Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 24, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Northern Venezuela. It killed 6,509 people, injured 16,740 and did $20 billion in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Northwest Venezuela, with a maximum water height of 0.04 meters. It killed 6,509 people, injured 16,740 and did $20 billion in damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bowman, Adams counties, North Dakota and tracked 30 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Scranton to E Reeder, ND.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 24, 2024 to June 26, 2024.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Sullivan County, Missouri and tracked 11.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Boynton/N Green City/N Greencastle, MO.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Kingsbury County, South Dakota and tracked 10 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Dawson counties, Nebraska and tracked 27.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SSW Maxwell to SSE Gothenburg, NE.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Pratt County, Kansas and tracked 4.3 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: WNW Pratt to NNW Pratt, KS.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Ottawa County, Kansas and tracked 11.5 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Culver/NW Bennington, KS.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Norton County, Kansas and tracked 9.3 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Wilsonville, NE.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Norton County, Kansas and tracked 10.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Norton, KS.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hutchinson County, South Dakota and tracked 10.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Parkston, SD.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Ottawa County, Kansas and tracked 11.5 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Culver/NW Bennington, KS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Norton County, Kansas and tracked 9.3 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Wilsonville, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Norton County, Kansas and tracked 10.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Norton, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Marathon County, Wisconsin and 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Halder, WI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sullivan County, Missouri and tracked 11.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Boynton/N Green City/N Greencastle, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bowman, Adams counties, North Dakota and tracked 30 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Scranton to E Reeder, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Knox County, Missouri and tracked 9.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 11. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Edina to SE Scotland County, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Doniphan, Buchanan, DeKalb counties, Kansas and tracked 25.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Blair, KS/N St. Joseph to Clarksdale, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in McDonough, Fulton counties, Illinois and tracked 10.6 miles, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Bardolph, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Dawson counties, Nebraska and tracked 27.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SSW Maxwell to SSE Gothenburg, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pratt County, Kansas and tracked 4.3 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: WNW Pratt to NNW Pratt, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dawson, Gosper counties, Nebraska and tracked 10.9 miles, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dawson County to SE Lexington, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hutchinson County, South Dakota and tracked 10.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Parkston, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Schenectady, Saratoga counties, New York and tracked 16 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 9.
An F3 tornado touched down in Mercer County, New Jersey and tracked 12.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F1 tornado touched down in Cavalier County, North Dakota and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Trego, Graham, Norton counties, Kansas and tracked 47 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nueces County, Texas and tracked 1.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fayette County, Iowa and tracked 0.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Charles Mix County, South Dakota and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in El Paso County, Colorado and tracked 4.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
A tornado blew over farm equipment, destroyed a grain bin, damaged irrigation systems, and ripped out trees.
A tornado, associated with the mesocyclone of a heavy-precipitation supercell, touched down in extreme southeastern Loudoun Co near the Bull Run, then proceeded east-southeast for 20 miles, knocking down over 1000 trees and causing substantial property damage, especially in…
A tornado touched down approximately 10 miles west of Port Clinton and just west of the Davis Bessie power plant. Winds were between 113 and 157 miles per hour. Considerable damage occurred, with some barns completely destroyed and an apartment complex heavily damaged.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along and north of a northward moving warm front across southern Lower Michigan during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 24th.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kingsbury County, South Dakota and tracked 10 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
95 tornadoes were recorded on June 24, 2003, in Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above).
An F3 tornado touched down in Sanborn, Jerauld counties, South Dakota and tracked 6 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Beadle County, South Dakota and tracked 3.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
The first of five tornadoes to hit the Buffalo Lake area this evening, the tornado hit three farmsteads before crossing into Sibley County at 1755 CST.
Brief touchdown on north side of Glacial Lakes State Park. Few trees damaged.
In the afternoon hours of June 24, 2003, a large and violent F4 tornado, part of the 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, struck the rural South Dakota community of Manchester over Kingsbury County, injuring four. It was one of the most violent tornadoes of the year and also turned Manchester into a ghost town.
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A tornado destroyed or heavily damaged all buildings, other structures, and vehicles in the small town of Manchester. Propane and fuel oil tanks were destroyed. Many homes were stripped to the foundation.
