Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for February 19, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Volcan Huaynaputina, Peru. With the eruption it accompanied, it killed 1,500 people.
Volcanoes
Huaynaputina, Peru erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. It killed 1,500 people. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Calhoun, Cherokee, Polk counties, Alabama and tracked 35.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 30 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Piedmont/Goshen, AL to N Cave Spring, GA.
Winter storms and snow
Snowstorm of February 19, 1971 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the South. It lasted from February 19, 1971 to February 24, 1971.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Illinois and tracked 20.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 24 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mt. Vernon, IL.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Anson, Richmond, Moore counties, North Carolina and tracked 54.4 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Rockingham, NC.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens counties, Georgia and tracked 39.7 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Waleska/Tate, GA.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 4 earthquake struck Magdalena River, Colombia. With the eruption it accompanied, it killed 1,000 people.
Tornadoes
35 tornadoes were recorded on February 19, 1884, in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, 4 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 153 people.
Volcanoes
Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 1,000 people. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson, St. Clair counties, Alabama and tracked 29.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Leeds, AL.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Jalalabad, Afghanistan. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
64 on February 19, oldest first.
An F4 tornado touched down in Calhoun, Cherokee, Polk counties, Alabama and tracked 35.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 30 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Piedmont/Goshen, AL to N Cave Spring, GA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Anson, Richmond, Moore counties, North Carolina and tracked 54.4 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 23 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Rockingham, NC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens counties, Georgia and tracked 39.7 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 22 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Waleska/Tate, GA.
35 tornadoes were recorded on February 19, 1884, in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, 4 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 153 people.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson, St. Clair counties, Alabama and tracked 29.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Leeds, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper, Putnam counties, Georgia and tracked 29.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hillsboro/SE Eatonton, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Darlington County, South Carolina and tracked 4.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Darlington, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Union, Anson, Richmond counties, North Carolina and tracked 35.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Beaver Dam/SE Monroe to Sulphur Springs, NC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Washington, Jefferson counties, Georgia and tracked 34.8 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Tennille/Davisboro, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow counties, Georgia and tracked 55.1 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Doraville/Lawrenceville/S Harmony Grove/S Jefferson/N Planter/Hix, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hall, Banks, Habersham counties, Georgia and tracked 23.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Lula/S Mt. Airy to S Toccoa, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Monroe, Jones, Baldwin counties, Georgia and tracked 31.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Maynard/Blountsville/NW Milledgeville, GA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Anderson County, South Carolina and tracked 12.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Anderson/Master's Mill, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hancock, Warren, McDuffie counties, Georgia and tracked 45.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Sparta/N Mayfield/N Camak/N Thomson, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wilkes, Lincoln counties, Georgia and tracked 20 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Washington/S Lincolnton, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda counties, South Carolina and tracked 30.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Phoenix/Chappells/Silverstreet, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Richmond, Aiken counties, Georgia and tracked 14.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: McBean Depot, GA/Jackson, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Newberry, Fairfield, Chester counties, South Carolina and tracked 40.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Shelton/S Lancaster, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Butts, Jasper, Putnam counties, Georgia and tracked 30.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Indian Springs/N Monticello/Smithboro, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Harnett, Johnston counties, North Carolina and tracked 9.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Lillington, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Newberry, Fairfield counties, South Carolina and tracked 21.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: White Oak, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Forsyth County, Georgia and tracked 9.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cumming, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Heard, Coweta counties, Georgia and tracked 21.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Newton, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Nelson County, Kentucky and tracked 9.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Highgrove/Fairfield, KY.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery counties, North Carolina and tracked 34.7 miles, killing 1 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pioneer Mills/S Albemarle, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lowndes, Pickens counties, Mississippi and tracked 24.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Crawford/S Columbus, MS/NW Carrollton, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wake County, North Carolina and tracked 5.7 miles, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cary, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Johnson, Emanuel, Jenkins counties, Georgia and tracked 34.6 miles, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Wrightsville/Herndon, GA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Illinois and tracked 20.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 24 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mt. Vernon, IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Nelson County, Kentucky, killing 2 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mason's Landing/Bardstown, KY.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sainte Genevieve, Randolph, Perry counties, Missouri and tracked 39.4 miles, 125 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N St. Marys, MO/N Chester to NE Pinckneyville, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Spencer, Warrick counties, Indiana and tracked 21.6 miles, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Luce Township/NW Dale, IN.
