Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 8, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Jefferson counties, Alabama and tracked 30.3 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 32 and injuring 259.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cullman, Blount counties, Alabama and tracked 20.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 19 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hopewell, AL.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Collin, Fannin counties, Texas and tracked 29.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 18 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Revenna, TX.
Floods
In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban.
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Tornadoes
A tornado, the second spawned from the same supercell, began in rural sections of eastern Tuscaloosa County 1.5 miles east of the Warrior River.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marlboro counties, South Carolina and tracked 121.4 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 70.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Runnels, Coleman, Callahan counties, Texas and tracked 48.7 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 90. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Rowena to NE Oplin, TX.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Pulaski County, Arkansas and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Little Rock.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Robeson County, North Carolina and tracked 0.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 21.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lawton, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Taylor, Adams, Cass counties, Iowa and tracked 49 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
Tornadoes
Low pressure aloft approached from the west and collided with moisture and instability. Thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon, then became more numerous as they entered western Arkansas during the evening.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Pulaski County, Arkansas and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Little Rock.
An F3 tornado touched down in Story County, Iowa and tracked 12 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ames, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Huron County, Ohio and tracked 12.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Norwalk/Townsend Township/Wakeman Township, OH.
An F2 tornado touched down in Huron County, Ohio and tracked 2.1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Norwalk, OH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Linden/E Norman, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cullman, Blount counties, Alabama and tracked 20.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 19 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hopewell, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cherokee County, Alabama, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Leesburg, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Collin, Fannin counties, Texas and tracked 29.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 18 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Revenna, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Runnels, Coleman, Callahan counties, Texas and tracked 48.7 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 90. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Rowena to NE Oplin, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lawton, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wichita County, Texas and tracked 2.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Electra, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Frederick, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Texas and tracked 2.2 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cleburne, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pike County, Alabama and tracked 6.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Brundidge, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grayson, Fannin counties, Texas and tracked 10.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Whitewright, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Hamilton County, Texas and tracked 9.9 miles, 4,400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pottsville, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garfield County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garfield County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marlboro counties, South Carolina and tracked 121.4 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 70.
An F4 tornado touched down in Robeson County, North Carolina and tracked 0.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 21.
An F3 tornado touched down in Morgan, Marshall counties, Alabama and tracked 38.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 90.
An F3 tornado touched down in Telfair County, Georgia and tracked 14.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Duplin County, North Carolina and tracked 8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 29.
An F3 tornado touched down in Marion, Winston, Lawrence counties, Alabama and tracked 51.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Marshall, Morgan, Cullman counties, Alabama and tracked 16.3 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Archer County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
Tornadoes struck Archer City and Wichita Falls, Texas, on this date back in 1961. The Archer City tornado moved northeast through the center of town shortly after 3 PM, causing extensive damage to several homes and businesses. The Wichita Falls tornado began near Kamay, and moved northeast across Wichita Valley Airport and Sheppard Air Force Base, where wind gusts were estimated at 100 mph.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An F1 tornado touched down in City of Norfolk County, Virginia and tracked 11.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Boyd, Wayne counties, Kentucky and tracked 6.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Scioto County, Ohio and tracked 2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in McMinn County, Tennessee and tracked 2 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Anderson County, South Carolina and tracked 1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F1 tornado touched down in Mitchell, Worth, Tift counties, Georgia and tracked 92.6 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ouachita, Calhoun, Bradley counties, Arkansas and tracked 62.4 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ashley County, Arkansas and tracked 17.7 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, injuring 13.
An F2 tornado touched down in McCreary County, Kentucky and tracked 11.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 9.
31 tornadoes were recorded on April 8, 1980, in Mississippi, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan. They killed 2 people.
Lightning did extensive damage to a home's electrical wiring about 5 miles northwest of Lacassine about 0800 CST.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and tracked 6 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 39.
The Department of Public Safety reported golf ball-size hail in Zapata.
An F5 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Jefferson counties, Alabama and tracked 30.3 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest, killing 32 and injuring 259.
A tornado, the second spawned from the same supercell, began in rural sections of eastern Tuscaloosa County 1.5 miles east of the Warrior River.