A tornado heavily damaged or destroyed numerous structures at the county fairgrounds, uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power lines, resulting in power outages which lasted up to a day.
A tornado heavily damaged 20 or more homes in the Hartford Heights development east of Hartford. Roofs were removed from houses and garages were destroyed. The tornado uprooted large trees.
Wind gusts to 55 mph also occurred with the storm.
A tornado damaged several homes just west of Wall Lake. Two residents were injured and hospitalized when the tornado pushed one home off its foundation, tilting it on its side. Another resident received minor injuries.
A tornado destroyed farm buildings and numerous trees, resulting in F3 damage southwest of Cavour. Homes and businesses within the town of Cavour were severely damaged (F2). Winds of 120 mph were measured by an anemometer on top of a grain elevator in Cavour.
A tornado destroyed small farm buildings, tore the roof off a barn, blew down trees, severely damaged at least two houses in Viborg, destroyed two garages, and damaged other structures including homes and a large propane tank.
A tornado destroyed trees and crops before crossing the county line from Jerauld into Sanborn County.
A tornado caused no reported damage before crossing from Lincoln County into Turner County.
A tornado damaged crops, trees, and numerous buildings on several farms. On one farm the northeast corner of a home was heavily damaged, and several buildings including a barn, a grainery, and a machine shed were destroyed. Large trees were blown down.
A tornado caused heavy damage to farm buildings including homes.
A mid level short wave impulse and a surface frontal boundary acted together to trigger late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms over western and north central North Dakota on June 24th.
A supercell dropped south out of South Dakota and into north central Nebraska late in the evening. The supercell produced strong winds...large hail...and 2 brief tornadoes.
A cold front and strong upper level trough moved across the Tri-State, triggering severe thunderstorms across Southwest Connecticut during the afternoon.
Tropical Storm Debby lingered for several days over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and caused high winds and heavy rain before making landfall near Steinhatchee, FL on the 26th.
While Tropical Storm Debby was located over the northeast Gulf of Mexico, numerous strong rain bands rotated across east-central Florida. One particular persistent, mini-supercell produced three tornadoes as it traveled north from Okeechobee to Brevard County.
An EF0 tornado touched down in Highlands County, Florida and tracked 3.45 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Muscatine County, Iowa and tracked 6.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
A disturbance moving northeastward from northern Missouri into eastern Iowa led to the development of a severe squall line with bowing segments that produced widespread wind damage across eastern Iowa north of a line from Jefferson to Louisa County.
During the late afternoon and evening of June 24th, a bow echo raced across northern Illinois causing widespread wind damage and spawning at least one tornado.
During the afternoon of June 24th, thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and area of low pressure. One of the storms began to rotate, and the storm eventually produced 3 tornadoes across central Indiana between 1:15 PM and 2:45 PM EDT.
A strengthening low pressure system and strong cold front crossed through West Virginia on the evening of the 24th, passing through a very warm and unstable environment.
In the evening hours of 24 June 2021, a rare, violent, and deadly long-tracked tornado struck several villages in the Hodonín and Břeclav districts of the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, killing six people and injuring 576 others. 2 mi) maximum width.
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Late in the afternoon, and through the evening hours on June 24 a cluster of storms over southeast Nebraska congealed into a line of thunderstorms that focused across northern Missouri.
Two rounds of severe thunderstorms produced large hail and gusty winds across the northern Red River Valley and into northwest Minnesota. Hail up to 2.75 inches was reported.
Surface low pressure system tracked across the North Dakota/South Dakota border creating an environment supporting the threat for low top supercells in Southeastern North Dakota into adjacent West Central Minnesota.
High pressure over New Mexico helped trigger new storms off the higher terrain. These storms then moved to the south and east into the combined Panhandles.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph). The 1945 Florida–Outer Banks hurricane was a moderate Atlantic hurricane that tracked along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to the Carolinas in the first month of the annual season. The first tropical storm and hurricane of the year, it developed on June 20 in the western Caribbean off Mexico.
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Typhoon Chuck was a moderately strong typhoon which impacted the Philippines, China, and Vietnam during June and July 1992. The third tropical depression, storm, and second typhoon of the 1992 Pacific typhoon season, Chuck originated over the central Philippines as part of a broader tropical cyclone outbreak on 21 June.
