Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 6, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hall County, Georgia and tracked 7.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 203 and injuring 1,600. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gainesville, GA.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW. It killed 5,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Dalmatian Coasts, Croatia. It killed 5,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck L'Aquila, Italy. It killed 309 people, injured 1,500, destroyed 15,000 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage.
Earthquakes
An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in southern Italy, at 03:32 CEST on 6 April 2009. 9 on the Richter scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Naghan,ardal,jaghdan,dastgerd,kordan,sarmur, Iran. It killed 366 people, injured 200, destroyed 2,100 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Barry, Eaton counties, Michigan and tracked 17 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kalamo, MI.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 181 people, injured 475, destroyed 11,556 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $2.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 10, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 6, 2006 to April 8, 2006.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Wilkinson, Amite, Saint Helena Parish counties, Mississippi and tracked 35 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 220. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gloster/Gillsburg, MS to St. Helena Parish, LA.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Livingston, Oakland counties, Michigan and tracked 7.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clyde/West Highland, MI.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $5.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 6, 2001 to April 11, 2001.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper County, Illinois, killing 3 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Bogota, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Warren County, Illinois, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Swan Creek, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Barry, Eaton counties, Michigan and tracked 17 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kalamo, MI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Livingston, Oakland counties, Michigan and tracked 7.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clyde/West Highland, MI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Midland, Bay counties, Michigan and tracked 28 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Alamo/Hickory Corners, MI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Barry counties, Michigan and tracked 22.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Midland/S Duel to W Inwood, MI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Ingham County, Michigan and tracked 3.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Dansville, MI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Oktibbeha, Clay, Monroe counties, Mississippi and tracked 29.1 miles, killing 4 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Starkville/Aberdeen, MS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Williamson County, Illinois and tracked 8.2 miles, killing 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Marion/Pittsburg, IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Calloway County, Kentucky, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Murray, KY.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wabash County, Indiana and 20 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Wabash, IN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bastrop, Williamson, Milam counties, Texas and tracked 20 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Elgin/Beyersville to N Thorndale, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dallas, Polk counties, Iowa and tracked 11.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 11. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Moran to Sheldahl, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wilkinson, Amite, Saint Helena Parish counties, Mississippi and tracked 35 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 220. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gloster/Gillsburg, MS to St. Helena Parish, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wilkinson County, Mississippi and tracked 6.3 miles, killing 3 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Doloroso, MS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hall County, Georgia and tracked 7.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 203 and injuring 1,600. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gainesville, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bartow, Cherokee counties, Georgia and tracked 7.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Acworth, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Anderson County, South Carolina and tracked 12.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Anderson, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Georgia and tracked 14.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Carnesville to Livonia, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Clarke, Monroe counties, Alabama and tracked 29.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Monrovia/Mexia, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper County, Mississippi and tracked 1.8 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Stringer, MS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Fayette County, Kentucky and 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lexington, KY.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama and tracked 0.5 miles, 37 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grayson, Fannin counties, Texas and tracked 30.2 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 27.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jack, Clay counties, Texas and tracked 21.7 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cooke County, Texas and tracked 15.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Marshall, Jackson counties, Alabama and tracked 25.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Will County, Illinois and tracked 6.8 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 22.
An F2 tornado touched down in Ogle, Lee counties, Illinois and tracked 17.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 9.
The tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998 was a large tornado outbreak that started on April 6 across the Great Plains and ended on April 9 across the Carolinas and Georgia, in 1998. A total of 62 tornadoes touched down from the Middle Atlantic States to the Midwestern United States and Texas.
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There was damage to a metal building and a quonset hut. Two young boys were injured when the door blew off of the building. A chicken house blew away.
A southeast flow of moist air was in place over Iowa. This flow brought moisture north with surface dew point temperatures rising into the low to mid 50s. Lapse rates were steep with the freezing level only around 9000 feet.
Severe thunderstorms producing large hail and damaging winds developed and spread across most of the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours. A tornado ocurred over the extreme northeastern Texas panhandle near Perryton during the evening hours.
Rapidly moving tornado completely destroyed a mobile home. Female occupant ended up in some bushes and had a broken arm. Male occupant had debris in his eye. Their truck was rolled into trees and nearby outbuildings were demolished. Location of this home was north of Rolla.
