Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 5, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Thayer, Fillmore counties, Nebraska and tracked 34.9 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Carleton, NE.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Benevento, Italy. It killed 3,311 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Tuscola, Sanilac counties, Michigan and tracked 35 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Colling to NE Caro, MI.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Faulkner, Cleburne counties, Arkansas and tracked 36.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 25 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Heber Springs, AR.
Billion-dollar disasters
A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $15 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 43, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 5, 2001 to June 17, 2001.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Tropical Storm Allison crossed the coast near Surfside Beach, TX as a tropical storm, 45 kt, central pressure 1003 mb. It killed 52 people in all. Tropical Storm Allison was a weak but devastating tropical cyclone that struck southeast Texas in June 2001. It lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical and subtropical for 16 days, most of which was when the storm was over land dumping torrential rainfall.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cooper, Boone, Audrain counties, Missouri and tracked 42.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 68. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Centralia, MO.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson counties, Kansas and tracked 25 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Elmont, KS.
Tornadoes
An EF4 tornado touched down in Wood, Ottawa counties, Ohio and tracked 8.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 28.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Tropical Storm Allison formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of June 5th, 80 miles south of Galveston. Allison moved northward, making landfall on the west end of Galveston Island between midnight and 1am on the 6th, less than 12 hours after forming.
Volcanoes
Oraefajokull, Iceland erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It killed 220 people.
Tornadoes
31 tornadoes were recorded on June 5, 1916, in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Mississippi, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 99 people.
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An F5 tornado touched down in Tuscola, Sanilac counties, Michigan and tracked 35 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Colling to NE Caro, MI.
An F5 tornado touched down in Thayer, Fillmore counties, Nebraska and tracked 34.9 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Carleton, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Republic, Thayer counties, Kansas and tracked 29.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Scandia, KS to NNW Deshler, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jewell, Webster counties, Kansas and tracked 18.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Burr Oak, KS to SE Guide Rock, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Smith, Franklin counties, Kansas and tracked 29.9 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Athol, KS to NE Franklin, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Phillips, Harlan counties, Kansas and tracked 24.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Phillipsburg, KS to S Republican City, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sherman, Howard counties, Nebraska and tracked 10.4 miles, killing 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Boelus, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Nuckolls, Clay counties, Nebraska and tracked 12.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Fairfield, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in O'Brien, Osceola counties, Iowa and tracked 11.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Archer/SE Sheldon/Sanborn/S Melvin, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Faulkner, Cleburne counties, Arkansas and tracked 36.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 25 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Heber Springs, AR.
31 tornadoes were recorded on June 5, 1916, in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Mississippi, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 99 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in White County, Arkansas and tracked 4.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Kensett/Judsonia/SW Bald Knob, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Clay County, Arkansas and tracked 8.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Rector/E Pollard/W St Francis, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stoddard County, Missouri and tracked 6.2 miles, killing 7 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Dexter/W Bloomfield, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in New Madrid, Scott counties, Missouri and tracked 8.1 miles, killing 7 and injuring 17. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Morehouse/Kelso, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Scott, Alexander counties, Missouri and tracked 30.6 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Sikeston/Blodgett/S Commerce, AR/Fayville, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Arkansas and tracked 10 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tuckerman, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lee, St. Francis counties, Arkansas and tracked 10.6 miles, killing 4 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Haynes/SE Forrest City, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Warren County, Mississippi and tracked 9.4 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Yokena, MS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dallas County, Arkansas and tracked 14.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Dalark/N Manning/N Carthage, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Arkansas County, Arkansas, killing 2 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Valier, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Conway, Faulkner counties, Arkansas and tracked 29.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Morrilton/Guy, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Monroe County, Arkansas and tracked 1.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Brinkley, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Prairie County, Arkansas and tracked 10.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 42. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Slovak/De Valls Bluff, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Garland County, Arkansas and tracked 8.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hot Springs, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Crittenden, Shelby, Tipton counties, Arkansas and tracked 25 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 63. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Marion, AR/SW Munford, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lonoke County, Arkansas and tracked 10.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 22. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Cabot, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Washington County, Arkansas and tracked 4.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Greenland, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lawrence, Randolph, Ripley counties, Arkansas and tracked 45.2 miles, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Imboden, AR/Poyner, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Arkansas and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Ozark, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pulaski, Lonoke counties, Arkansas and tracked 14.5 miles, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sweet Home, AR.
