Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 3, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cedar, Clinton, Rock Island counties, Iowa and tracked 81.2 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 92 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Lowden/S Wheatland/SW Dewitt/Camanche, IA/Albany/Morrison Township/Como/Coloma/S Sterling/S Dixon, IL.
Volcanoes
Fuego, Guatemala erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 201 people, left 229 missing, injured 27, destroyed 186 houses and did $120 million in damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico. It killed 400 people, injured 120 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Central Mexico, with a maximum water height of 10 meters. It killed 400 people, injured 120 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Philippines. It killed 400 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 1,172 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck W. Luzon Island, Philippines. It killed 400 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 1,172 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck St. Jago, Guatemala. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 600 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in York County, Nebraska and tracked 15.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Bradshaw, NE.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hall County, Nebraska and tracked 1.1 miles, 1,700 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 110.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Pottawattamie, Harrison counties, Iowa and tracked 9.7 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Neola to W Perisa, IA.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Cedar, Clinton, Rock Island counties, Iowa and tracked 81.2 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 92 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Lowden/S Wheatland/SW Dewitt/Camanche, IA/Albany/Morrison Township/Como/Coloma/S Sterling/S Dixon, IL.
An unrated tornado touched down in Linn, Cedar, Clinton counties, Iowa and tracked 50.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 24 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Bertram/S Mt. Vernon/Lisbon/St. Mary's/Pioneer Township/Mechanicsville/N Lowden/N Wheatland/SW Dewitt, IA.
An unrated tornado touched down in Benton, Linn, Jones counties, Iowa and tracked 34.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Palo/N Cedar Rapids/Greenfield Township/Rome Township, IA.
An unrated tornado touched down in Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb counties, Illinois and tracked 58.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Tampico/Harmon Township/Marion Township/N Amboy/Willow Creek Township/Shabbona, IL.
An unrated tornado touched down in Hardin, Grundy, Tama counties, Iowa and tracked 58.8 miles, killing 7 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: New Providence/Union Township/Pritchard's Grove/Quebec/S Vinton, IA.
An unrated tornado touched down in Linn, Johnson counties, Iowa and tracked 20.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Cedar Rapids/N Western College/Rogers Grove, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Murray County, Minnesota and tracked 5 miles, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Currie/Shetek, MN.
An F1 tornado touched down in Gallatin County, Illinois, killing 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Old Shawneetown, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in York County, Nebraska and tracked 15.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Bradshaw, NE.
An F1 tornado touched down in Kenton, Campbell counties, Kentucky and tracked 1.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Covington, KY.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wharton County, Texas and tracked 4.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Spanish Camp, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Oneida County, New York and tracked 5.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Westmoreland, NY.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cotton County, Oklahoma and tracked 2.7 miles, killing 2 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Walter, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cotton, Comanche counties, Oklahoma and tracked 9.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Geronimo, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pottawattamie, Harrison counties, Iowa and tracked 9.7 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Neola to W Perisa, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pottawattamie, Harrison counties, Iowa and tracked 6.9 miles, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Neola, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greene County, Iowa and tracked 17.2 miles, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Jefferson/W Paton, IA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Florence County, Wisconsin and 70 yards wide at its widest, killing 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Florence, WI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Roberts County, South Dakota and tracked 12 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Wilmot/Big Stone Lake, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cotton County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.7 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Walters to E Randlett, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Attala County, Mississippi and tracked 2 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lamb County, Texas and tracked 25.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Collingsworth County, Texas and tracked 8.8 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cherokee County, Texas and tracked 0.1 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Summit, Portage counties, Ohio and tracked 12.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hall County, Nebraska and tracked 1.1 miles, 1,700 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 110.
An F4 tornado touched down in Armstrong, Allegheny, Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 11.8 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 140.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hall County, Nebraska and tracked 2.3 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hall County, Nebraska and tracked 6.4 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 25.
An F3 tornado touched down in Monongalia, Preston, Garrett counties, West Virginia and tracked 29.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 19.
Night time and early morning severe thunderstorms in western and central Oklahoma produced hail as large as quarters in Sayre in Beckham County. In Burns Flat in Washita County lightning struck and set fire to an old military barracks.
Several weak tornadoes were reported by spotters and TV media. Viewing the video taken by KFDA-TV revealed four tornadoes each being occluded, then redeveloping from the parent storm.
This is a continuation of the tornado originating in Carter County. The tornado's path continued to be intermittent. Near the community of Pandora, numerous trees were blown down or snapped off along hillsides and in river bottoms. Some trees were 1.5 feet in diameter.