An F1 tornado developed just west of Berwyn in southeast Custer County. In the minute and a half that it was on the ground, it picked up a van on Highway 2, turned it around, and shattered the windows. The occupants of the van were uninjured.
To put the entire event into perspective, areas just to the N of Interstate 20 and extending W to E across the entire state, experienced a 125 year rainfall event. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 12 inches which all fell in about 18 hours.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cherokee, Rusk counties, Texas and tracked 38.2 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
A supercell thunderstorm moved northeast across east extreme east central Cherokee County. Two mobile homes were damaged and numerous trees were twisted, broken and uprooted. This tornado moved into Rusk County, TX.
A supercell storm moved across the northeast part of the county. About 20 wood frame and mobile homes were damaged. Six (6) mobile homes were totally destroyed. Numerous trees were twisted, broken and uprooted. This tornado remained in Rusk County.
A classic supercell thunderstorm moved northeastward across Angelina County, TX into Nacogdoches County, TX producing a strong tornado. Numerous structures were damaged near Central, TX, northwest of Lufkin, TX. Otherwise damage was confined to uprooted and snapped trees.
Several powerlines were blown down.
Significant straight line winds caused damage in an area from Anguilla to Nitta Yuma to Delta City. In Anguilla, a home sustained damage. In Nitta Yuma, a church had part of its roof blown off. Additionally, several trees across the area were blown down and uprooted.
An F3 tornado touched down in Rankin County, Mississippi and tracked 15 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Covington, Smith, Jasper counties, Mississippi and tracked 28 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest.
This strong tornado developed from a long lived supercell thunderstorm, which had a history of producing tornadoes, that moved across a large portion of Southern and Central Mississippi.
This tornado touched down 1 mile north of White Oak and tracked north-northeast for 12 miles as it moved into Scott county. Once in Scott county, the tornado was on the ground for another 1.5 miles before it dissipated.
A meso-cyclone thunderstorm produced a tornado as moved on an intermittent path northeastward across eastern Pike County and northwest Walthall County.
A waterspout moved onshore as a multi vortex tornado in Port Fourchon resulting in damage to approximately 12 structures, including several port buildings and three businesses. A few buildings sustained significant damage. Two persons suffered minor injuries.
This tornado was the third tornado produced by a "Cyclic Supercell" thunderstorm and it cut a path 23 miles across Leake and a small part of West-Central Neshoba county.
A meso-cyclone thunderstorm produced a tornado causing damage from Jefferson Parish northeastward across Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes.
A barn suffered minor damage.
This tornado touched down 2.5 mile southwest of Manchester at 3:03pm cst and travelled 2.5 miles before lifting 1 mile west of Manchester at 3:08pm cst. The tornado was originally spotted by law enforcement as well as an off-duty NWS employee.
A brief tornado touchdown over open country was reported by multiple storm spotters.
This tornado is a continuation of the Cherokee County Kansas tornado. This tornado destroyed a few outbuildings across rural west central Jasper County.
A strong cold front moved across the area during the morning. Ahead of the front, moderate instability and favorable shear supported the development of severe weather including tornadoes.
A cold front moved through the region on April 4th and stalled along the northern Gulf Coast. Over the next several days, moisture increased over the region ahead of a strong upper level system.
A strong upper level long wave trough with a surface area of low pressure and cold front moved through the southeast states. Thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, some of which became severe and produced wind damage. One tornado was confirmed in Irwin county.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms swept across North Georgia during the evening of April 6th into the early morning hours of the 7th ahead of a strong cold front.
As a strong shortwave trough approached central Alabama from the west a low level southerly jet intensified over the area.
During the early morning hours, a strong thunderstorm along a decaying squall line produced localized wind damage in the town of Lady Lake. Tree damage occurred, along with very minor damage to one home.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of strong low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and two tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
A warm front lifted north across much of East Texas and Southwest Arkansas by the afternoon hours on April 6th, with very warm, humid, and unstable air having spread in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex during the afternoon and evening hours.
A pair of short waves moved across the region ahead of an approaching cold front. A couple rounds of thunderstorms resulted, with one super cell producing multiple tornadoes.
A storm system moved across the area during the day and produced large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Jones, Smith, Jasper counties, Mississippi and tracked 12.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Deep-layer ridging over the Southeast United States held up a trough over the Central United States for the first few days of April, leading to a prolonged and significant severe weather and flooding event from Texas to Ohio and West Virginia along a stalled boundary.