An F1 tornado touched down in Crenshaw County, Alabama and tracked 3.5 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Petrey, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana and tracked 0.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in San Augustine County, Texas and tracked 5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
Strong winds blew over a 28-foot travel trailer. Damage was reported to three mobile homes, outbuildings, trees, and power lines. Total damage was estimated at $65,000.
A strong tornado touched down just northwest of the White Sand community. The most significant damage occurred in the initial 2.2 miles just to the north of the White Sand community where ten people were injured; five seriously, requiring hospitalization.
NUMEROUS TREES WERE TOPPLED AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY A TORNADO THAT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF GREENE COUNTY. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT SIX MILES EAST OF RICHTON ON MS HWY 42 AT ABOUT 220 PM CDT.
A tornado touched down along a near continous path. Several houses were damaged and several mobile homes were destroyed. Large trees were downed or uprooted, including a pecan tree with a trunk diameter of 36 inches.
This short track tornado did a considerable amount of damage in the Carnes area. Two mobile home trailers were destroyed. Several sheds were destroyed. The roofs of a house and a church were damaged. Several barns were damaged. Numerous trees were blown down.
A TORNADO MOVED OUT OF GREENE COUNTY INTO WAYNE COUNTY ABOUT 222 PM CDT 3 MILES WEST OF SMITHTOWN AND 1 MILE WEST OF MS HWY 63. THE TORNADO CROSSED MS HWY 63 AND THEN SKIPPED ALONG THE GROUND ACROSS MOSTLY OPEN FIELDS BEFORE LIFTING BACK INTO THE CLOUDS JUST EAST OF CHICORA.
A TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN PERRY COUNTY NEAR REDHILL WHICH IS ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW AUGUSTA AT ABOUT 235 PM CDT. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS MS HWY 29 KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN ITS PATH.
A TORNADO THAT BEGAN IN PERRY COUNTY MOVED INTO GREENE COUNTY THREE MILES WEST OF PLEASANT HILL. THE TORNADO SKIPPED ALONG THE GROUND ACROSS MOSTLY OPEN PASTURE FOR ABOUT NINE MILES BEFORE LIFTING BACK INTO THE CLOUD JUST EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 63, 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVERA.
A weak short-lived tornado caused minor damage to a mobile home park along Moccasin Wallow Road and Imperial Circle near Interstate 75.
Strong, gradient winds ahead of an approaching squall line knocked down trees across several counties in Mississippi. Winds were estimated to have gusted between 45 and 50 mph.
A supercell thunderstorm came ashore in northern Oceanside and produced two tornadoes as it moved northwest from near Camp Pendleton to Temecula. The first tornado was spotted just northeast of Oceanside in rural Fallbrook.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Thomas County, Georgia and tracked 1.45 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest.
Just after midnight on the 19th, a long track supercell thunderstorm spawned an EF-2 tornado south of Cairo in Grady County. The tornado raced to the east into Thomas County, causing EF-2 damage just south of Thomasville.
An upper level trough pushed a cold front into a warm, moist airmass over South Central Texas. Thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and some produced tornadoes and damaging wind gusts.
A strengthening storm system lifted through the Middle Mississippi Valley on the 19th, dragging its warm frontal zone northward through the Midwest, and bringing near-record high temperatures and anomalous dewpoints into central Indiana.
A surface low lifted northeastward across Missouri towards the Illinois-Iowa border during the afternoon and evening of February 19th. A warm front extended east from the low into southeast Illinois.
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The 1951 Pacific typhoon season was a generally average season with multiple tropical cyclones striking the Philippines. With the exception of January, each month saw at least one tropical system develop; October was the most active month with four tropical cyclones forming.