An F1 tornado touched down in Cross, Poinsett counties, Arkansas and tracked 20.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 17. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Vanndale/Weona Mill, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cooper, Boone, Audrain counties, Missouri and tracked 42.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 20 and injuring 68. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Centralia, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson counties, Kansas and tracked 25 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Elmont, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wright County, Missouri and tracked 9.3 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Norwood, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Neosho County, Kansas and tracked 12.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Shaw to SE Savonburg, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ray County, Missouri and tracked 14.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Richmond/N Stet, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Johnson, Jackson counties, Kansas and tracked 11.6 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Morse, KS/Kansas City, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Carroll, Chariton counties, Missouri and tracked 10.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Bosworth, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Douglas County, Kansas and tracked 11.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clinton, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Clinton, Shiawassee counties, Michigan and tracked 40.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Eagle/N Lansing to NE Owasso, MI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Colfax, Union, Dallam counties, New Mexico and tracked 90.8 miles, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Gladstone/Sedan/Texline, NM.
An F3 tornado touched down in Green Lake County, Wisconsin and tracked 10 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Marquette/E Kingston/S Manchester, WI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tillman, Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 5.5 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Snyder, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cotton, Jefferson counties, Oklahoma and tracked 11 miles, killing 3 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lone Star, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Washita County, Oklahoma and tracked 1.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Corn, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Perkins County, Nebraska and tracked 11 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Venango/N Brandon to NW Grant, NE.
An F2 tornado touched down in York, Polk, Butler counties, Nebraska and tracked 11.9 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Gresham/N Surprise, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Woods County, Oklahoma and tracked 13.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Freedom to E Avard, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Washington County, Texas and tracked 23.9 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dundy County, Nebraska and tracked 9.8 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garvin, Murray counties, Oklahoma and tracked 16.9 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in McLean County, North Dakota and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bon Homme County, South Dakota and tracked 9.5 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kenedy County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hutchinson County, Texas and tracked 4.7 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fond du Lac, Dodge, Washington counties, Wisconsin and tracked 69.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Vernon County, Wisconsin and tracked 26.9 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Waukesha counties, Wisconsin and tracked 10.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and tracked 4.3 miles, 40 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F1 tornado touched down in Tom Green County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 37 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Two mesoscale convective systems developed over South Dakota and northern Nebraska during the evening hours of the 4th and merged into one large mesoscale convective complex.
High winds from a thunderstorm downed a tree into a home.
Reported by sheriff's office.
Thunderstorm winds associated with Tropical Storm Allison knocked down several trees and powerlines within Bainbridge.
A tornado, associated with the outer rain bands of tropical storm Allison, touched down in the Sanctuary subdivision, just north of Butler Boulevard.
A small tornado hit on the southeast corner of Lake Perry just north of the Lake Perry Yacht and Marina and moved northeast to the Corps of Engineers administration area. About 25 to 30 boats were damaged or destroyed at the marina along with adjacent buildings.
Extensive damage to farm.
Several trees were blown down.
The two tornadoes were preceded by large hail that shattered numerous windows in the Lockhart area and also destroyed corn crops in and around Lockhart. The first tornado developed about 5 miles south of Lockhart.
The tornado touched down briefly but caused no damage.
Tropical Storm Allison moved into southeast Texas late of June 5, 2001 and eventually weakened, but remained over southeast Texas through June 9, 2001.
Storm spotters reported a (landspout) tornado in open country east-northeast of town. The tornado was nearly stationary.
Thunderstorms, that initially developed in New York, and produced a macroburst in extreme eastern New York, moved into southern Vermont during the evening of the 5th.
Severe thunderstorms moved across the western...south-central and northern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and evening hours. The severe storms produced damaging winds and large hail along with an isolated tornado and flash flooding.
A potent storm system moved in from the upper Mississippi Valley on the 5th, placing southeast Michigan in the warm sector. Maximum temperatures climbed into the lower 90s, coupled with dew points near 70, lead to a very unstable airmass.
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affected parts of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 5th.
41 tornadoes were recorded on June 5, 2008, in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma.
A very dynamic weather situation unfolded during the 5th into the 6th. Although the atmosphere was summer like in the lower elevations, the upper levels were more typical of April.
Thunderstorms produced numerous events of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds over southeast South Dakota from late morning through the evening of June 5th. The thunderstorms also produced heavy rain which resulted in flash flooding at several locations.