Numerous public reports were received of dime to golfball size hail.
An F2 tornado touched down in St. Clair County, Alabama and tracked 14.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pickens, Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama and tracked 19.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in DeKalb, Gwinnett counties, Georgia and tracked 19 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10.
The tornado began 2.3 miles north-northeast of Moody and just west of US 411. The tornado crossed US 411 where a large church and associated buildings, some recently constructed were destroyed.
In the evening hours of April 8, 1998, a violent and deadly tornado devastated multiple suburban communities of Birmingham, Alabama, primarily Oak Grove, Rock Creek, Edgewater, and McDonald Chapel. 83 million in damages.
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This was the first of three tornadoes produced by one supercell thunderstorm moving across central Alabama. The tornado began at 7:01 pm CDT just south of Gordo in extreme eastern Pickens County and traveled east-northeast moving into Tuscaloosa County around 7:05 pm CDT.
An F4 tornado touched down in Taylor, Adams, Cass counties, Iowa and tracked 49 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F4 tornado touched down in Union, Madison, Dallas counties, Iowa and tracked 56 miles, 1,250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
47 tornadoes were recorded on April 8, 1999, in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, South Carolina, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 2 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lucas, Warren, Marion counties, Iowa and tracked 39 miles, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Davis, Wapello counties, Iowa and tracked 16 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hancock County, Illinois and tracked 7.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
As mentioned in the narrative above, an intense low pressure formed to the southwest of Iowa. The low tracked northeast and lifted into eastern Nebraska. Ahead of the low, a strong low level jet of around 60 knots continued through the day.
The tornado first touched down half a mile northeast of Sinclair (Morgan County). As it travelled to the northeast, it flipped over a mobile home and destroyed a barn near Yatesville. Nearby two outbuildings and a hog shelter were destroyed.
An F1 tornado touched down in Morgan, Cass, Menard counties, Illinois and tracked 9.3 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
An F1 tornado touched down in Piatt County, Illinois and tracked 3.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
As a line of severe storms moved into Peoria County, a power pole was snapped off at the ground near Elmwood and an awning at a gas station in Brimfield was damaged. No injuries were reported.
Severe weather broke out in northwest and west-central Missouri around midday on April 8. Storms tracked rapidly northeastward and moved into central and north-central Missouri by early evening.
A tornado developed just west of Warsaw in Hancock County and produced F2 damage to homes in the south part of the community. 2 homes were destroyed while another 30 structures suffered damage, including the high school track and football field and fairgrounds.
A tornado tore a 16 mile path of destruction across Lewis County causing an estimated $2.1 million in damage. The tornado first formed near LaBelle, where it destroyed a modular home and seriously damaged another home.
A tornado first formed near Midway and created a 4 mile damage path as it moved northeast across Boone County. Damage first occurred along Locust Grove Road where 1 barn and 2 equipment buildings were destroyed and 3 homes suffered roof and siding damage.
The supercell that produced the tornado in Cole County produced another tornado in Osage County. Emergency officials estimated the damage to be around $1 million. 79 homes sustained some type of damage, mostly to roofs and siding.
A quick moving spring storm tapped a moderately unstable environment to produce three tornadoes across south-central Nebraska. The first occurred west of Aurora near the town of Murphy. A grain dryer at the local elevator was destroyed.
Damage to 10 farmsteads and a 100 year old historic church.
A tornado moved from Macon into Knox County southwest of Novelty and caused damage for about 7 miles as it tracked northeast. One home completely lost its roof while another lost half of its roof. Another home had the siding peeled off one side.
As the tornado crossed the Illinois River from Pike County into Scott County, it caused extensive damage to a residence next to a pump house located near the river, 5 miles southwest of Oxville.
After forming on the north side of Louisiana, MO, a tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois and first caused damage to a boat dock along US 54. The tornado tracked northeast along US 54 destroying a barn and downing trees.
The supercell that spawned the tornado near Midway created another tornado that first caused damage near Hinton. A couple of farm equipment buildings and a garage were destroyed. Near Hallsville, one home lost its roof and an equipment building was destroyed.