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Hurricane Trixie reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 925 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Gelane reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 929 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Marcia reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 929 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Freddy reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 923 mb, a category 5 storm.
20 on February 19, oldest first.
A flash flood on the Waiau Stream at Kopuawhara in New Zealand on 19 February 1938 destroyed a railway construction workers camp killing 20 men and one woman, Martha Quinn.
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Significant ice jams took place along the Raccoon River along its lower reaches. One occurred where the river flows through a gravel pit on the west side of the Des Moines area. A woman was driving across a flood plain road when one of the ice jams suddenly broke.
A car was washed off Highway 114 by flood waters. Three people were in the car when it went off the road. A mother and one of her children were rescued but the other young child was drown by the flood current.
Several days of temperatures above freezing caused snow to melt and ice to break up on Ponca Creek and Keya Paha River in northcentral Nebraska. The extra runoff from snowmelt combined with ice jams along the waterways caused flooding from Bristow east to the Boyd County line.
Another heavy rain event began to develop across northern Texas during the early morning hours of the 19th as a strong upper level storm system approached the area from the southwestern United States. This event unfolded in a similar fashion to the heavy rain event of the 12th.
Widespread flash flooding developed along Johnson's Draw and the Devil's River in response to very heavy rainfall with accumulations of up to 5 inches. Flash flooding began in the city of Del Rio shortly after midnight.
Ice jams continued along the lower reaches of the Raccoon River. A major ice jam, 12 miles in length, began at the 63rd street bridge in West Des Moines. The river went sligtly above flood stage there before it broke free.
Heavy rain of two to four inches caused localized flooding of roadways and areas of poor drainage from Bradenton in Manatee County, north to Port Richey in Pasco County and east across Hillsborough and Polk Counties.
A powerful Pacific storm tapped into a subtropical moisture source to produce heavy rain and flash flooding across Southwestern California. Overall, rainfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches over coastal areas to between 10 and 20 inches in the mountains.
One house began sliding down a hill in Laguna Beach after a landslide left part of the house dangling in the air. Two other homes were also in danger of sliding down the hill.
Several vehicles were nearly submerged up to their roofs in flood waters on Laguna Canyon Road.
The spring melt was well in progress on the morning of the 19th. The ice on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge began to break up during the early morning hours. The ice jammed in town at a point that typically has ice jam flooding each year.
A large area of showers and thunderstorms associated with an upper level low pressure system rolled across North and Central Texas late Sunday into early Monday.
Very heavy rain fell across much of eastern Illinois on February 19th and February 20th which caused areal flooding across some areas and major flooding on some rivers.
Very heavy rain fell across northwest Indiana on February 19th and February 20th which caused areal flooding across some areas and major flooding on some rivers.
Periods of moderate rainfall on February 19-20th resulted in 1.25-2.50 inches of rain. The rain fell on top of a snow cover of 0 to 3 inches and a frozen ground.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms developed as a frontal system stalled along the coast and a series of disturbances moved through the region. Some locations received 10 to over 15 inches of rain, resulting in significant flooding.
After an already very wet month, additional heavy rainfall and thunderstorms moved into Middle Tennessee from Tuesday February 19 into Wednesday February 20.
Extensive flooding encompassed much of the Tennessee Valley from mid-late February, specifically from February 20th through the 24th.
A frontal boundary sank into the area on the 19th of February and then remained in the vicinity as a low-pressure system moved northeast into the Great Lakes region.
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On February 19, 1954, a severe windstorm raced through much of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and into southwest Oklahoma. The windstorm, packing winds of 60 to 85 mph, began in the western parts of the Oklahoma Panhandle shortly after midnight. The storm then raced to the southeast, reaching southwest Oklahoma by afternoon. Considerable damage was done to small buildings and pane windows. Power and communication lines were blown down in many communities and several traffic accidents occurred in the blinding dust picked up during the storms rampage.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Cleveland County 5.5 NW Norman,19,1608CST,,,0,0,?,?,Hail (1.00)
What was believed to be a strong microburst damaged five industrial buildings in the Gunter Industrial Park on the northeast side of the city of Montgomery. Fifteen people in one of the buildings damaged received minor injuries.