A complex storm system, brought severe thunderstorms with a few|tornadoes, high winds, hail, and flooding rains to the area, late on|June 5, 2008, into the early morning hours of June 6, 2008.
A warm front and low pressure system over northern Kansas lifted northeast into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system lifted from the Rockies into the northern plains.
In the afternoon hours of June 5, 2009, a well-documented tornado moved across Goshen County, located in the state of Wyoming. The tornado was observed by hundreds of experimental radar instruments, and the event formed the pinnacle of the VORTEX projects, which aimed to document the formation and lifecycle of a tornado.
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An EF4 tornado touched down in Wood, Ottawa counties, Ohio and tracked 8.8 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 28.
A stationary frontal system stretched across the lower Great Lakes on the morning of Saturday, June 5th. This resulted in a very warm and humid airmass over northern Ohio.
43 tornadoes were recorded on June 5, 2010, in Ohio, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 8 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Kankakee County, Illinois and tracked 7.75 miles, 175 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Miami, Cass counties, Indiana and tracked 7.45 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Livingston County, Illinois and tracked 8.55 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
Severe thunderstorms including a few long tracked supercells moved across central and northern Illinois, producing damaging winds, hail and tornadoes.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Livingston County, Illinois and tracked 5.96 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 13.
A strong low pressure system tracked through Detroit Metro area during the early morning hours of June 6th, spawning three tornadoes south of I-94, with flash flooding occuring over Washtenaw and Wayne counties as 2 to 4 inches of rain was recorded.
A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th.
During the night hours of June 5, 2010, a violent and destructive tornado struck parts of Moline, Lake Township, and Millbury, Ohio. 8 mile long and 400 yard wide path, killed 7 people and injured a further 28.
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A supercell developed ahead of a cold front in Illinois and tracked east-southeast through Benton county into White county.
A large area of thunderstorms spread over the area ahead of a warm front on Saturday evening. The severe weather occurred along and south of the Interstate 94 corridor. A storm passing just south of downtown Battle Creek produced a tornado just after 11 PM EST.
A warm front worked north towards Lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super-cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a line extending from northeast Iowa into north central Missouri June 5th. Some tornadoes were spawned as the line moved toward and across the Mississippi River. Damaging winds and flooding rains also accompanied the stronger storms.
A nearly stationary frontal boundary across the upper Ohio valley was the focus for severe thunderstorms. A few supercells developed along the front with one severe thunderstorm producing a tornado in Tuscarawas county Ohio.
A warm front worked north towards Lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super-cellular. One of these storms tracked into Fulton County and quickly spawned a tornado north of Liberty Center.
A cold front wavered in Arkansas for several days from the 5th through the 9th. On several occasions, upper level low pressure systems moved through, sparking thunderstorms in the vicinity of the front. Some severe storms erupted each day, mainly producing damaging winds.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding, along with large hail, and two reported tornadoes in southeast South Dakota in the late morning and afternoon of June 5th. The flooding and severe weather were near the eastern border of the state.
After midnight a brief but strong tornado occurred over rural northwest Kit Carson county east of the Road MM and Road 12 intersection. At least two empty grain bins were destroyed along with an old stock shed. Six power poles were also snapped.
Deep moisture streamed into the area ahead of an upper level trough and weak cold front. Precipitable water values ranged from 2 to 2.5 with the slow moving system which caused efficient rain producing storms and lead to flash flooding. Several tornadoes also occurred.
On the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, a warm front slowly lifted northeast across the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia into northern Virginia as well as central and northeastern Maryland.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Wayne County, Michigan and tracked 5.75 miles, 450 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
Line of showers and thunderstorms rapidly developed from northern Ohio to northern lower Michigan early in the afternoon of the 5th in advance of an approaching cold front.
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During the afternoon and evening hours of the fifth, an intense supercell thunderstorm moved over the South Plains region of West Texas, producing several tornadoes over portions of Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties.
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Hurricane Allison crossed the coast near Panacea, FL as a tropical storm, 60 kt, central pressure 991 mb. Hurricane Allison was the first tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the incredibly active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. It was an early season hurricane that delivered heavy rains and caused minor damage, primarily across Cuba, Florida, and Georgia.
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Tropical Storm Allison crossed the coast near Surfside Beach, TX as a tropical storm, 45 kt, central pressure 1003 mb. It killed 52 people in all. Tropical Storm Allison was a weak but devastating tropical cyclone that struck southeast Texas in June 2001. It lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical and subtropical for 16 days, most of which was when the storm was over land dumping torrential rainfall.