Following the passage of the powerful storm system earlier in the weekend, another round of severe weather was on tap for the state. The cold front from the previous storm did not move all that far to the south of Iowa.
The tornado touched down near the intersection of US Highway 31 and Main Street. It knocked a few trees down west of US Highway 31, then traveled southeastward and affected the business district along US Highway 31. A few dozen businesses were heavily damaged.
The tornado touched down in Roebuck Municipal Golf Club at Donna Hawkins Park, west of Interstate 59. It generally tracked eastward, crossed the interstate and affected Roebuck. The tornado dissipated near Roebuck Plaza and US Highway 11.
Several rounds of storms moved across north Texas on April 8th through 10th. Numerous reports of large hail were received on Tuesday evening. A lone supercell evolved during the afternoon hours of the 9th, producing tornadoes and large hail along its path.
Low pressure aloft approached from the west and collided with moisture and instability. Thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon, then became more numerous as they entered western Arkansas during the evening.
A high pressure centered over New England helped push a back door cold front to the vicinity of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Thunderstorms developed by mid-afternoon in eastern Colorado and later moved into northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. By evening, hail up to two inches in diameter was reported near Benkelman and Stratton. A tornado damaged a farming operation northeast of Benkelman.
A severe weather outbreak occurred during the evening hours of April 8th. A line of severe thunderstorms moved through central Indiana intitially causing large hail and damaging winds.
25 tornadoes were recorded on April 8, 2020, in Georgia, Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of an advancing cold front which moved east across the region.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of an advancing cold front which crossed east through the region.
A cold front pushed into the Mid-South during the evening hours of April 8, 2020, into the early morning hours of April 9, 2020. The front intersected an area of moderate instability and strong wind shear.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of an advancing cold front which crossed east through the region.
A strong storm system moved from the Midwest into the lower Ohio Valley on April 8, 2020. Isolated storms developed ahead of a sinking cold front during the afternoon across portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky.
A series of supercell thunderstorms moved across the Cumberland Plateau during the late afternoon hours of April 8. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes were reported as the storms tracked toward the northeast.
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Typhoon Sinlaku was an extremely powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that affected the Mariana Islands in mid-April 2026, causing widespread damage on the island of Saipan. It is the strongest tropical cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere to form in April since Typhoon Surigae in 2021, as well as the second-strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2026 so far, behind Hurricane Polo.
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Record levels on the Sheyenne River forced the closing of Interstate 29 near Harwood. New records were set on the Sheyenne at Kindred on the 8th, West Fargo on the 9th, and Harwood on the 10th.
Excesssive rains and snowmelt led to massive erosion, resulting in a mudslide between Amsterdam and Rotterdam Junction in eastern Montgomery County. The mud slide took place, April 8, on an escarpment located on the north side of the Mohawk River.
Flash flooding developed over the the western part of Guadalupe County as 4 inches of rain fell in just under three hours. Only minor damage was indicated to roads and bridges, with more significant damage to crops in the area.
A storm system passed to the north of Arkansas on the 8th, and dragged a cold front into the state. Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along the front during the afternoon and evening hours, especially in southwest Arkansas.
For roughly seven hours on this Monday night and early Tuesday morning, the first widespread severe thunderstorm event of 2013 impacted mainly the northwest two-thirds of the 24-county area, largely focused northwest of a line from Alma-Hastings-Osceola along a very strong cold…
Thunderstorms existed at dawn on the 8th in Indiana. With support for the mid and upper level winds, this mesoscale convective complex maintained its intensity through the morning. It raced southeast at 50 mph reaching southeast Ohio during the midday time frame.
Spring snow melt and periodic heavy rain during March and April caused the Sanpoil River running through Colville Tribal lands to flood.
Snow water equivalents near 200% of normal in the Blue Mountains coupled with warm temperatures and near record rainfall totals for April produced significant river flooding across eastern Oregon.
In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban.
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Low pressure tracked through the Northeast bringing periods of heavy rain to central New York, particularly the Upper Delaware river basin. This resulted in minor to moderate flooding of the headwater tributaries.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms occurred from Monday April 8 through Wednesday April 10 as a deep low pressure system moved east through the Rockies, eventually transitioning to an open trough as it traversed the Plains.