An F3 tornado touched down in Norton County, Kansas and tracked 10 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Valley County, Nebraska and tracked 14 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest.
Late in the evening of June 3rd, a severe thunderstorm produced a large tornado across northwest Valley county. The thunderstorm entered the western part of the county around 11 pm.
A large tornado dropped down just east of the town of Norton and stayed on the ground for approximately 10 miles before finally lifting north-northeast of the town of Almena. This Tornado reached around 3/4 of a mile wide at times and did major (F3) damage to a few farmsteads.
Several large hail reports were received beginning at 936 PM CDT near Berwyn. Five center pivot irrigation systems were overturned from 8 miles southwest to 7 miles west southwest of Comstock at approximately 1000 PM CDT.
June 3rd & 4th - Event NarrativeNumerous boundaries were across the state and they acted as triggers for showers and thunderstorms. Upper level winds were very light and any storms that formed moved very slowly.
Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.
Severe thunderstorms rapidly developed over the Concho Valley during the evening and spread to the east and southeast across the Heartland and Northwest Hill Country.
For the 3rd consecutive day, severe weather struck parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin on June 3rd in the form of an isolated tornado, downburst winds (toppled trees), and a flash flood.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Shelby, Rush counties, Indiana and tracked 9.68 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
A powerful weather system moved through central Indiana on the night of June 3rd. Associated with this system were damaging straight line thunderstorm winds and tornadoes. Three tornadoes developed from supercells.
Severe weather and torrential downpours began to move through during the morning hours and continued into the early afternoon hours. Flash flooding, damaging winds, and tornadoes all occurred with this system as it moved through.
Thunderstorms erupted overnight 3 June into the morning of 4 June. Areas north of Interstate 44 were mainly impacted by these storms. Large hail, damaging straight line winds, and one tornado occurred.
The 2009 Krasnozavodsk tornado was an F3 tornado that occurred in Krasnozavodsk near Sergiev Posad in the Moscow region on Junе 3, 2009. It was the first powerful tornado in the vicinity of Moscow since 1984.
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A cold front combined with an unstable atmosphere to trigger showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours of the third. Some thunderstorms were severe, producing large hail and damaging winds.
Showers and thunderstorms developed along old outflow boundaries from earlier thunderstorms over central Texas.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Nemaha County, Kansas and tracked 6.33 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
For roughly the northeast half of this 24-county South Central Nebraska area, this late Tuesday afternoon and evening featured one of the most widespread severe weather events of the 2014 convective season.
After some morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours on the 3rd, ahead of a cold front. The storms moved southeast into West Virginia during the evening hours.
A supercell thunderstorm moved southeast out of Nebraska and produced one strong tornado in northeast Nemaha county. The supercell storm continued to track southeast and produced another tornado in Brown County.
An upper level storm system moved across the high Plains during the afternoon on Tuesday June 3rd, and then across the mid Missouri River Valley on Tuesday night.
With a fairly classic meteorological setup for June severe weather in place, numerous semi-discrete strong to severe thunderstorms blossomed across this six-county North Central Kansas area on this Wednesday evening the 3rd into early Thursday morning the 4th.
A pressure trough ignited numerous showers and thunderstorms, several of which produced localized damaging winds, hail, and a tornado.
During the afternoon hours of June 3rd, 2025, storms brought widespread heavy rain, flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, and a couple tornadoes to portions of Missouri. Two tornadoes impacted Jackson County, with an EF-0 near the Truman Sports Complex and an EF-1 in Independence.
Widespread severe thunderstorms, organized along a passing cold front, impacted much of Oklahoma and western-north Texas on the afternoon and evening of the 3rd.
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Hurricane Judy reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 950 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Nesat reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 916 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Blanca reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 936 mb, a category 4 storm.
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A Skywarn storm spotter reported dime size hail and a few broken tree limbs near the south end of Carters Lake Dam.
A strong upper level disturbance and a surface front, combined to produce numerous thunderstorms across eastern New York during the morning hours of June 3. A few of thunderstorms became severe as they worked across the Mid Hudson Valley and east into the Taconics.
Severe thunderstorms were numerous across parts of the Permian Basin during the evening of the 3rd, with less coverage over the Big Bend and Trans Pecos regions.
Fast flowing water washed out bridge and closed U.S. Highway 56.
Widespread flooding with 2 to 7 inches of rain. Some roads were under at least 3 feet of water. The Herington reservoir reached an all time high level according to local authorities. The reservoir began impounding water in 1982.
