on April 4, 2018, in Yuma County, Colorado, and burned 1,783 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Range 121 Fire was reported on April 4, 2018, in El Paso County, Colorado, and burned 1,480 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 2019 Goseong fire was a fire in Goseong County, South Korea that lasted from 4 April to 6 April, 2019. It spread to the cities of Sokcho, Inje, Donghae and Gangneung and caused two deaths, more than 30 injuries, and the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Black Bridge Fire was reported on April 4, 2019, in Bent County, Colorado, and burned 1,487 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 2020 Chernobyl exclusion zone wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning inside Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone in April 2020. The fires were largely extinguished within two weeks.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Presbury Hill Fire was reported on April 4, 2021, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,605 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Little Pass Fire was reported on April 4, 2021, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 2,186 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Easter Fire was reported on April 4, 2021, in Rice County, Kansas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cypress Camp Trail Fire was reported on April 4, 2023, in Collier County, Florida, and burned 9,749 acres.
The Bent Willow Fire was reported on April 4, 2023, in Potter County, Texas, and burned 8,118 acres.
The Loma Desert Fire was reported on April 4, 2023, in Hudspeth County, Texas, and burned 1,946 acres.
The Shannon Creek Fire was reported on April 4, 2023, in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Route 66 Fire was reported on April 4, 2023, in Custer County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,584 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Howell Fire was reported on April 4, 2024, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,110 acres.
The Williams Creek Fire was reported on April 4, 2026, in Perry County, Alabama, and burned 1,650 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kii, Kumananonada, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Roer Valley, Germany. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck Copiapo, Chile. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Struma, Bulgaria. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Struma, Bulgaria. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Managua, Nicaragua.
An earthquake struck Terminal Island, California, United States. It did $4.5 million in damage.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Banda Aceh, Sumatera, Indonesia. It killed few people (about 1 to 50), injured 100 and did $1 million in damage.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Rioja, Neuva Cajamarca, Peru. It injured 10.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Batgram, Pakistan. It injured 28.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Baja California, Mexico. It killed 2 people, injured 233 and did $1.1 billion in damage.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal-India.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Xiluodu, Yunnan Province, China. It injured 21, destroyed 75 houses and did $80 million in damage.
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Cotopaxi, Ecuador erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Vesuvius, Italy erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 350 people and injured 300. The eruption caused a tsunami.
El Chichon, Mexico erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It killed 33 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Bohai Sea, China.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Persian Gulf OR Caspian Sea, Iran.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kii, Kumananonada, Japan, with a maximum water height of 2 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Roer Valley, Germany.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters. It killed 350 people and injured 300.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 4, 1942, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 70; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 4, 1991, reached Kp 7- and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 50; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 4, 1993, reached Kp 8- and lasted 33 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 87; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 4, 2005, reached Kp 7 and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 50; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $3.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2003 to April 7, 2003.
A freeze disaster that cost $3.2 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2007 to April 10, 2007.
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.9 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 9, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2011 to April 5, 2011.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.3 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 1, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2017 to April 6, 2017.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2022 to April 6, 2022.
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.0 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 5, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 4, 2023 to April 6, 2023.
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Around 4:00 PM EDT, a 37year-old man was struck by lightning on the South Wales Golf Course near Jeffersonton in extreme northern Culpeper County.
Two teenagers, a 15 year-old girl and a 14 year-old boy, were at home lowering blinds of their guest house when they were both striked by lightning.
A tug boat captain was sailing his boat into the Agana Boat Basin on the morning of April 4th when strong swells and currents hit the boat at the entrance to the basin. The boat was grounded on the reef, then washed into the basin and overturned.
Strong south winds ahead of an approaching cold frontal system resulted in strong rip currents along the beaches of northwest Florida.
North swells affected the Atlantic coastline producing significant breaking wave action between 8 to 12 feet.
Dangerous surf and rip current conditions along coastal Alabama resulted in one fatality.
Dangerous surf and rip current conditions along the northwest Florida panhandle beaches resulted in one fatality.
A high-pressure system over the central Atlantic was driven by moderate to fresh winds, resulting in choppy seas impacting the local waters of Puerto Rico. The risk of rip currents was high during this period.
Elevated onshore winds were observed along the southeast Louisiana coast on April 4th, creating hazardous surf conditions near Grand Isle.
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