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Several trees were knocked down.
Besides the frost and wind during early April, very active thunderstorms moved through the Fresno, Kings, and Tulare County areas early on the evening of April 8th. Hail up to 1-inch was reported in northeast Hanford with crop damage north and east of town.
Another damaging windstorm ravaged much of northeast Colorado to the tune of $7.2 million, making it the third costliest storm to strike the region. Most of the damage to homes ($4.35 million) consisted of broken fences, awnings, doors and windows.
Northwest wind gusting to 30 miles an hour caused dangerous waves on Pickwick Lake in extreme western Colbert County. One fishing boat sank with three occupants aboard. A 43 year old man drowned when he could not swim to shore. A Wind Advisory was in effect for northern Alabama.
A strong cold front moved through north and central Georgia during the late morning and afternoon. A tight pressure gradient produced strong surface winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 40 to 45 mph in many locations.
One of the most destructive hail events in recorded history for the City of Brownsville occurred this day. A severe thunderstorm emerged into Cameron County from northern Mexico and dropped large amounts of wind-driven hail upon the city.
Damaging severe weather was seen across far northern Oklahoma on this date back in 2011. Numerous supercell thunderstorms produced hail the size of golf balls to baseballs from Cherokee, eastward toward Medford, Billings, Enid, and Ponca City. A particularly strong supercell produced a measured 94 mph wind gust at the Ponca City airport. This resulted in significant damage to numerous buildings on and near the airport grounds.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Severe storms created a large swath of golf ball to baseball size hail across portions of South Central Kansas on Friday, April 8th 2011. Storms first developed over northwest and north-central Oklahoma along a dryline during the early evening hours of April 8th.
A warm front lifted north across southwest Nebraska and was the focus for thunderstorms to develop, intensify and produce large hail and damaging winds. Frontier County was hit the hardest by damaging winds estimated up to 80 mph as a thunderstorm bowed out.
A cold front moved through Arkansas on the 8th. Gusty winds associated with the storms blew down trees and power lines, with some of the trees falling on houses. Very cold air aloft brought small hail to many locations.
With a front draped across the area, an MCV tracked over the region. Given the unstable air mass in place, convection developed and several of the storms became severe. The main impact was very large hail up to the of hen eggs (around 2 inches).
On the 8th as a cold front headed this way from Canada. It was a very warm afternoon, with high temperatures in the 80s to lower 90s.
An approaching cold front interacted with an unstable and sheared environment to trigger a broken line of supercell thunderstorms across the Illinois River Valley during the late afternoon of April 8th.
Organized severe thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm, unstable airmass ahead of an approaching cold front, triggered as a series of strong upper level disturbances passed across central Appalachians.
A well-developed storm system moving across the Midwest and northern Tennessee Valley regions brought scattered strong to severe thunderstorms to north and central Georgia from the afternoon of the 8th into the early morning hours of the 9th.
Thunderstorms developed across Central Texas as a warm front moved north through the area during the afternoon of April 8th. Large hail and damaging winds accompanied a few of these storms.
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It began to snow over central Oklahoma during the evening of April 7, 1938, and continued to snow well into the following day. In Oklahoma City, several snowfall records for the month soon fell to the storm, including the record for most total snowfall during the month of April. The Oklahoma City snowfall totals of 0.8 inches on the 7th, and 3.3 inches on the 8th, remain daily records. In fact, the 3.3-inch snowfall on the 8th is the most ever to fall on any single April day. The 4.1-inch total for the month continues as the greatest April monthly snowfall total.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Another vigorous storm brought great powder to all of Utah's mountains, with heavy snow also in the northern valleys. Gusty winds also blew ahead of the front. The storm was even cold enough to bring the first April snowfall in 72 years to St.
Avalanche on Snow Shoe Peak (20 miles southeast of Talkeetna) pushed a skier and a snowboarder over a cliff. Both fell 200 feet. The snowboarder was injured, treated and released from the hospital. The skier was killed.
Snow machiner was buried by an avalanche Saturday. Alaska State Troopers said that the same snowmachiner had been caught in an avalanche earlier in the day while trying to highmark in the bowl.