A line of thunderstorms moved into northwest GA in the early morning hours of the 6th. Storms were weakening as instability continued to fall, however some portions of the line were able to develop stronger wind gusts.
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Hurricane Jourdanne reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 950 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Harold reached its peak of 145 kt (165 mph) with a central pressure of 909 mb, a category 5 storm.
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On April 6th and 7th back in 1927, heavy rain added to already high stream flow, producing a devastating flood along the Arkansas River, below the mouth of the Neosho River. The flooding lasted through the 19th, inundating 165,000 acres of land, with losses totaling $4 million, in 1927 dollars.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.
The winter brought 52.5 inches of snow to the Fargo-Moorhead area, which was above the average of 40 inches. The snow water content over Cass county ranged from 2.5 to 3.5 inches.
The headwaters of the Red River received the most snow over the course of the winter. Snow water equivalents of 4 to 5 inches were measured from the snowpack over this area. As the snowmelt progressed through early April, several heavy rain events occurred.
The winter brought 52.5 inches of snow to the Fargo-Moorhead area, which was above the average of 40 inches. The snow water content over Clay county ranged from 2.5 to 3.5 inches.
The headwaters of the Red River received the most snow over the course of the winter. Snow water equivalents of 4 to 5 inches were measured from the snowpack over this area. As the snowmelt progressed through early April, several heavy rain events occurred.
Lingering snowpack with a high water content, combined with three heavy rainfall events during the month of April, led to significant flooding and flash flooding across the county, including along parts of the Snake River.
Three heavy rain events plus the melting of a snowpack with a high water content added up to high water levels on many creeks, streams, rivers, and lakes. The worst flooding occurred on the 22nd and 23rd.
Lingering snowpack with a high water content, combined with three heavy rainfall events during the month of April, led to significant flooding along parts of the Mississippi River, Sandy River, and Big Sandy Lake.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large tree limbs. A car was damaged and a mobile home had some skirting torn off. Two small sheds were also blown down.
Thunderstorms produced general rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over the county, with up to 5 inches in places along SH16. Two cars were washed off the road between Ingram and Hunt. Two people were rescued, each clinging to a tree, by a swift water team in raft.
Strong April storms brought heavy rain to much of Alameda County. Landslides, eroding hillsides and cracked pavement was the result of the persistent rainfall - prompting nearly $10 million damage to county roadways.
Low pressure moved northeast from the Ohio River Valley and into New England spreading heavy rain over the region. Rainfall amounts and rainfall rates where high enough to cause serious flooding in midcoast Maine.
A deep upper level trough located across New Mexico and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles slowly moved northeast towards the region on April 6th.
A cold front moved through the region on April 4th and stalled along the northern Gulf Coast. Over the next several days, moisture increased over the region ahead of a strong upper level system.
Severe thunderstorms occurred as a complex of storms moved across the region. Some of these storms brought damaging winds, hail and flash flooding to the ArkLaMiss.
Severe thunderstorms occurred as a complex of storms moved across the region. Some of these storms brought damaging winds, hail and flash flooding to the ArkLaMiss.
An upper level shortwave trough moved through West Texas and interacted with a dryline to initiate thunderstorms. Storms moved into a very moist airmass over South Central Texas. Some storms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during late March and early April resulted in many smaller creeks and tributaries flooding across southwest Minnesota. Much of the basin experienced as much as 2 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
An atmospheric river (300-400 IVT) brought widespread heavy rain to Southern California on April 6th. A few showers lingered into April 7th, but it was low impact.
Lake Erie broke another record high monthly mean in April 2020. April average water levels reached 574.31 feet, which was above the long term record of 574.08 feet in 1985. The lake levels peaked at 574.40 feet on the 8th and 11th.
A warm stretch with record snowpack was associated with several avalanches and debris flows.
Total rainfall amounts of 10-15 inches occurred across parts of east Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, West Tennessee, and extreme northwest Mississippi during the April 2- April 5 event.
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Thunderstorms formed just before 0100 CST just to the west of Laredo in Mexico and began moving toward the northeast. At 0135 CST the sheriff's department in Laredo reported golf ball-sized hail that was accumulating up to six inches deep in places on Highway 83 South.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew over a small shed and downed a few power lines.