A warm front moved across northern Ohio causing heavy rain producing thunderstorms to develop. Flash flooding and severe weather occurred in Northwest Ohio.
Thunderstorms over the northwest Hill Country on the evening of June 3 and moved southeastward across the north and central sections of South Central Texas through the late evening.
An extraordinary flood took place on the Mississippi River in June, resulting from two major rainfall events in Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wisconsin flooding resulted from two separate events, totaling more than 10 inches of rain over most of the southern third of the state.
An extraordinary flood took place on the Mississippi River in June, resulting from two major rainfall events in Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wisconsin flooding resulted from two separate events, totaling more than 10 inches of rain over most of the southern third of the state.
Increasing moisture quickly moved up the Ohio River Valley on the morning of the 3rd into a developing east to west frontal zone. The first of several thunderstorm complexes moved from west to east into western West Virginia during the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 3rd.
Increasing moisture quickly moved up the Ohio River Valley on the morning of the 3rd into a developing east to west frontal zone. The first of several thunderstorm complexes moved from west to east into extreme southern Ohio during the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 3rd.
Several rounds of thunderstorms moved through central Illinois during the morning hours of the 3rd. The main threat during the early morning hours was heavy rain and flooding, while a large bow echo later in the morning produced widespread wind damage.
Training pulse severe thunderstorms produced large hail, wind damage and severe flash flooding over downtown Greensboro as 4 to 6 inches of rain fell over the area. There were numerous road closures water rescues with one flash flood related fatality.
A deep low pressure system anchored in the Gulf of Alaska and a zonal flow pattern across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West provided the right ingredients for a sustained moisture plume which produced convection and periods of moderate to heavy rain over a three day…
Showers and thunderstorms occurred during the overnight hours of the 3rd into the early morning hours of the 4th, to the north of a frontal boundary that became stationary over southeast Oklahoma.
A very dynamic weather pattern was in place over the central U.S. on the 3rd. A strong short wave moved out of the Rockies onto the Plains during the day. Thunderstorms formed early in Nebraska and South Dakota.
A large complex of thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary across Nebraska during the afternoon of June 3rd. These storms then tracked southeastward along the boundary into central Illinois during the late evening of June 3rd into the early morning hours of June 4th.
The combination of a stalled frontal boundary, jet streak dynamics, and an upper level disturbance sweeping across Wyoming created the conditions necessary to produce severe thunderstorms in central Wyoming. A moisture-laden atmosphere also set the stage for flash flooding.
An upper level trough moved across Texas and interacted with a moist boundary layer to generate thunderstorms across South Central Texas. Some of these storms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
A very moist airmass across the Mississippi Delta provided for slow moving thunderstorm clusters capable of producing very high hourly rain rates. Localized flash flooding resulted across portions of Southwest Tennessee during the afternoon hours of June 3rd.
The combination of a very wet and snowy winter and a rather cool and wet spring set the stage for a prolonged period of flooding along the Wind River.
A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms that developed over the Central Plains during the evening of the 3rd tracked southeastward into the Missouri Ozarks and southeast Kansas during the early and mid-morning hours of the 4th.
Thunderstorms began to develop during the afternoon of June 3rd across parts of East and Northeast Texas, extending eastward into portions of Northwest Louisiana.
Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures and precipitation produced high and fast flow on drainages in several west-central counties.
On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
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One large tree was blown across a highway, forcing the road to close until it was removed.
A line of thunderstorms moved across eastern areas of the state producing widespread large hail. Martin county was especially hard hit where much of the tobacco crop was damaged. In Kinston, car dealers reported over a half million dollars worth of damage to vehicles.
A merger of two severe thunderstorms resulted in a right-moving supercell affecting an area mainly west and north of Las Cruces, producing damaging winds and hail as large as golf balls.
Isolated severe thunderstorms brought a combination of small hail and strong winds to some parts of south central Nebraska. The hail and wind proved devastating for some corn crops.
A strong upper level storm system moved eastward out of north Texas during the morning of June 3rd and intensified as it moved into northeast Texas.
A supercell thunderstorm developed during the afternoon in the Oklahoma panhandle. The storm evolved into bow echo and raced across South Central into Southeast Kansas causing widespread severe winds and damage.
Thunderstorms developed east of a dry line and near a retreating warm front during the late afternoon hours. The thunderstorms quickly became supercells as they moved east. Extremely large hail and severe wind gusts were reported as the storms moved east.
Unstable air ahead of an upper-level low centered just off the coast of Northern California triggered bands of elevated convection which stretched from San Diego to the San Bernardino County deserts.