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Tropical Storm Allison formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of June 5th, 80 miles south of Galveston. Allison moved northward, making landfall on the west end of Galveston Island between midnight and 1am on the 6th, less than 12 hours after forming.
Tropical Storm Allison caused minor problems along coastal sections of southwest Louisiana, but eventually resulted in catstrophic flood losses further inland.
Tropical Storm Allison caused minor problems along coastal sections of southeast Texas, but eventually resulted in catstrophic flood losses further inland.
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Two different, but significant, weather records were set in Wichita Falls on June 5th. In 1928, the temperature dropped to 50 degrees, which is the lowest temperature ever recorded in June. The greatest calendar day rainfall ever recorded in June, 5.36 inches, fell on June 5, 1985.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
On this date in 1991, severe thunderstorms dumped 5 to 7 inches of rain in less than five hours over parts of Osage County. The hardest hit area was between Pawhuska and Shidler. Highway 60, west of Pawhuska, was closed and a few people were forced to evacuate their homes in Pawhuska.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Rainfall of around 8 inches in about 24 hours produced widespread severe flash flooding in and around the city of Lawrence during the late night and early morning hours.
Several roads were closed due to flash flooding.
Outer rainbands on the eastern periphery of the circulation of Tropical Storm Allison which moved slowly across southeast Texas affected southeast Louisiana beginning late on June 5th, producing heavy rainfall over much of southeast Louisiana.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.
The West Texas Mesonet station northeast of town measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
An unusually strong storm system entered the northwest United States and moved southeast toward the Four Corners region. Surface low pressure developed over southeast Kansas and deepened rapidly.
Massive and historic flooding struck central Indiana. In Indiana alone, flood waters affected over 25,000 people. This flood affected about 9% of the state's farmland. The Great Flood of June 2008 was one of Indiana's costliest natural disasters.
Heavy rain fell once again across a large part of Iowa, especially across the north and northeast. This rain fell on rivers that were already close to flood stage as they were just beginning to fall after the flooding from earlier in the month.
A powerful late Spring upper-level system moved into the Central Plains during the early afternoon of June 5th. It appeared that a major tornado outbreak would occur from Nebraska into Oklahoma.
Abnormally warm temperatures in early June, combined with a deep late season snowpack, led to excessive snowmelt across northern Utah. This caused flooding on both Little Cottonwood Creek and the Weber River near Oakley.
A large and powerful complex of thunderstorms moved southeast out of northwest Kansas and across the area during the early morning hours of June 5th, 2014.
In June 2016, parts of the United Kingdom were struck by serious flash floods. Starting on 7 June, thunderstorms caused intense rainfall in many locations across the country, particularly in the north of England and in London, causing repeated flash floods in several locations on a daily basis.
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Accelerated snowmelt due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on the Eagle River. A young boy accidentally drowned while playing along the river.
This Sunday afternoon-evening featured two rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms within western portions of the North Central Kansas area, both of which primarily impacted a swath running through southern Phillips, much of Rooks and far western Osborne counties.
During the afternoon of June 5th, a remnant outflow boundary from the previous day's storms became the focus point for renewed thunderstorm development. Numerous strong to severe storms formed along a line producing damaging wind in eastern Mississippi.
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WHEAT FIELDS AND CORN FIELDS ACROSS PERKINS COUNTY WERE DESTROYED BY A SERIES OF STORMS WHICH PASSED OVER THE COUNTY THE NIGHT OF JUNE 5 - JUNE 6. SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN CROP DAMAGE WAS DONE BY A COMBINATION OF LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.
LARGE HAIL DESTROYED CROPS OVER KEITH COUNTY.
PEA SIZED TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL DESTROYED WHEAT, ALFALFA AND CORN FIELDS ACROSS GARDEN COUNTY.
Dime size hail was reported just south of Opelika. An Auburn University student was critically injured when he was blown under his car during the thunderstorm. He later died in the hospital. Several trees were down in the Auburn area.
An 80 mph wind gust was reported by the North Tunica Fire Department. Several trees were knocked down as well.
Floyd county 911 reported several trees and power lines were blown down.
This supercell storm was active for over 4 hours in Pecos County alone while travelling parallel to I-10. The intense rotating updraft collapsed over Sheffield sending grapefruit hailstones in 60+ mph outflow winds. Almost every north and west facing windows were broken in town.