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Hurricane Koryn reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 910 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Alma crossed the coast near La Orilla, Michoacan, Mexico as a category 2 hurricane, 90 kt (105 mph), central pressure 973 mb. The 1996 Pacific hurricane season was below-normal in terms of tropical cyclone activity due to an ongoing La Niña, which also suppressed activity in the previous season. There were a total of nine storms named by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), of which five became hurricanes.
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Tropical Storm Debby moved across the area from the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Deep tropical moisture combined with a stalled frontal boundary across north Florida over a period of several days caused extensive, flooding rainfall, as well as historic river flooding on the St.
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Severe thunderstorms exploded over southern Wisconsin during the afternoon and caused widespread tree and power line damage with scattered damage or destruction to residential roofs, a dozen automobiles, and road signs. Many roads were blocked by toppled trees.
Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
A complex of thunderstorms developed over Central Iowa during the early morning and tracked across Southeast Iowa, Northeast Missouri and West Central Illinois. Heavy rain, falling on already saturated ground, led to urban and small stream flooding in a few areas.
Extremely heavy rains, this time over southern Iowa, occurred during the overnight hours of June 23 and 24. another mesoscale convective system developed and moved across southern Iowa.
Street flooding in St. Cloud and Waite Park. Water was about two feet deep.
A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
A weak cold front settled over the Mid Atlantic between June 23 and June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of persistent showers and thunderstorms.
A man fell into a swiftly flowing tributary of the Passaic River around 8 pm EDT and was killed. Heavy rains of up to 3 inches had fallen in the area during Friday and Saturday (the 23rd and 24th) which caused the stream to run more swiftly than normal.
A slow moving cold front provided a focus for severe thunderstorms. These thunderstorms produced very heavy rain that resulted in flash flooding, hail, and damaging winds.
A slow-moving cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of June 24th.
An unstable airmass was in place over Iowa with CAPE over 2000 J/kg already by early in the morning. Downdraft CAPE was quite high, in the 1000 to 1300 J/kg range, with 400 to 600 J/kg in the -10 to -30 C layer of the atmosphere.
Widespread wind, hail, and flooding occurred, starting overnight on the 24th into the 25th. While flooding was the biggest problem, mainly in Missouri for the morning of the 25th, severe weather moved in and brought a wide area of severe reports across the area.
Strong afternoon heating and a very moist airmass combined to produce a very unstable atmosphere by the afternoon of the 24th.
Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24th, 2019, to produce another memorable -…
Warm weather in the western Susitna caused snow and glacial melt in the upper reaches of the basin. A prolonged period of warm weather in late June and early July caused melting of high altitude snow and glaciers in the Alaska Range.
A series of shortwave troughs traversing the northern CONUS brought unsettled weather to the area for the end of June. On the 21st, a stationary front was draped across northeast Nebraska into Iowa.
Thunderstorms developed over northeastern Colorado and the southern Nebraska Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening hours of June 24th. As activity moved to the east and southeast, storms became severe with strong winds and large hail.
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Thunderstorms developed near Hastings and moved southeast. The storms dropped one inch diameter hail at the NWS office north of Hastings. Hail up to one inch continued to be reported from this storm as it moved toward the Kansas border.
Most of the damage in Ottawa County was caused by straight line winds. A gust of 92 miles per hour was measured in Erie Township. Sustained winds of 70 miles per hour were measured at Port Clinton. Many trees and power lines were downed, blocking several roads.
Numerous thunderstorms packing winds over 60 mph swept across much of central and east-central Wisconsin late on June 24 and into the early morning hours of June 25. Door county was particularly hard hit, as thunderstorms hit a park and campground west and south of Sturgeon Bay.
Large trees, branches and power lines were downed, some on houses and vehicles. A silo was blown onto a house in Vickery, four semi trucks were blown over at Clyde and three barn roofs were blown off in Townsend Township.
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Numerous large branches and trees were blown down. Many power lines were also blown down with scattered power outages.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs near Upper Sandusky.
Severe thunderstorms caused considerable tree damage during the afternoon into the early evening of the 24th across the southern third of New Jersey and claimed the life of one woman and injured two other persons in Burlington County.