Several homes were extensively damaged and shingles were blown off a church roof. Over 300 trees were downed blocking roads and causing power outages. An automoile and a truck were crushed by fallen trees.
HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN RED LEVEL. THE HIGH WINDS ALSO DAMAGED THE ROOFS ON FIVE HOUSES AND DID MINOR DAMAGE TO A TRAILER AND TURNED ANOTHER TRAILER OVER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
Numerous vehicles suffered hail damage in southwest Shreveport.
Thunderstorm wind shattered the windows of 21 vehicles, blew off the roofs of several home and downed numerous large trees in Holmes Beach and Anna Maria.
Thunderstorm winds flipped and damaged a plane at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport.
A strong upper level storm moved into the Southern Plains resulting in a very strong pressure gradient over West Texas. Westerly winds increased to 40 to 50 mph sustained with gusts measured to 63 mph during the high wind event.
A potent upper level storm system propagated east over the Southern Plains on the 19th, and resulted in damaging gradient winds across the plains of southeast New Mexico.
Strong gusty west winds followed a cold front passage across the New Jersey from the afternoon of the 19th into the afternoon of the 20th. Peak wind gusts averaged around 45 mph.
Strong gradient wind caused a tree to be blown down across the Colonial Parkway in Jamestown in southeast Virginia. The falling tree struck a vehicle and killed the passenger of the vehicle.
A strong low pressure system and its associated cold front tracked across the area resulting in high winds across portions of the region.
Low pressure continued to deepen across the Southeastern Canadian Maritimes as high pressure pressed eastward through the Central Plains and the Great Lakes Region into the Ohio River Valley.
Low pressure continued to deepen across the Southeastern Canadian Maritimes as high pressure pressed eastward through the Central Plains and the Great Lakes Region into the Ohio River Valley.
Strong southwest winds of 50 to 60 mph brought down trees...tree limbs...and power lines...mainly along the M-59 corridor and I-94 corridors of Southeast Michigan.
Strong low pressure moved across Northern Wisconsin and swept an occluded front across Southern WI in the late morning and afternoon hours. Strong westerly wind gusts of 58 to 65 mph occurred over Southeast WI and far Southern WI.
A fast moving low pressure system across the upper Midwest brought a rapid change in pressure, which induced high sustained winds.
Strong and gusty westerly winds behind a cold front caused sustained winds above 40 mph, with some gusts above 70 mph, across southeast South Dakota during the morning of February 19th.
Strong south to southwest winds gusting up to 50 mph buffeted western Kentucky. The strongest measured wind gust was 51 mph at the Fort Campbell airfield near Hopkinsville.
Strong south to southwest winds gusting up to 60 mph buffeted southern Illinois. The strongest measured wind gust was 60 mph at the Carbondale airport.
A convective, but non-thunder producing squall line pushed through the Hermiston and Pendleton area. Strong winds were associated with this squall. Spotters reported damage to roofs at the Hospital in Hermiston, as well as a shed and an electric company car was blown over.
The active winter continued into mid February as another system brought more heavy rain and strong winds to Northwest California. Small stream flooding and wind damage occurred with this storm from February 19th through the 21st.
A potent upper level disturbance combined with abundant moisture to produce a line of thunderstorms over northeast Mexico in the afternoon. The line of severe storms moved eastward across the Rio Grande into Laredo during the evening hours.
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Snowstorm of February 19, 1912 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Ohio Valley. It lasted from February 19, 1912 to February 23, 1912.
Snowstorm of February 19, 1962 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from February 19, 1962 to February 23, 1962.
Snowstorm of February 19, 1971 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the South. It lasted from February 19, 1971 to February 24, 1971.
A large low pressure area in the Ohio Valley and a developing low off the New England Coast brought rain and freezing rain to parts of Eastern Maine.
An avalanche occurred on Saturday, February 19th, on Wright Peak which is southwest of Mt. Van Hovenberg. The avalanche occurred at about the 3500 foot level, and was about 400 feet in length. There was one person killed and 5 injured while skiing.