High instability, a warm front, and an upper level low pressure system came together to create severe storms across northern and central Arkansas on the 3rd and 4th.
Severe thunderstorms developed on June 3rd, during the early morning hours in north central Nebraska, and produced some large hail. During the late morning and early afternoon hours, severe thunderstorms developed and moved into eastern portion of north central Nebraska.
An upper-level short wave moving across the region, combined with moderate instability and ample moisture over the state resulted in widespread thunderstorms over north and central Georgia.
An area of thunderstorms, some of them severe, moved from northwest to southeast across southeastern Pennsylvania during the mid-morning hours on Wednesday, June 3rd.
A derecho developed just southeast of Lake Erie during the early morning hours of June 3, 2020, then moved rapidly southeast across Pennsylvania before exiting the central New Jersey coast during the early afternoon hours, approximately 130 PM.
This Wednesday evening featured the first somewhat-widespread severe thunderstorm event of 2020 within South Central Nebraska, with several reports of damaging winds and large hail focused primarily near and northeast of a line from Loup City-Grand Island-Hebron.
Three separate severe weather events affected central Pennsylvania on June 3, 2020. The first event occurred during the pre-dawn hours, as strong thunderstorms pushed southward out of the Buffalo, NY area into the northwest mountains and produced wind damage before dissipating.
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Damaging hail affected much of north-central Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of June 3, 1993. Extremely large hail fell on Enid, where some stones were up to six inches in diameter. The huge hail fell through the roofs of some houses. The Enid School District lost 200 windows and 60 skylights, and 34 of their buses were significantly damaged. Hail that fell on Covington and Blackwell was not quite as large, but still destroyed more than 1,000 windows in Blackwell alone. The communities of Stillwater, Beggs, and Bristow reported hail up to softball-size. Damage to the area wheat crop amounted to $70 million.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Lee County Health Department reported that an eleven month old female, left unattended in an unventilated, non-airconditioned room, died from the affects of heat in Ft Myers.
A mild heat wave resulted in 4 deaths in Cook County. High temperatures were around 90 with the maximum heat index around 95 to 100 for about a week.
The first heat wave of the summer season arrived in the Mid-South during the beginning part of June. High temperatures reached into the mid to upper 90s while heat index reached between 105 to 109 degrees. Warm temperatures continued into the middle of June.
One man died of heat related causes in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. His companion is still missing.
Temperatures in Las Vegas reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria on five out of the six days. There were nine direct fatalities and one indirect fatality between the 3rd and the 12th.
Intense high pressure over the southwest U.S. led to record-breaking temperatures of 108 to 114 degrees in the lower elevations of southeast Arizona. No heat-related fatalities occurred.
A period of temperatures 5-10 degrees above normal led to five deaths in the Las Vegas Valley and one at Valley of Fire State Park.
Excessive heat warning conditions were observed across central and southern Arizona with 2 direct fatalities reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
High pressure aloft brought in dry and hot conditions to the deserts from June 3rd through 5th. Extreme heat was observed in the Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts, and one person died from a heat-related illness.
Hot temperatures were experienced in parts of southeast Arizona on June 3rd and 4th with temperatures of 107 and 104 degrees recorded at Sells. One heat-related fatality occurred east of Sells.
A strong ridge of high pressure amplified over the western CONUS during the early part of June, resulting in well above normal temperatures and excessive heat conditions.
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The Pocum Fire started on June 3, 1986, in Arizona, and burned 16,409 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on June 3, 1988, in Texas, and burned 5,738 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on June 3, 1988, in Texas, and burned 4,707 acres.
