Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for March 14, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Winter storms and snow
Snowstorm of March 14, 2026 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from March 14, 2026 to March 17, 2026.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck SW, Honshu, Japan. It killed 804 people, injured 200, destroyed 5,796 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck SW. Honshu Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It killed 804 people, injured 200 and destroyed 5,796 houses.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Campbell, Claiborne, Bell counties, Tennessee and tracked 20.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 162. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pruden, TN to KY.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan counties, Tennessee and tracked 50.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 235. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Sneedville/Fox Branch/Kyles Ford/Stanley Valley/Gravely Valley/Caney Valley/Kingsport/NNE Bountville, TN.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sangihe Island, Indonesia. It killed 138 people. It caused a tsunami.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Davidson, Wilson counties, Tennessee and tracked 40.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 15 and injuring 45. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Nashville/Bellwood/Lebanon, TN.
Billion-dollar disasters
A flooding disaster that cost $13 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 14, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
Volcanoes
Awu, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 138 people. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Benevento, Italy. It killed 150 people.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 5, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 14, 2008 to March 15, 2008.
Tornadoes
54 tornadoes were recorded on March 14, 2025, in Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 13 people.
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An unrated tornado touched down in Concordia Parish, Wilkinson, Louisiana and tracked 3.1 miles, killing 2 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cantonment Wilkinson, MS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Montgomery, Macon counties, Alabama and tracked 4 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Montgomery, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Bullock County, Alabama and tracked 1.8 miles, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Wiley Hill, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Saunders County, Nebraska and tracked 6.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Colon to SW Fremont, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Lonoke counties, Arkansas and tracked 9.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 13. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Sherrill/E Tucker/Tomberlin, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in West Baton Rouge Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and tracked 1.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Port Allen/Anchorage, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Arkansas, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Star City, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Desha County, Arkansas, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Arkansas City, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in White County, Arkansas, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Kensett, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Itawamba County, Mississippi and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Itawamba County, MS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Campbell, Claiborne, Bell counties, Tennessee and tracked 20.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 162. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pruden, TN to KY.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan counties, Tennessee and tracked 50.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 235. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Sneedville/Fox Branch/Kyles Ford/Stanley Valley/Gravely Valley/Caney Valley/Kingsport/NNE Bountville, TN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Davidson, Wilson counties, Tennessee and tracked 40.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 15 and injuring 45. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Nashville/Bellwood/Lebanon, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Claiborne County, Tennessee and tracked 5.6 miles, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Arthur/Lonesome Valley, TN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pope, Yell counties, Arkansas and tracked 12.2 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison County, Tennessee and tracked 24.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Logan, Johnson counties, Arkansas and tracked 40.1 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Prentiss County, Mississippi and tracked 3.3 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Clinton, Caldwell counties, Missouri and tracked 9.8 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Faulkner, White counties, Arkansas and tracked 18 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F2 tornado touched down in Fulton, Howell counties, Arkansas and tracked 11 miles, 417 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15.
An F2 tornado touched down in Saline, Garland counties, Arkansas and tracked 11.9 miles, 417 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Runnels, Taylor, Coleman counties, Texas and tracked 40.5 miles, 173 yards wide at its widest, injuring 14.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bell County, Texas and tracked 9 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Dallas County, Arkansas and tracked 2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
A cold front extending through the Great Lakes region into the plains states moved through the area during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of this cold front.
A series of vigorous upper-level disturbances were racing through a fast zonal flow across the southern states.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Fulton, DeKalb counties, Georgia and tracked 6.25 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30.
In the evening hours of March 14, 2008, a strong and damaging EF2 tornado tracked across downtown Atlanta, Georgia, killing one person and injuring thirty others. m.
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A destructive and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on March 14–15, 2008. The most infamous tornado of the outbreak occurred on March 14 when an isolated EF2 tornado caused widespread damage across Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome, which was hosting the 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament.
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A storm system was in the Texas Panhandle during the early evening of the 14th. At the same time, a warm front lifted to the north ahead of the system. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along and north of the front.