Low pressure moved from the Ohio Valley to the Jersey coast spreading snow across the region. While most areas received a general four to six inches of snow, higher elevations of the Western Southern Tier and Finger Lakes received between six and ten inches.
A long lasting lake effect snow event brought significant snowfalls to the north country region. Lake effect snows began to develop Saturday and continued through early Tuesday morning as a steady cold, westerly flow continued across Lake Ontario.
A trough of low pressure swung south across Lake Erie during the overnight and morning hours of the 19th. This allowed for lake effect snow to quickly develop during the early morning hours. The lake effect snow quickly tapered off during the afternoon hours.
A surge of arctic air followed a secondary cold front which crossed the area Monday night the 18th and soon set off lake effect snows off both Lakes Erie and Ontario.
An arctic cold front moved across the forecast area during the late evening hours of the 19th and early morning hours of the 20th. Upslope flow developed behind the front.
An area of strong low pressure moved across Lake Erie during the evening hours of February 18th. A cold front trailing the low swept east across northwestern Pennsylvania and ushered much colder temperatures into the region.
The lake effect event began as an upslope situation, as wraparound moisture pinwheeled around a departing storm system with snows increasing during the afternoon of the 19th.
Snowstorm of February 19, 2011 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from February 19, 2011 to February 23, 2011.
A strong and energetic Pacific storm system swept across Arizona with heavy rain and mountain snow. The snow level started off around 7000 feet with heavy wet snow with heavy rain below this elevation. The snow level then dropped to around 4000 feet.
A cold Pacific storm brought heavy snow to the higher elevations of the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. Locally heavy rain also occurred in the valleys.
A large portion of eastern Kentucky experienced widespread accumulating snow from the early afternoon hours of February 19th into the late morning hours of February 20th. The snow was heavy and wet and came down heavy at times.
As a surface low pressure system was moving east, off the southeast coast of the United States, its mid and upper level system was lifting northeast, out of the Tennessee Valley on Sunday, the 19th.
As a surface low pressure system was moving east, off the southeast coast of the United States, its mid and upper level system was lifting out of the Tennessee Valley on Sunday, the 19th. Intermittent light rain and snow began after dawn.
Snowstorm of February 19, 2013 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the South. It lasted from February 19, 2013 to February 24, 2013.
Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the afternoon hours of February 19th. The snow showers intensified during the evening hours of the 19th and early morning hours of the 20th.
Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the afternoon hours of February 19th. The snow showers intensified during the evening hours of the 19th and early morning hours of the 20th.
In the wake of a cold front, a cold northwest flow developed over Lakes Erie and Ontario. |Off Lake Erie, although the lake was largely ice-covered, an upstream connection with Lake Huron brought over a foot of snow to the higher elevations of southwest New York.
An area of light to moderate freezing rain moved quickly across Central Pennsylvania between 700 and 1000 AM EST on 19 February 2014. The quick glazing of ice on road surfaces lead to hazardous travel which severely impacted the the early morning commute.
For the second morning in a row, wintry weather affected most of Eastern Pennsylvania (except for Philadelphia and Delaware Counties) on the 19th.
A 39-year-old man from North Dakota was killed in an avalanche in the Big Horn National Forest. Deputies from the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the Hunt Mountain Road area near U.S. Highway 14 West just after 12 pm.
A band of moderate to heavy snow moved across western Upper Michigan on the 19th, and a mix of moderate snow and freezing rain impacted central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 19th into the morning of the 20th.
A car accident occurred during a snow storm along Highway 61 near Brighton Beach in Duluth. The vehicle crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming vehicle resulting in a the driver one of the vehicles succumbing to her injuries.
For the third time in five days, South Central Nebraska saw a moderate snow event, this one peaking in intensity on the late afternoon-evening of Tuesday the 19th and lingering into the morning of Wednesday the 20th before ending.
A large avalanche released in the Temptation area in the Bear Creek drainage as a back country skier was skinning up the slopes. This avalanche occurred near the town of Telluride, Colorado.