Lightning struck the 100 year old steeple of a church and destroyed it.
One tree and several large branches were blown down.
A large severe weather outbreak occurred across our area resulting in numerous downed tree limbs and power lines, many reports of large hail and many reports of downed power lines. Several trees were blown down across area roads.
Measured by MNDOT sensor along Highway 25 on south side of Morrison - Crow Wing County line.
A squall line raced west to east across South Texas during the morning hours of June 5th. A bow echo was observed along a portion of the squall line.
After an extended period of dry conditions, a widespread thunderstorm event during the afternoon and early evening hours brought welcome rain to the area, but unfortunately a number of severe thunderstorms as well.
Upper level and surface low pressure systems, both shifting east into the Central Plains, brought a round of strong to severe thunderstorms to north central Kansas during the afternoon and early evening hours.
A stalled surface boundary draped through the region, aided later by an increasing low level jet, provided a focus for the development of thunderstorms across South Central Nebraska.
A severe thunderstorm produced a gust to 66 mph in northern Weld County. In addition, a lightning strike killed a man in Evans. A strong thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of nickels in Denver.
An area of thunderstorms developed as a result of upslope flow across the higher terrain of New Mexico during the mid to late afternoon hours, before morphing into a well-organized mesoscale convective complex into the late afternoon and evening.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a late Spring cold front as it pushed southeast across north Texas. Isolated minor wind damage occurred around the area late Wednesday night and Thursday morning associated with the storms.
A surface trough was in place across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico which created instability. An outflow boundary was across the northern Permian Basin in advance of a cold front that was moving southward across West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area.
A stalled front was located across Southern Missouri during the late evening hours of June 4th into the early morning hours of June 5th. Showers and thunderstorms developed across Southwest Missouri during the morning hours.
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving east across Ohio on the afternoon of June 5. Storms were scattered in northwest Ohio but consolidated into bowing line segments as they reached northeast Ohio.
A weak surface boundary coupled with disturbances in northwest flow aloft generated multiple rounds of thunderstorms. The strongest storms occurred late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, when large and damaging hail fell over parts of the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex.
Afternoon heating combined with abundant moisture to produce severe thunderstorms.
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Three boys were found in a closed car in Rockford. A 3 year old died on June 5th and a 2 year old died 2 days later. Another 2 year old survived. The high temperature in Rockford was 89.
High pressure pushed temperatures in the Mojave Desert above locally defined Excessive Heat Warning criteria on the afternoons of June 5th and 6th. One person succumbed to heat-related causes two days later.
Strengthening high pressure centered over the Great Basin led to temperatures warming upwards of 5-7 degrees above normal for Phoenix. The warmest temperatures during this time peaked at 108 degrees in Phoenix on the 5th.
Strong high pressure over the Desert Southwest led to an early-season heat wave.
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The Lake Channel Fire started on June 5, 1987, in Idaho, and burned 3,661 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on June 5, 1989, in Georgia, and burned 2,881 acres.
The Gileslee Fire started on June 5, 1990, in New Mexico, and burned 2,353 acres.
The 96-RCH Fire was discovered on June 5, 1993, in Pinal County, Arizona, and burned 2,945 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Pot Fire was discovered on June 5, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 22,200 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The 11 Mile Fire was discovered on June 5, 1995, in New Mexico, and burned 2,500 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on June 5, 1998, in Duval County, Florida, and burned 6,800 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Chance Fire was discovered on June 5, 2000, in Catron County, New Mexico, and burned 32,860 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sischu Fire was discovered on June 5, 2002, in Alaska, and burned 128,983 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Copper Fire was discovered on June 5, 2002, in California, and burned 23,407 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Big Wash Fire was discovered on June 5, 2002, in Utah, and burned 5,283 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Marbleyard Fire was discovered on June 5, 2002, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and burned 2,935 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kaskela Fire was discovered on June 5, 2002, in Wasco County, Oregon, and burned 2,760 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The Gaviota Fire was discovered on June 5, 2004, in California, and burned 7,440 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Quincy Fire was discovered on June 5, 2007, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 25,582 acres; the cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
The J Bar Ranch Fire was discovered on June 5, 2008, in Crane County, Texas, and burned 2,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bear Springs Callie Marie Fire was discovered on June 5, 2011, in Las Animas County, Colorado, and burned 35,583 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Serpentine Fire was discovered on June 5, 2011, in Eddy County, New Mexico, and burned 8,157 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Marie Creek Fire was discovered on June 5, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 9,668 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Otter Creek Fire was discovered on June 5, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 4,753 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Noatak Grand Canyon Fire was discovered on June 5, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 4,626 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kokrines Hills Fire was discovered on June 5, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 3,720 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The West Fork Complex was discovered on June 5, 2013, in Mineral County, Colorado, and burned 58,570 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The West Fork Complex - East Zone Fire started on June 5, 2013, in Colorado, and burned 34,436 acres.