An upper level disturbance, and a developing surface low and associated cold front, caused several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across central Alabama.
A low pressure system moving through the Ohio River Valley produced showers and scattered thunderstorms during the early to mid afternoon hours. Several weak tornadoes developed across the Miami Valley.
The first severe weather and tornado event for 2019 in Southeast Michigan occurred on Thursday, March 14. A large, powerful low pressure system moved up across the central Plains, with weather ranging from blizzards to tornadoes.
32 tornadoes were recorded on March 14, 2019, in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Ohio.
A strong low pressure system produced multiple weather hazards. Scattered supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front on the morning and early afternoon of the 14th, producing isolated wind damage, large hail, and several tornadoes.
A widespread severe weather event occurred across central Alabama aduring the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, March 14th. The event began in the northwest counties and spread eastward all the way to the Georgia state line.
A warm front moved north across the region on March 14th on the east side of an unusually strong low pressure system that tracked north and west of the region from the High Plains of Colorado to the central Great Lakes.
A strong low pressure system brought severe thunderstorms with hail and a tornado, and even damaging winds outside of thunderstorms on March 14, 2019.
Strong to severe thunderstorms, which developed along a dryline and a Pacific cold front, affected areas mainly along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor during the afternoon and evening of Monday, March 14.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Auglaize, Logan counties, Ohio and tracked 31.33 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 27.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Randolph, Darke, Miami counties, Indiana and tracked 41.34 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 39.
Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.
Two rounds of thunderstorms in total brought severe weather to half of central Indiana's counties. During the late morning to early afternoon hours on the 14th, a decaying line of storms brought prolific small hail and isolated wind damage to much of the state.
25 tornadoes were recorded on March 14, 2024, in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Arkansas. They killed 4 people.
Scattered storms formed ahead of a dryline and cold front on the afternoon and night of March 14th, producing hail near and east of I-35 and north of I-20. 3 inch hail was reported west of Roanoke. Wind damage was reported in Collin County.
42 km) path, and causing $6 million in damage, the tornado reached a peak width of 1,000 yd (910 m). The tornado was a part of significant tornado outbreak that span from March 13 to March 15 and was the second strongest tornado of the outbreak, reaching an estimated peak winds of 155 mph (249 km/h), and was the deadliest tornado of the outbreak.
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A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved through southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours on the 14th. A swath of damaging winds occurred along with intermittent large hail and one weak tornado.
Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma on the 14th, as a cold front moved through the area. The combination of very strong instability and strong deep-layer wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorms developing.
A cold front, which stretched from Oklahoma to Central Illinois over to Northern Ohio, progressed slowly through the Quad State region, with an MCS moving through during the evening hours. An early afternoon SGF sounding placed MLCAPE at around 2000 J/kg.
On March 14, 2024, in the warm sector ahead of a cold front, a supercell formed on the southern side of a convective line moving east through central Indiana.
A cold front drifted south-southeastward from near the northern shore of Lake Erie and southern Lower MI to near the southern shore of Lake Erie and far-northwestern OH during the evening of the 14th as a warm and relatively-moist sector preceded the front in northern OH.
A weak surface low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains into the Mid-Mississippi Valley while a cold front slowly pressed southeast into the Mid-South during the afternoon of March 14th into the early morning hours of March 15th.
A second round of thunderstorms on this date resulted in a couple instances of damaging wind gusts. A third and final round of thunderstorms late in the afternoon resulted in large hail up to 2 and a few reports of wall clouds in Wells and Grant Counties.
An Enhanced risk of severe weather was issued for a large part of northern and western Arkansas. The Enhanced risk would easily verify as a cold front careened into an unstable atmosphere in place across Arkansas.
Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.
Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.
On March 14, 2024, in the warm sector ahead of a cold front, a supercell formed on the southern side of a convective line moving east through central Indiana.