A strong cold front ushered in wind gusts over 50 mph across much of northeast Wisconsin. Winds were measured as high as 54 mph in Green Bay (Brown county), 58 mph west of Appleton (Outagamie county) and 63 mph at the Outagamie county airport in Appleton.
Strong gradient winds, enhanced by scattered snow showers (transfer of higher level momentum downward to surface by mixing), resulted in scattered damage reports. In Sun Prairie, the high winds, measured at 66 mph, blew open a glass door in a restaurant.
An intense early spring low pressure system moving across the Great Lakes brought gale force westerly winds to all of Lower Michigan behind a strong cold front. The cold front moved onshore in western Lower Michigan around 5 PM EDT Sunday, April 6th.
The storm system that moved through Iowa the day before was located to the north of the state on the morning of the 6th. High winds developed in the wake of the deepening storm system. Central pressure of the storm was below 975 mb at the time.
Strong gradient winds howled across the area during the morning and early afternoon hours. Widespread and significant damage was done to trees and power lines. Isolated roof and other structural damage also occurred along with several reports of semi-trucks being blow off roads.
A strong cold front tracked across southeast Michigan during the late afternoon on the 6th. Very strong west to southwest winds accompanied the frontal passage, then continued through the night. Gusts to 70 mph were estimated in a few spots during the late afternoon.
Strong gradient winds howled across the area during the morning and early afternoon hours. Widespread and significant damage was done to trees and power lines.
Strong gradient winds, enhanced by higher gusts associated with scattered rain and snow showers, periodically resulted in wind damage reports across Kenosha county.
Widespread high winds, gusting as high as 72 mph, blew down trees and signs, tore off shingles, and caused additional scattered damage to structures. The winds aggravated ongoing flooding in some areas.
Strong gradient winds, enhanced by higher gusts associated with scattered rain and snow showers, periodically resulted in wind damage reports across Milwaukee county. The wind gust were estimated in the 60 to 65 mph range.
Strong gradient winds, enhanced by higher wind gusts associated with scattered rain and snow showers, periodically resulted in wind damage reports across Ozaukee county. The peak wind gusts were estimated in the 60 to 70 mph range.
Strong gradient winds, enhanced by gusts generated in snow showers, resulted in periods of high winds across the county. Damage was scattered throughout the county.
In addition to severe thunderstorms, an intense area of low pressure created very strong winds on this date back in 2001. Sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph, with some gusts to 60 mph, affected much of western Oklahoma and western north Texas.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Lightning caused a house fire which led to the death of one person.
In addition to hail and wind damage from severe thunderstorms, the intensity of the low pressure system which helped produce the severe weather, also resulted in very strong winds outside of thunderstorms.
A strong upper level storm system moving across the area produced strong gradient winds across southeast New Mexico during the afternoon of April 6.
Wind gusts estimated at 65 to 70 mph caused damage to several farms, knocking down sheds and outbuildings. Ten cattle were killed when a large shed collapsed on them.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged the roof of a barn.
One window blown out of house.
The cold front associated with a rapidly deepening low pressure system over the Central Plains moved through West Texas during the afternoon. Westerly wind behind this front increased to 40 to 50 mph with gusts near 70 mph measured in several locations.
Thunderstorms became severe and produced hail and strong winds across south-central Nebraska. The storms started out in the Campbell area and moved east. Most hailstones were in the # to 1 inch diameter range.
The frontal boundary from the previous night lifted north as a warm front as low pressure over Kansas pushed northeast into Iowa. The low eventually tracked from southwest Iowa in the afternoon to east central Iowa by early evening.
Strong to locally damaging winds occurred ahead of a cold front. At the surface, low pressure was centered over northeast Illinois, with a cold front arching across the middle Mississippi Valley.
Windy conditions were experienced behind a cold frontal passage, with a strong area of low pressure north of the region.
An upper level storm system and another sweeping cold front ignited a second round of thunderstorms Friday April 6. Some of the storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
A very strong occluded low pressure system was making its way across the Upper Midwest during the day, Wednesday April 6, as the occluded front passed through the Ohio Valley.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central Virginia and the Virginia northern neck.
A cold front spawned several severe thunderstorms that resulted in localized hail and wind damage.
As an upper low approached the Central Plains from the west, a dryline associated with it moved across the Southern Plains and portions of the Central Plains.