The Commissary Fire was reported on June 5, 2015, in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and burned 2,536 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Owyhee Canyon Fire was reported on June 5, 2016, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 22,327 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Turkey Fire was reported on June 5, 2016, in Grant County, New Mexico, and burned 6,920 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Scenic Loop Complex was reported on June 5, 2018, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 19,444 acres.
The Bella Creek Fire was reported on June 5, 2018, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 2,631 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Old Grouch Top Fire was reported on June 5, 2019, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 308,923 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Swan Lake Fire was reported on June 5, 2019, in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska, and burned 167,183 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ongivinuk River Fire was reported on June 5, 2019, in Dillingham County, Alaska, and burned 2,540 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bighorn Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. It burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) until it was finally put out on July 23, 2020.
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The Bighorn Fire was reported on June 5, 2020, in Pima County, Arizona, and burned 119,978 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Blue River Fire was reported on June 5, 2020, in Gila County, Arizona, and burned 30,408 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Isom Creek Fire was reported on June 5, 2020, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 12,139 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Tortolita Fire was reported on June 5, 2020, in Pinal County, Arizona, and burned 3,321 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Barela Fire was reported on June 5, 2020, in Las Animas County, Colorado, and burned 2,521 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Basin Fire was reported on June 5, 2025, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 9,145 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hag Fire was reported on June 5, 2025, in Box Elder County, Utah, and burned 2,700 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Blue Ridge Fire was reported on June 5, 2026, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 14,268 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Mino, Japan. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia. It killed 30 people.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Ukraine. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Benevento, Italy. It killed 3,311 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Damiliani, Athani, Hagios Petros, Lefkada, Greece.
An earthquake struck Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy.
An earthquake struck Cologne, Uruguay. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Taiwan. It killed 5 people, injured 20 and destroyed 273 houses.
An earthquake struck Canada,seca,las Malvinas, Argentina. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. It destroyed 5,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Chi-Lung, I-Lan, Taipei, Nan-Ao, Taiwan. It killed 1 person and injured 2.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Java, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Arquipelago DE Sao Pedro E Sao Paulo, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Shaki-Zaqatala, Azerbaijan. It killed 1 person and injured 31.
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Oraefajokull, Iceland erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. It killed 220 people.
Mayon, Philippines erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed few people (about 1 to 50).
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Black Sea, Ukraine, with a maximum water height of 1 meters.
A tsunami struck North Sea, United Kingdom, with a maximum water height of 6 meters.
A tsunami struck Java, Indonesia.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck La Plata River, Uruguay.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck South of Java, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3 meters.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began June 5, 1967, reached Kp 8 and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 46; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $15 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 43, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 5, 2001 to June 17, 2001.
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One bolt of lighting touched down well in advance of an ordinary thunderstorm. The bolt struck and killed an eight year old boy who was playing quietly alone in his backyard.
Two swimmers, 16 and 40 years of age, drown as they were caught in a rip current at the beach off 93rd street in the Rockaways. Two others escaped without injury. Weather conditions included south winds at 10 to 15 MPH at the time, with no long period swells reported.
On June 5th, an 18 year old black male drowned due to a rip current near the Seagrove area. On June 7th, a 13 year old drowned due to a rip current near Miramar Beach at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. Red flags were flying in both cases.
Moderate rip currents were observed during the late afternoon hours of June 4th. As a result of the rip currents, two youngsters entered the water and got caught in a rip current.
Gathered from this site’s archives: the tornado record (NOAA SPC, and Grazulis before 1950), IBTrACS and the National Hurricane Center, NOAA NCEI’s Storm Events Database, Regional Snowfall Index, billion-dollar disasters list, State Climate Extremes Committee and hazard databases, USGS, NIFC, GFZ Potsdam’s Kp index (CC BY 4.0), the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, and Wikidata (CC0), with article leads from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, each credited where it appears. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.