54 tornadoes were recorded on March 14, 2025, in Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 13 people.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Stone, Izard, Sharp counties, Arkansas and tracked 115.95 miles, 1,400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Jackson, Independence counties, Arkansas and tracked 18.5 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Baxter, Ozark, Howell counties, Arkansas and tracked 35.52 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 4.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Reynolds, Wayne, Iron counties, Missouri and tracked 29.85 miles, 1,525 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 2.
A major outbreak of severe storms including tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail occurred across southeast Missouri in the late evening of the 14th and into the very early morning hours on the 15th.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Independence, Sharp, Lawrence counties, Arkansas and tracked 80.97 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 3.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Carter, Wayne counties, Missouri and tracked 30.6 miles, 325 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Wayne, Bollinger counties, Missouri and tracked 28.64 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Butler County, Missouri and tracked 17.92 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Severe thunderstorms occurred during the late afternoon and evening hours of March 14th. Seven tornadoes occurred east of Springfield including an EF-3 tornado in Bakersfield, Missouri. Large hail to the golfballs and damaging winds also occurred with these storms.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi in the overnight hours of March 14th. Coverage of severe storms increased into the morning of the 15th before a squall line developed and moved across the area.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Oregon, Sharp, Shannon counties, Missouri and tracked 57.24 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Oregon County, Missouri and tracked 23.54 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest.
During the late afternoon of March 14, 2025, numerous severe thunderstorms developed across central Missouri and tracked east. After sunset, these thunderstorms began producing tornadoes, some strong, causing several injuries in the St. Louis county warning area (CWA).
During the late afternoon of March 14, 2025, numerous severe thunderstorms developed across central Missouri and tracked east. After sunset, these thunderstorms began producing tornadoes, some strong, across portions of Missouri and Illinois.
3 km) width as it tore across Stone, Izard, Sharp and Randolph counties in northern Arkansas, as well as Ripley and Butler counties in southeastern Missouri. Part of a historic mid-March tornado outbreak sequence across the central United States, the tornado was the longest-lived and one of the strongest of the 117 tornadoes that occurred during the outbreak, as well as the third longest-tracked tornado in Arkansas history and the longest-tracked tornado of 2025.
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During the late evening hours of March 14, 2025, a long-lived and deadly tornado passed through sections of northern Arkansas in the Midsouthern United States. Rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, it was one of many intense tornadoes that occurred during a massive and destructive tornado outbreak from March 14–16, which was the largest ever recorded for the month.
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An upper low over the Central Plains moved into the Upper Mississippi Valley during the evening hours of Friday, March 14, 2025. Increasing moisture advection ahead of an approaching cold front lifted dewpoints into the low to mid 60s.
A significant severe weather episode unfolded across southern Illinois around midnight on the 15th, as numerous severe storms produced tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail.
A potent low pressure system progressed across the Midwest on Friday, March 14, 2025. Ahead of this system, temperatures soared nearly 30 degrees above normal with high temperatures reaching the low 80s across central Illinois.
Robust thunderstorm development began late in the evening on March 14th along a dryline from the Hot Springs region southward toward Texarkana. Upper air analysis suggested that low to mid-level winds were not quite as strong as compared to areas in Northern Arkansas.
A strong QLCS brought widespread damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes to the area on the night of the 14th, particularly near and north of the I-80 corridor.
An upper low over the Central Plains moved into the Upper Mississippi Valley during the evening hours of Friday, March 14, 2025. Increasing moisture advection ahead of an approaching cold front lifted dewpoints into the low to mid 60s.
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Hurricane Indlala reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 933 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Ului reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 918 mb, a category 5 storm.
This article documents all South Atlantic tropical cyclones that have been recorded. Tropical cyclone formation is rare in the South Atlantic due to multiple limiting factors, such as relatively low sea surface temperatures, strong wind shear typically being present across the basin, and a lack of disturbances from the intertropical convergence zone that could form into tropical cyclones.
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcus was a very powerful tropical cyclone that struck Australia's Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia in March 2018. It was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2017–18 Australian region cyclone season, the strongest tropical cyclone in the Australian region basin since George in 2007, the fifth most intense cyclone in the Australian basin, and is tied with Cyclone Monica as the strongest cyclone in the Australian Region in terms of…
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2.5 inches of rain caused a creek to exceed its banks and flood streets in Laredo.