A strong storm system moved out of the Plains into the Great Lakes on the 19th and 20th. Cold air was in place along the eastern slopes of the central Appalachians as precipitation started late on the 19th, with snow turning to freezing rain as low level warm air moved in.
More snow and wind gusts closed many roads in the Upper Snake River Highlands again on the 19th and 20th of February.
A snowmobiler triggered an avalanche 8 miles southwest of Galena Summit in the Sawtooth recreation area and was killed by the avalanche.
On February 19, three snowmobilers and two snow bikers were in Sheep Creek on the south face of Miller Mountain north of Cooke City. The two snow bikers were high on the slope when one stopped on a small ridge while the other climbed higher and triggered a large avalanche.
An area of low pressure pushed across the region on Saturday, February 19, 2022. A passing warm front brought a period of light snow to the region during the morning and early afternoon hours with mainly a coating to two inches of accumulation.
An incoming system brought heavy mountain snow of at least 18 inches and strong winds of 60 plus MPH.
Freezing rain fell in portions of northern Mississippi and caused light ice accumulations on area roads and bridges.
A significant winter storm occurred over the Mid-Atlantic February 19-20 2025. Arctic 1050mb high pressure built into the area early on the 19th. Two mid level disturbances impacted the region with two somewhat distinct rounds of winter precipitation.
A baroclinic cyclone originating near the Gulf and moving by to Tennessee's south, combined with a strong upper level jet, provided for two rounds of snow across East Tennessee.
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A 72 yr. old Linton resident died due to exposure. Authorities say the man accidently backed his pickup into a creek. He then waded in 3 ft. of ice cold water to a point about 30 ft. from the vehicle where he was able to get back to shore.
A Moore Township man was driving about two miles from his home when his vehicle went off the road and into a ditch. The man attempted to walk home, but collapsed and died of hypothermia about a half mile from his truck. Temperatures were in the 20s.
Arctic air behind a cold frontal boundry, combined with northwest winds from 10 to 12 mph, and temperatures in the 8 below to 28 below range, to produce wind chills in the -25 to -45 category across much of the region.
The arrival of another arctic air mass brought some of the lowest wind chills and temperatures of the winter season to Pennsylvania 20th and 21st and was responsible for three cold related deaths.
A prolonged cold snap, beginning on the 15th, worsened as Arctic high pressure combined with a deep snow pack to produce some of the coldest temperatures since January 1994 during the morning of February 20th.
Record-breaking cold and brisk winds combined to produce dangerously low wind chills. Bitterly cold wind chills around 15 below zero were observed across southwest Indiana. Southwest Indiana had not seen a cold stretch of this magnitude this late in the season since 1960.
On the evening on February 19, extreme cold pushed into all of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Wind chills fell into the 30 to 45 below 0 range. One fatality occurred in Omaha, where an 86 year old woman was found dead in a garage due to suspected cold exposure.
A Siberian airmass and an area of high pressure allowed for an extended period of sub-freezing temperatures that began on the 19th in the aftermath of a major snowstorm.
A Siberian airmass and an area of high pressure allowed for an extended period of sub freezing temperatures that began on the 19th in the aftermath of a major snowstorm.
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Meadowlands 1NNW recorded 88 inches, Minnesota’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
Dover recorded 25 inches, Delaware’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Unnamed Fire started on February 19, 1991, in Florida, and burned 1,946 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on February 19, 1991, in Florida, and burned 1,293 acres.
The Pogue Fire was discovered on February 19, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 6,060 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Keith Fire was discovered on February 19, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 6,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on February 19, 1995, in Atoka County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,200 acres.
The Bad Horse Fire was discovered on February 19, 2000, in South Dakota, and burned 1,300 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
An arson suspected 75 acre wildfire damaged two homes, destroyed a tractor and injured a man near the intersection of Toledo Blade and Chamberlain Boulevards in North Port near the Sarasota-Charlotte county line.
The Cedar Creek Fire was discovered on February 19, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 5,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Vamoosa Fire was discovered on February 19, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,300 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cedar Creek Fire started on February 19, 2004, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,769 acres.