A strong Pacific storm brought widespread rain and snow to northern Arizona April 8 and 9th. Light rain and snow began to develop over the Mogollon Rim during the morning of April 8 and then heavier showers began to spread across western Arizona during the afternoon.
A vigorous Pacific low pressure system brought widespread heavy snowfall and northerly winds up to 50 mph as it moved across the central Rockies. Storm total snow accumulations up to two feet were observed across the western Nebraska Panhandle.
A large slow moving upper level low pressure area moving across the region brought several rounds of heavy snow to much of central and northeast South Dakota. Snowfall amounts from 6 to as much as 22 inches occurred over the several day period.
A late season snow brought significant accumulations to portions of northern Ohio from the evening on April 8th into the morning of April 9th. The Toledo area received the highest snow of the season with 7.8 inches recorded at Toledo Express Airport.
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Four residents of a nursing home in University City died from heat related causes. The air conditioning at the facility failed causing the temperature in some rooms to rise well into the 90s.
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An early spring hard freeze saw temperatures fall to the upper teens and lower 20s across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia on the morning of the 8th. This resulted in massive agricultural losses across the region.
An early spring hard freeze saw temperatures fall to the upper teens and lower 20s across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia on the morning of the 8th. This resulted in massive agricultural losses across the region.
This was the fourth and most extreme of several freezes on consecutive nights. Extensive damage occurred to some crops, gardens, and even trees. Record warmth in March preceded these freezes. Most growth was well ahead of schedule when the record cold struck.
This was the fourth and most extreme of several freezes on consecutive nights. Extensive damage occurred to some crops, gardens, and even trees. Record warmth in March preceded these freezes. Most growth was well ahead of schedule when the record cold struck.
This was the fourth and most extreme of several freezes on consecutive nights. Extensive damage occurred to some crops, gardens, and even trees. Record warmth in March preceded these freezes. Most growth was well ahead of schedule when the record cold struck.
Cold arctic high pressure over the region allowed for sub-freezing temperatures after a period of relatively mild weather in late March and very early April 2007.
An early spring hard freeze saw temperatures fall to the upper teens and lower 20s across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia on the morning of the 8th. This resulted in massive agricultural losses across the region.
This was the fourth and most extreme of several freezes on consecutive nights. Extensive damage occurred to some crops, gardens, and even trees. Record warmth in March preceded these freezes. Most growth was well ahead of schedule when the record cold struck.
An unusually warm March led to an early start for the growing season across the lower Ohio Valley. An unseasonably cold air mass settled over the area April 8-10, which brought low temperatures down to the mid 20s to low 30s.
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The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1987, in Kansas, and burned 1,485 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 22,278 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 11,928 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 3,641 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 2,243 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 8, 1988, in Minnesota, and burned 1,055 acres.
The Dof 305 Fire started on April 8, 1989, in Florida, and burned 17,087 acres.
The Local Fire was discovered on April 8, 1994, in California, and burned 1,400 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cove Fire was discovered on April 8, 1995, in Virginia, and burned 2,151 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
The Johns Fire was discovered on April 8, 1995, in Virginia, and burned 1,354 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The 49DOF68TH Fire was discovered on April 8, 2000, in Florida, and burned 16,500 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Turkeywell Fire was discovered on April 8, 2001, in New Mexico, and burned 1,254 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The RL33 Fire was discovered on April 8, 2002, in Minnesota, and burned 2,010 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 8, 2002, in Pike County, Kentucky, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 8, 2005, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cvfd Number 70 Fire was discovered on April 8, 2006, in Medina County, Texas, and burned 3,300 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Bentley Fire was discovered on April 8, 2006, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Rice Lake 1 Fire started on April 8, 2006, in North Dakota, and burned 1,150 acres.