Thunderstorms formed along a weak frontal boundary that had moved into the Edwards plateau during the afternoon hours. Rainfall was estimated at a general half-inch over the eastern part of the county with up to 2 inches near Juno.
Heavy rain and showers closed and damaged several roads in northern parts of the Big Island of Hawaii. The rain also forced Waikoloa Stream over its banks, and the flood waters in turn damaged water mains that supplied Kamuela with drinking water.
Rapid snowmelt runoff from 25 to 30 inches of snow and ice jamming on the Little Minnesota River and Lake Traverse resulted in flash flooding in Browns Valley. The water came mostly into the northern end of town around 1 to 2 am in the morning of the 14th.
Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Very warm temperatures moved into Iowa during the previous several days. High temperatures warmed into the 50s and 60s across snow covered areas. This caused considerable snow melt, leading to flooding along area rivers. Many of the rivers remained ice covered as the water rose.
A widespread rainfall occurred from March 15th to 16th as a slow-moving cold front dropped south from Canada and crossed upstate New York from the evening of the 14th to the morning of the 15th.
A stacked low pressure system (surface low and upper level low on top of each other) moved southeast of Nantucket, spreading rain across Southern New England. This resulted in widespread rainfall totals of three to six inches.
Low pressure developed over the Carolinas on March 13 and moved northeast spreading heavy rain over New England. Rainfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches in southeast New Hampshire which caused serious flooding.
Low pressure developed over the Carolinas on March 13 and moved northeast spreading heavy rain over New England. Rainfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches in southwest Maine which caused serious flooding.
The flooding that began earlier in the month continued as the warmer air moved north. Much of the secondary flooding of the month occurred over northern Iowa in places that hadn't already reached flood stage from the first wave of melting.
Widespread soaking rains on the 13th and 14th of March that brought over one and one half inches throughout all of central Kentucky, brought renewed minor to moderate flooding to several rivers across central Kentucky.
Several locations across northeast Wisconsin had snow depths around a foot or more above normal for late February and early March. Temperatures across central and northern Wisconsin warmed above freezing during the daytime hours starting around March 8th.
Thunderstorms developed through the afternoon hours ahead of an approaching cold front. Some of the storms produced damaging winds and large hail.
On Thursday March 14, 2019 three rounds of thunderstorms combined to drop approximately 1.5 inches of rain on much of Newaygo County. In addition, the ground was frozen and approximately 4 inches of snow water equivalent was contained in the snowpack.
There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.
Despite a rather nebulous/non-traditional synoptic regime for severe weather (evidence of rising mid/upper-level heights), numerous organized severe thunderstorms developed across portions of western-north Texas into south-central/southeast Oklahoma from the late morning into…
Severe thunderstorms developed across northwestern Arkansas on the 14th, as a cold front moved through the area. The combination of very strong instability and strong deep-layer wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorms developing.
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Trailer overturned, power lines down, and roof damage two miles north of Pattison. Roofs damaged and trees down along FM 529 from Pattison to the county line.
A weak front stalled across the northern portion of the area earlier in the day and provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop by evening. Conditions by afternoon became warm and quite unstable near the front.
A weak front stalled across the northern portion of the area earlier in the day and provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop by evening. Conditions by afternoon became warm and quite unstable near the front.
A cold front stretched from Middle Tennessee through North Mississippi into South Central Arkansas during the evening hours of March 14, 2008. Showers and thunderstorms developed along and north of the front.
About 3 to 4 supercells formed in a moist and unstable air mass in |southwest Arkansas and north Louisiana ahead of a surface dry line |located over northeast Texas. The supercells produced several episodes |of large hail, with a few occurrences of wind damage.
A relatively weak area of showers with a couple embedded thunderstorms shifted through the southern half of Madison County during the late morning hours of 3/14.
Gusty west winds following a cold frontal passage knocked down a single tree from a steep embankment across the 3800 block of Lisburn Road in Cumberland County. The tree brought down power lines and struck a truck that was traveling southbound on Lisburn Road.