Severe thunderstorms caused considerable tree damage and two injuries during the afternoon of the 24th across southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO Energy reported about 215,000 customers lost power, the 11th worst outage in company history.
A weak mid level short wave impulse ejecting east across the Northern Plains, combined with favorable low level wind shear and instability parameters to create a favorable environment for severe thunderstorms.
A cold front and strong upper level trough moved across the Tri-State, triggering severe thunderstorms across Southeast New York during the afternoon.
A hot and humid airmass was in place over the forecast area on the afternoon of June 24th.
Showers and thunderstorms developed across the region in a warm, humid air mass during the afternoon hours as a cold front approached from the west. Several of the thunderstorms produced strong, damaging winds.
A low pressure disturbance from the west combined with increasing surface moisture and a very unstable atmosphere to sustain multiple severe thunderstorms, including a linear complex of storms which eventually evolved into a bow echo.
A weak cold front passing through the Pacific Northwest brought mostly dry and windy conditions across the Idaho Panhandle on June 24th. By mid-day, isolated showers and thunderstorms moved into the northern Idaho Panhandle.
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From June 24th through July 5th, 1980, Wichita Falls set record high temperatures each day. Those records have yet to be exceeded. On 11 consecutive days during this period, the temperature rose to at least 110 degrees. Readings exceeded 113 degrees on seven days. During the entire summer, the temperature rose above 100 degrees on 79 days, which is second only to the year 2011 when the temperature reached 100 degrees on 100 days.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The first heat wave of 1997 brought the hottest weather in two years to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. It also caused one heat related death in Montgomery County. A 56-year-old Norristown woman was found dead. The highest temperatures reached well into the 90s on the 25th.
Daytime temperatures were in the lower to middle 90s with dewpoints in the 70s on the 24th and 25th, producing heat indices of 102 to 107. Thunderstorms brought some relief from the heat on the 26th, though humidity was still high.
The Lee County Health Department reported that a 44 year-old male died from the combined affects of heat and alcohol in an enclosed parked van in North Ft Myers.
One of three men traveling on foot through an isolated section of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was overcome by the excessive heat. His companions placed him in the shade of a tree while they went for help. Temperatures ranged between 110 and 120 degree.
A 10-month-old child apparently left by mistake in a vehicle for 30 to 45 minutes in 95-degree heat died. The infant along with her mother, father, two siblings, and a grandmother had returned to their home in the Asbury community from shopping.
Record heat was recorded at Bethel Saturday. Temperatures there reached 80 degrees F.20 miles upriver along the Kuskokwim River, near the village of Akiachak, a 6 year old boy was playing in the river with friends and disappeared. The body was found at about 10 pm Saturday.
The first prolonged period of heat and humidity of the season claimed the life of four people in Southeast Pennsylvania. A 9-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy and asthma died of heat stroke while at Sesame Place in Langhorne (Bucks County).
High temperatures reached the lower 90s on June 24th and 25th across Chicago causing one person to die from the heat.
An upper level ridge built over the area, corresponding to a period of hot and humid conditions. A number of indirect fatalities were attributed to the heat.
Heat lead to a death in Arkansas on the 24th.
A ridge of high pressure both near the surface and aloft in the atmosphere settled in across the southern plains towards the latter half of the month.
A strong ridge of high pressure along with plenty of sunshine resulted in hot conditions. Temperatures hovered in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 24th.
A construction worker became ill while working outside in the heat at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He was taken to the hospital where he later died from heat-related issues as a result of his prolonged exposure to the hot weather.
A heat related death occurred in the City of St. Louis. A 64 year old male was found dead in his home from heat related causes. The home had air conditioning but it was not turned on. The high temperature that day was 99 degrees.
The St. Louis County Health Department reported 1 heat related death. The high temperature was in the lower 90s with the Heat Index around 100 degrees.
High dewpoints pooled in advance of an approaching cold front. The combination of high dewpoints and temperatures in the mid and upper 90s produced heat index values above 105 degrees in the Memphis area.
This is a continuation of the heat wave that began on June 16th.
One person died in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NV side) of heat related causes.