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A significant winter weather event with unseasonably cold temperatures affected West Central Texas on Easter Weekend. Winter weather events seldom occur in this region during April.
A departing low pressure system brought a period of wet snow to parts of central Illinois during the early morning hours of April 6th. Accumulations of between 1 and 3 inches were common along and north of the I-72 corridor.
An area of deep low pressure moved up the East Coast on April 6th and 7th. Precipitation associated with this storm spread west across the Upper Ohio Valley. Rain developed on the 6th and changed to snow after sunset.
An early spring snowfall brought 2 to 4 inches of snow to the Snake River Plain and difficult road conditions on the morning of April 6th.
Blizzard conditions were observed across the southern Nebraska Panhandle the evening of 6 April through the morning of 7 April.
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On this date in 2011, Wichita Falls set a record high of 100 degrees. Not only is this a record for the date, it is also the second earliest day of the year that Wichita Falls has reached the century mark. The earliest is March 27, back in 1971.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The temperature at Walnut Creek fell to 27 degrees shortly before daybreak. Several large orchards near Walnut Creek suffered severe crop damage. Approximately 50 percent of the apple crop and 20 percent of the peach crop was destroyed.
Unseasonably warm temperatures for an extended period of time in March allowed much of the Ohio Valley to begin its agricultural growing season early. In early April, a cold snap with low temperatures dropping into the low 20s threatened agricultural interests across the region.
Unseasonably warm temperatures for an extended period of time in March allowed much of the Ohio Valley to begin its agricultural growing season early.
Unseasonably warm temperatures for an extended period of time in March allowed much of the Ohio Valley to begin its agricultural growing season early.
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Flambeau Reservoir recorded 83 inches, Wisconsin’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Haleakali (Maui) recorded 5 inches, Hawaii’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Unnamed Fire started on April 6, 1987, in Minnesota, and burned 9,281 acres.
The Sleeper Fire started on April 6, 1989, in Kansas, and burned 4,265 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 6, 1990, in Florida, and burned 4,732 acres.
The Rescue Fire was discovered on April 6, 1997, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 11,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The RL13 Fire was discovered on April 6, 2002, in Minnesota, and burned 7,455 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
A wildfire five miles northeast of Amarillo burned one thousand eight hundred acres. The wildfire destroyed fourteen homes along with four outbuildings. There were no reports of injuries.
A wildfire three and a half miles north-northeast of Amarillo burned four hundred acres. Although there were no reports of injuries...eight homes were destroyed.
April 6 High Wind and Wilfire Event Summary: A vigorous storm system ejected eastward from the Rocky Mountains and resulted in widespread strong to severe winds and blowing dust over much of west Texas.
The Fain Plant Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Texas, and burned 23,827 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Hardin Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Donley County, Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bowers City Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Gray County, Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Red Lake 16 Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Beltrami County, Minnesota, and burned 3,650 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Oldham County, Texas, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Crane Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Crane County, Texas, and burned 2,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Forsan 2 Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Howard County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The South Fm 1429 Grass Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Gaines County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The St. Francis Complex was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Potter County, Texas, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 6, 2006, in Wheeler County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Highway 303 2 Fire started on April 6, 2006, in Texas, and burned 1,385 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 6, 2007, in Franklin County, Florida, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Gregory Wildfire only burned 4 acres in the town of Gregory, but low relative humidity and gusty winds contributed to the critical fire behavior. The wildfire destroyed four homes and seven vehicles, and damaged two other homes. 100 homes were threatened and saved.
The Fire 20411 was discovered on April 6, 2009, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,560 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 6, 2009, in Anoka County, Minnesota, and burned 2,550 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The massive 'Swenson Fire' ignited during the afternoon hours of the 6th in Stonewall County, north of the Swenson community.
The Swenson Fire was discovered on April 6, 2011, in Stonewall County, Texas, and burned 122,500 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Grass Fire was discovered on April 6, 2011, in Gaines County, Texas, and burned 8,000 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Texland Fire was discovered on April 6, 2011, in Andrews County, Texas, and burned 6,962 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Sand Ranch Fire was discovered on April 6, 2011, in Andrews County, Texas, and burned 5,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The V Road Fire was discovered on April 6, 2011, in Kansas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The combination of gusty south to southwest winds and drying conditions led to several wildfires across Eastern Pennsylvania on the 6th and resulted in one fatality, a couple of injuries and minor property damage.