The Creel Fire was discovered on June 3, 1992, in New Mexico, and burned 29,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Jaltwo Fire was discovered on June 3, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 19,610 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Mhm Se 36 Fire was discovered on June 3, 1993, in Alaska, and burned 11,249 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bridge Fire was discovered on June 3, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 4,966 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Miller Fire was discovered on June 3, 1994, in Arizona, and burned 2,950 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Doyle Fire was discovered on June 3, 1994, in California, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Graveyard Creek 631360 Fire was discovered on June 3, 1996, in Alaska, and burned 12,760 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Walker Fork Fire was discovered on June 3, 1998, in Alaska, and burned 3,381 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The La Jara Fire was discovered on June 3, 1999, in New Mexico, and burned 3,382 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Fitzpatrick Fire was discovered on June 3, 2000, in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and burned 3,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Buck Springs Fire was discovered on June 3, 2000, in Nevada, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Reflection Fire was discovered on June 3, 2001, in Orange County, Florida, and burned 2,135 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Simpson Bu Fire was discovered on June 3, 2001, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Ponil Complex was discovered on June 3, 2002, in Colfax County, New Mexico, and burned 92,194 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Aragonite Fire was discovered on June 3, 2004, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 1,970 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The Air Force Fire was discovered on June 3, 2005, in Clark County, Nevada, and burned 21,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ian Fire was discovered on June 3, 2005, in Lincoln County, Nevada, and burned 5,438 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The North Gorge Fire was discovered on June 3, 2005, in Washington County, Utah, and burned 2,703 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The West Crazy Wfu Fire was discovered on June 3, 2007, in Alaska, and burned 6,058 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Goldledge Fire was discovered on June 3, 2007, in Kern County, California, and burned 4,200 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Shannon Fire was discovered on June 3, 2007, in Tulare County, California, and burned 2,140 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Evans Road Fire was discovered on June 3, 2008, in North Carolina, and burned 41,060 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The 2A South Fire was discovered on June 3, 2009, in Florida, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Trail 3 Fire was discovered on June 3, 2011, in Florida, and burned 7,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Turkey Springs Fire was discovered on June 3, 2011, in Woods County, Oklahoma, and burned 5,150 acres.
The Salt Fire was discovered on June 3, 2011, in Bent County, Colorado, and burned 4,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sherrod Fire was discovered on June 3, 2011, in Glasscock County, Texas, and burned 2,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The La Junta Fire was discovered on June 3, 2011, in Otero County, Colorado, and burned 2,000 acres.
The Balanced Road Fire was discovered on June 3, 2012, in Twin Falls County, Idaho, and burned 6,425 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Lost Lake Fire was discovered on June 3, 2012, in Wayne County, Utah, and burned 2,170 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Innoko River Fire was reported on June 3, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 8,661 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kuyukutuk River Fire was reported on June 3, 2016, in Wade Hampton County, Alaska, and burned 21,305 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bonita Fire was reported on June 3, 2017, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and burned 7,495 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Chaves Fire was reported on June 3, 2018, in Lyon County, Nevada, and burned 3,483 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Command Fire was reported on June 3, 2019, in Grant County, Washington, and burned 20,380 acres.
The Matlin Fire was reported on June 3, 2020, in Box Elder County, Utah, and burned 6,293 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Wilderness Trail Fire was reported on June 3, 2023, in Crawford County, Michigan, and burned 2,410 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Sanriku,rikuzen,rikuchu, Japan. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
An earthquake struck St. Jago, Guatemala. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 600 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
An earthquake struck Civitanova Marche, Cagli, Italy. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Philippines. It killed 400 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 1,172 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Kerintji, Redjanglebong, SW Sumatra, Indonesia. With the tsunami it caused, it killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico. It killed 400 people, injured 120 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Pasinler (Hasankale),erzincan, Turkey. It killed 94 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Hiroshima, S Honshu, Japan. It injured 1.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Java, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Qeshm, Southern, Iran. It killed 2 people and injured 4.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Hakkari, Turkey.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck Salima, Malawi.
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Unzendake, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed 43 people.
Fuego, Guatemala erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 201 people, left 229 missing, injured 27, destroyed 186 houses and did $120 million in damage.
The 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption was an eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala on Sunday 3 June 2018. The eruption produced a large ash plume fed by continuous explosions, pyroclastic flows, and lahars.
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Kanlaon, Philippines erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It destroyed 2,680 houses and did $2.5 million in damage.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck W. Luzon Island, Philippines. It killed 400 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 1,172 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Central Mexico, with a maximum water height of 10 meters. It killed 400 people, injured 120 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Iceland.
An earthquake occurred on June 3, 1994, at 01:17:37 local time off the coast of Indonesia. The epicenter was off the eastern part of the southern Java coast, near the east end of the Java Trench.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck South of Java, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3.7 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 3, 1949, reached Kp 7- and lasted 57 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 59; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $2.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 3, 2014 to June 5, 2014.
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Lightning struck and killed female in Stafford.
59 YEAR OLD MALE DROWNED AFTER JUMPING INTO THE WATER TO RESCUE A YOUNG MAN CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT
Two men were struck by lightning on a ball field in Buffalo Grove. One man survived, but the second man died from his injuries two days later.
Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall affected northeastern California.
A 38 year old male went into the water to rescue his parents, who had been swept out by a rip current. His parents made it back in, but the son drowned. His body was recovered on a personal watercraft. Resuscitation by EMS and first responders was attempted with no success.
Lightning struck a naphtha storage tank at Calcasieu Refining.
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