Strong high pressure over the Desert Southwest led to temperatures climbing at or above 110 degrees in Phoenix for several days at the end of the month. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 6 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
Two people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
Hot temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal were experienced in the lower elevations of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, Greenlee and southeast Pinal counties June 24-30, with very hot temperatures 5 to 11 degrees above normal high temperatures breaking records in a few locations June…
Another round of warning level heat overspread much of the area excluding the immediate coastal counties.
Increasingly warm and moist low-level southerly flow became enhanced along a retreating warm front as it advanced back north of the region on June 24th.
A strong high pressure ridge aloft produced temperatures above 100 degrees along with heat index values at or above 105 degrees for the last week of June.
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The National Fire started on June 24, 1986, in Nevada, and burned 16,588 acres.
The Sheep Head Fire started on June 24, 1986, in Idaho, and burned 12,599 acres.
The Doe 1 Fire started on June 24, 1988, in Nevada, and burned 6,876 acres.
The White Canyon Fire was discovered on June 24, 1995, in Arizona, and burned 5,471 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Titnuk Creek Fire was discovered on June 24, 1997, in Alaska, and burned 71,760 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on June 24, 1998, in Volusia County, Florida, and burned 10,240 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Whiskey Butte Fire was discovered on June 24, 1999, in Minidoka County, Idaho, and burned 7,187 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Reservoir Fire was discovered on June 24, 1999, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 5,742 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Bearpaw Mt Fire was discovered on June 24, 2000, in Alaska, and burned 39,072 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Otter Creek Fire was discovered on June 24, 2000, in Alaska, and burned 11,566 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bacon Pond Fire was discovered on June 24, 2001, in Jerome County, Idaho, and burned 11,058 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Rough Creek Fire was discovered on June 24, 2001, in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and burned 7,250 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hadweenzic Fire was discovered on June 24, 2003, in Alaska, and burned 192,489 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Willow Fire was discovered on June 24, 2004, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 119,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mt Bangs Complex was discovered on June 24, 2005, in Mohave County, Arizona, and burned 28,177 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mudersbach Wfu Fire was discovered on June 24, 2005, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 7,260 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kolob Fire was discovered on June 24, 2006, in Washington County, Utah, and burned 17,632 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
High winds helped to spread the Angora wildfire across 3,100 acres south of Lake Tahoe.
The Big Spring Fire was discovered on June 24, 2008, in Torrance County, New Mexico, and burned 5,478 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kiliovilik Creek Fire was discovered on June 24, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 17,207 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Yuki River Fire was discovered on June 24, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 9,383 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rabbit Creek 2 Fire was discovered on June 24, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 5,544 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Richardson Fire was discovered on June 24, 2011, in Garza County, Texas, and burned 7,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Fontenelle Fire was discovered on June 24, 2012, in Lincoln County, Wyoming, and burned 65,220 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Church Camp Fire was discovered on June 24, 2012, in Duchesne County, Utah, and burned 7,221 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Little Mud Fire was discovered on June 24, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 25,974 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dead Fish Lake Fire was discovered on June 24, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 6,107 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Stuyahok River Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 49,446 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Owhat River Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Bethel County, Alaska, and burned 39,550 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kwethluk River # 2 Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Bethel County, Alaska, and burned 23,242 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hawk River Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 15,814 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rainbow Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 14,881 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Little Mud River Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 9,527 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Jackson Fire was reported on June 24, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 7,377 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kara Creek Fire was reported on June 24, 2016, in Crook County, Wyoming, and burned 12,347 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
S. state of Arizona over 16 days, from June 24 to July 10, 2017.
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The Goodwin Fire was reported on June 24, 2017, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 28,516 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Schaeffer Fire was reported on June 24, 2017, in Tulare County, California, and burned 16,031 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Frozen Calf Fire was reported on June 24, 2019, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 237,494 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Monarch Fire was a wildfire burning three miles south of Sierra Spirit Ranch in Douglas County, Nevada, in the United States. The fire, which was reported on June 24, 2020, was started by a lightning strike.
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The Brown Fire was a wildfire that burned in Lund, Nevada in the United States. First reported on June 24, 2020, the Brown Fire burned 8,268 acres (3,346 ha) and was contained on June 30, 2020.