The Pine Top Fire was discovered on February 19, 2004, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,600 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Blue Creek Fire was discovered on February 19, 2004, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 720 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on February 19, 2005, in Washington County, Alabama, and burned 738 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on February 19, 2007, in Maui County, Hawaii, and burned 1,349 acres.
The Parker Fire was discovered on February 19, 2008, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 1,300 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Diagonal Fire was discovered on February 19, 2010, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The FM1065 Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Floyd County, Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Valley Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Virginia, and burned 2,564 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Sierra Vista Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Colorado, and burned 2,042 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Parktown Road Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Warren County, North Carolina, and burned 2,030 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Smith Run Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Virginia, and burned 1,989 acres; the cause was recorded as other causes.
The Fire 20058 was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Latimer County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,400 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Coffman/Chestnut Ridge Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Virginia, and burned 914 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Wolf Island Fire was discovered on February 19, 2011, in Pender County, North Carolina, and burned 678 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
Dry and breezy conditions contributed to the spread of a wildfire that damaged three homes in the town of Johnson in Washington County.
The Dog House Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Latimer County, Oklahoma, and burned 5,218 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Brumley Flad Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Seminole County, Florida, and burned 3,741 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bruton Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Socorro County, New Mexico, and burned 2,337 acres.
The Round Prairie Road Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Latimer County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,520 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Mason Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Barrett Fire was reported on February 19, 2016, in Hamilton County, Kansas, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Poor Farm Fire was reported on February 19, 2026, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 9,565 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Tiger Tank Fire was reported on February 19, 2026, in Perry County, Mississippi, and burned 1,800 acres.
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A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Volcan Huaynaputina, Peru. With the eruption it accompanied, it killed 1,500 people.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ecuador. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
An earthquake struck Jamaica.
An earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica.
An earthquake struck Jalalabad, Afghanistan. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4 earthquake struck Magdalena River, Colombia. With the eruption it accompanied, it killed 1,000 people.
An earthquake struck Kingston, Jamaica. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Djibouti, Yemen.
An earthquake struck Northern New Zealand. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Dampit,gondang,trenggalek, Java, Indonesia. It killed 54 people, injured 300, destroyed 2,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck St Eustratios, Aegean Sea, Greece. It killed 22 people, injured 18, destroyed 500 houses and did $600,000 in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Dienbien Phu, Laos, Vietnam. It injured 4 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Qiaojia, Yunnan Province, China. It injured 8 and destroyed 72 houses.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
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Huaynaputina, Peru erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. It killed 1,500 people. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 1,000 people. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
Popocatepetl, Mexico erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Kingston, Jamaica.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan, with a maximum water height of 1 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck N. New Zealand.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano and landslide struck Southern Chile, with a maximum water height of 60 meters. It killed 27 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece, with a maximum water height of 1.2 meters. It killed 22 people, injured 18, destroyed 500 houses and did $600,000 in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 8 meters.
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A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1933, reached Kp 6- and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 29; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 57 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1936, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 25; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1937, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 28; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1946, reached Kp 5 and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 27; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1947, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 24; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1952, reached Kp 5 and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 36; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1952, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 36; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1972, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 15; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1990, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 33; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 1990, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 33; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 2012, reached Kp 6- and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 21; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 57 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 2014, reached Kp 6+ and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 43; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 53 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began February 19, 2025, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 20; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A truck driver, who was involved in a two car automobile accident, was struck and killed by lightning after leaving his vehicle to check on the occupants of the other car.
A man was struck by lightning and killed instantly as he rode his bicycle in the 2700 block of Alkay Drive.
Two men were unloading wood from a truck at a campsite when lightning struck. One man was killed by the lightning strike and the other suffered burns.
Strong rip currents resulted in the deaths of two individuals in Brevard County, including a 48-year-old male in Melbourne Beach, and a 24-year-old male in Indialantic.
The combination of a small northerly swell and a high pressure system driving fresh to strong winds across the islands resulted in choppy and confused seas across the Atlantic waters.
A long-period northerly swell impacted the Atlantic waters and northern coastal areas of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from February 18 through February 20, 2026.
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