The Topock Fire was reported on April 6, 2016, in Mohave County, Arizona, and burned 2,232 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Conchas Ranch Fire was reported on April 6, 2016, in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The West Mims Fire was reported on April 6, 2017, in Baker County, Florida, and burned 152,294 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Boiling Springs Fire was reported on April 6, 2021, in Stafford County, Kansas, and burned 4,572 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Moore Fire was reported on April 6, 2021, in Colleton County, South Carolina, and burned 1,275 acres.
The 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire was the largest and most destructive wildfire in the history of New Mexico. The fire burned 341,471 acres between early April and late June in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in San Miguel, Mora, and Taos counties.
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The Hermits Peak Fire was reported on April 6, 2022, in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and burned 341,735 acres.
The County Road 56 Fire was reported on April 6, 2022, in Kit Carson County, Colorado, and burned 4,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Carlson Fire was reported on April 6, 2022, in Riley County, Kansas, and burned 3,850 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The mile marker Fire was reported on April 6, 2022, in Carson County, Texas, and burned 3,648 acres.
A vigorous shortwave trough quickly moved into portions of the Central/Southern Plains during the day on the 6th. Hazardous weather occurred on both sides of an advancing Pacific front/dryline during the afternoon and evening hours.
The Blue River 2 Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and burned 5,569 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 57 Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Woodward County, Oklahoma, and burned 5,291 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sunset Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,582 acres.
The Bowman Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,536 acres.
The Twisted Arrow Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Benson County, North Dakota, and burned 1,365 acres.
The Avard Fire was reported on April 6, 2024, in Woods County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,286 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Meadow View Fire was reported on April 6, 2026, in Potter County, Texas, and burned 1,262 acres.
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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Dover Straits, United Kingdom. It killed few people (about 1 to 50). It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW. It killed 5,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake was one of the three most devastating earthquakes to hit what is now modern Croatia in the last 2,400 years, since records began. The entire city was almost destroyed and around 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed.
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A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Warrnambool, Australia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Hubei Province, China. It killed 6 people and injured 27.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 181 people, injured 475, destroyed 11,556 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Illapel, Chile. It killed 11 people. It caused a tsunami.
The Coquimbo Region of Chile was affected by a major earthquake on 6 April 1943 at 12:07 local time. 2 on the moment magnitude scale.
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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Dasht-E-Arjan,khan-E-Zenyan,shiraz, Iran. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Naghan,ardal,jaghdan,dastgerd,kordan,sarmur, Iran. It killed 366 people, injured 200, destroyed 2,100 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
The 1977 Naghan earthquake struck Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in Iran on April 6 at 13:36 UTC. 3 mi) and had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck S. Xinjiang, China. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gujarat, India.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck L'Aquila, Italy. It killed 309 people, injured 1,500, destroyed 15,000 houses and did $2.5 billion in damage.
An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in southern Italy, at 03:32 CEST on 6 April 2009. 9 on the Richter scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage.
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8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (Moderate). The shock occurred near the Banyak Islands, off the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia. It injured 22 and destroyed 64 houses. It caused a tsunami.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Dalmatian Coasts, Croatia. It killed 5,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami struck Wellington, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 0.6 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5 earthquake struck Southeast Australia.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Notre Dame DE LA Salette, Canada, with a maximum water height of 15 meters. It killed 33 people and destroyed 40 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Central Chile, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It killed 11 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 0.44 meters. It injured 22 and destroyed 64 houses.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 6, 1977, reached Kp 7 and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 49; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm began April 6, 2000, reached Kp 9- and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 83; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 42 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $5.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 6, 2001 to April 11, 2001.
A severe storm disaster that cost $2.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 10, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 6, 2006 to April 8, 2006.
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A 40 year old male from out of town drowned after he got caught in a rip current off the Dauphin Island fishing pier.
Three people became trapped in rip currents near 1900 South Ocean Drive on Hallandale Beach, and one person drowned.
Persistent onshore flow caused significant beach erosion in Ponte Vedra Beach.
A 16 year old male and an adult male in his 50s both died trying to save a 12 year old boy from rip currents in Perdido Key. They were family friends visiting from Atlanta. The 12 year old died a week later at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
South-southeast winds and 1 ft swells with around 13 second periods with wind waves of 1-2 ft created a low-end moderate rip current risk at local 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.