The Swartwout Fire was discovered on April 8, 2008, in Ward County, North Dakota, and burned 1,100 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Lincoln County Complex was discovered on April 8, 2009, in Lincoln County, Kansas, and burned 5,350 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Thatcher Command Fire was discovered on April 8, 2009, in Hillsborough County, Florida, and burned 1,939 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Kennedy Creek East Fire was discovered on April 8, 2009, in Kansas, and burned 1,043 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The 141st Road Fire was discovered on April 8, 2009, in Cowley County, Kansas, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Edwards Fire was discovered on April 8, 2010, in Dickens County, Texas, and burned 2,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sand Hill Fire was discovered on April 8, 2010, in Crane County, Texas, and burned 1,900 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The 11 Big North A Fire started on April 8, 2011, in Kansas, and burned 1,379 acres.
The Cotton Ranch Fire was discovered on April 8, 2011, in Tom Green County, Texas, and burned 1,296 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Shipwreck Fire was discovered on April 8, 2012, in Page County, Virginia, and burned 3,717 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Jeep Fire was discovered on April 8, 2012, in Wadena County, Minnesota, and burned 1,520 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Yuma County Fire was reported on April 8, 2014, in Yuma County, Colorado, and burned 2,500 acres.
The Water Tower Fire was reported on April 8, 2017, in Hernando County, Florida, and burned 1,110 acres.
The Range 5 Fire was reported on April 8, 2018, in El Paso County, Colorado, and burned 2,888 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The human caused Margo Fire started on April 8th in the San Pedro River bed near Dudleyville. The fire was spread by gusty winds which led to the evacuation of over 200 of the town's residents.
The Salt Fire was reported on April 8, 2021, in Graham County, Arizona, and burned 4,425 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Howl Fire was reported on April 8, 2021, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,109 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The South Rim 4 Fire was reported on April 8, 2021, in Brewster County, Texas, and burned 1,341 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Red Oak Peak Fire was reported on April 8, 2023, in Latimer County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Highway 12 Fire was reported on April 8, 2024, in Carteret County, North Carolina, and burned 3,318 acres.
The Sunny Fire was reported on April 8, 2026, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,837 acres.
The Hc 1 Fire was reported on April 8, 2026, in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and burned 1,415 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Hughey Fire was reported on April 8, 2026, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,391 acres.
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An earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Turkey. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Chinon, France.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Fujian Province, China.
An earthquake struck Melilla, Morocco. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Anse-A-Veau, Haiti. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Popovic, NW, Balkans, Serbia. It killed 3 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mindoro, Philippines.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Gazli, Uzbekistan. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Off East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Batangas, Calabarzon, Philippines. It injured 6, destroyed 506 houses and did $2 million in damage.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It injured 8 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
5 on April 8, oldest first.
A tsunami struck Israel and Egyptian Coasts.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Tyrrhenian Sea -Salerno, Italy.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Anse-A-Veau, Haiti.
A tsunami struck Black Sea, Russia, with a maximum water height of 4 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Hokkaido Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.11 meters.
2 on April 8, oldest first.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 8, 1984, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 58; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 8, 2001, reached Kp 7 and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 63; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
2 on April 8, oldest first.
A severe storm disaster that cost $3.1 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 8, 2011 to April 11, 2011.
A severe storm disaster that cost $2.7 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from April 8, 2024 to April 11, 2024.
6 on April 8, oldest first.
A 32 year old male was struck by an isolated cloud-to-ground lightning bolt and became comatose. He died a week later. The man was struck while standing next to a tree in his yard.
A 66 year old male drowned in rough surf near Navarre Beach. The man had gone into the rough surf to rescue his granddaughter. He got caught in a strong rip current and drowned. His granddaughter safely made it to shore. The man lived in Okaloosa county.
A golfer was struck while walking on the fairway toward a ball. The sun was shining at the golf course at the time of the strike but isolated thunderstorms were moving onshore near the course.
A teenage boy was swimming at the beach with friends when he was swept seaward in a strong rip current and drowned.
One person was killed in a two vehicle accident near Potosi (Grant County) on the morning of April 8th. The driver of a pickup failed to stop for a stop sign at an intersection on U.S. Highway 61, collided with a semi-truck, and was thrown from the vehicle.
There were 2 fatalities and 9 injuries due to rip currents. Beach flags were single red initially and changed to double red at 6 pm CT due to EMS being overwhelmed. Both fatalities were citizen rescuers.
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.