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The Brown Fire was reported on June 24, 2020, in White Pine County, Nevada, and burned 8,268 acres.
The Lava Fire was reported on June 24, 2021, in Siskiyou County, California, and burned 26,329 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
A wildfire started from unknown causes 5 miles southwest of Parachute.
The Bolt 3-2 Fire was reported on June 24, 2024, in Fresno County, California, and burned 6,743 acres.
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An earthquake struck Crete, Egypt, Greece. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria. It killed 12 people.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck S Sumatera, Indonesia.
An earthquake struck Pomacanchi, Peru. It killed 37 people and injured 40.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It destroyed 2,550 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia, Canada.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan. It killed 11 people and injured 15.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia. It injured 1. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Vietnam. It killed few people (about 1 to 50).
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It killed 5 people.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. It did $500,000 in damage.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Laoag, Luzon, Philippines. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces, China. It killed 4 people, injured 394, destroyed 6,768 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mozambique. It injured 4 and destroyed 2 houses.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Northern Venezuela. It killed 6,509 people, injured 16,740 and did $20 billion in damage. It caused a tsunami.
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Niuafo'ou, Tonga erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 0. It killed 25 people.
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea erupted. It killed 6 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Alexandria, Egypt.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.25 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck S. Kuril Islands, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.64 meters. It injured 1.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck North of Luzon Island, Philippines, with a maximum water height of 1.03 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Atka, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Wushan, Chongqing, China, with a maximum water height of 6.2 meters. It killed 2 people and injured 4.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Northwest Venezuela, with a maximum water height of 0.04 meters. It killed 6,509 people, injured 16,740 and did $20 billion in damage.
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A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1959, reached Kp 6 and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 26; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 55 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1966, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 16; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1973, reached Kp 5 and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 34; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1976, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 17; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1982, reached Kp 6 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 21; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 55 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 1984, reached Kp 6- and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 22; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 57 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began June 24, 2009, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 16; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 24, 2021 to June 26, 2021.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 24, 2024 to June 26, 2024.
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Nine people were standing on the beach and in the water at Sheridan Lake when lightning hit the beach. Six of the people including one who was in water were dazed and confused. Two injuries (direct), a one year old child and a teen-age girl, were treated at a hospital.
A 44 year old man was struck by lightning at Fenton Park while preparing for a softball game. He fell into a coma and died on July 27, 2002.
A long shore current evolved into a rip current and was responsible for two deaths. The first occurred around 615 pm near 24th Avenue North, and the other occurred later that evening (8 pm) around 18th Avenue North.
A lightning strike from an anvil cloud after a thunderstorm moved through their location struck two people on a boat near the Texas 124 bridge over the Intercoastal Waterway in Chambers County.
Strong currents due to Tropical Storm Debby caused a swimmer to drown in Orange Beach.
Lightning from a thunderstorm located about 4 miles to the north struck a woman walking at waters edge on Daytona Beach Shores, resulting in a fatality.
Although high pressure was building into the region on Friday, residual southerly long period swells resulted in a moderate threat for rip current development. This unfortunately resulted in a rip current related drowning of a young male at Coopers Beach late Monday afternoon.
A landslide occurred at about 05:38 local time on 24 June 2017 in Diexi Town, Mao County, Sichuan Province in south-western China. It destroyed 40 homes in Xinmo Village and killed 10 people, with a further 73 people missing, as of 27 June.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across the Florida Peninsula throughout the afternoon. A lightning strike from one of the storms killed a person in Siesta Key. A building fire was suspected to have been caused by another lightning strike.
The Woodlands and CyFair area thunderstorms produced lightning that struck at least two homes and caused fire.
A prolonged strong onshore wind resulted in numerous strong rip current along the beaches of Alabama. There was one rip current fatality in Baldwin County AL on June 24th.
A period of strong winds and waves led to hazardous swimming conditions along the North Shore of Lake Superior the weekend of the 24th and 25th. Two cliff jumpers drowned in the waters near Black Beach in Silver Bay after jumping due to the waves and cold water temperatures.
A very hot and humid air mass was in place with heat advisories in effect. Isolated showers and storms developing during early afternoon and lightning struck the water and cable of buoys near the beach on Lake Murray.
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