A strong cold front moved through the region during the afternoon and evening hours of March 14th. There were widespread reports of large hail as the storms moved through, some up to 3 inches in diameter. There were also several reports of damaging winds.
A strong low pressure system lifting northeast across the central US brought strong winds and severe weather to central Iowa.
Yet another in a week of extremely strong winds occurred with the strongest wind day with a peak of 89 mph at East Butte and several gusts over 70 mph throughout the state.
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Snowstorm of March 14, 1956 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from March 14, 1956 to March 17, 1956.
Snowstorm of March 14, 1960 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the South. It lasted from March 14, 1960 to March 18, 1960.
Deepening low pressure over Missouri tracked northeast and brought a mix of ice and snow to the area. Several inches of the icy slush coated trees and power lines, the weight of which downed the trees and lines.
An area of low pressure in the Ohio Valley Thursday (3/13/97) afternoon moved into the eastern Great Lakes region midday Friday (3/14/97) and across northern New England Friday night.Snow overspread the region Friday and mixed with sleet and freezing rain during Friday afternoon…
Little Cottonwood Canyon had 6 avalanches. Vehicles were swept from the road causing injuries to 5 people.
On this date back in 1999, much of northern Oklahoma dug out of one of the more significant snowstorms in recent Oklahoma history. Snow accumulations of over a foot were recorded across much of north-central and northeast Oklahoma, with a maximum storm total of 20 inches in Pond Creek, north of Enid. A snow burst, accompanied by lightning and thunder, may have contributed to a 30-car pile-up on the Turner Turnpike in Lincoln County.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A group of backcountry skiers triggered a large soft-slab avalanche about four miles south of Ashcroft at an elevation of 11,000 feet. The avalanche was estimated to be 600 to 800 feet across and traveled 300 to 400 vertical feet.
A backcountry skier was killed when she triggered an avalanche on the back side of Aspen Mountain, at an elevation around 9800 feet. The four foot deep soft-slab avalanche traveled about 200 vertical feet and buried the victim under five feet of snow.
Widespread heavy snow was preceded by freezing rain. Precipitation from the Chamberlain to Huron areas and east to Brookings was mainly snow, with accumulations ranging from 8 inches in several areas to 19 inches at Huron.
A strong closed upper low pressure system slid south across western New Mexico while dragging a strong back door cold front across the eastern plains.
A snowmachiner died after succumbing to serious injuries resulting from an avalanche on March 14. A group of five snowmachiners began riding from a parking lot near MP 191 on the Parks Highway (near Cantwell).
A major winter storm moved up the east coast, hugging the southern NJ coast then moving rapidly northeast across southern Rhode Island and interior southeast Massachusetts.
A major nor'easter developed off the North Carolina/Virginia coast during the early morning hours of March 14th and intensified as it moved north-northeast across southeast New England during the night into central Maine by the morning of March 15th.
Deep low pressure off the coast of Nova Scotia maintained a cold west to northwest flow across the eastern Great Lakes. Lake effect snow bands developed downwind of Lake Erie late on March 13th.
A brief snow event on March 14th brought slick road conditions to central Indiana. During the event, a fatal car accident occurred in Shelby County with generally fair road conditions across much of the rest of central Indiana.
An upper-level disturbance brought a narrow band of accumulating snow to portions of north-central Illinois during the morning of March 14th. Snow amounts of 1 to 4 inches occurred along and north of a Havana to Rantoul line.
Incoming low pressure from the west and high pressure to the east resulted in gusty south-southeasterly winds across northeastern South Dakota on the morning of March 14th.
A Pacific weather system arrived from the west and ushered in an unsettled weather pattern that persisted through mid-week. Strong wind occurred along the Rocky Mountain Front and portions of Central and Southwest Montana.
Snowstorm of March 14, 2026 was ranked category 5, Extreme, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from March 14, 2026 to March 17, 2026.
A historic and complex winter storm moved into western Wisconsin during the late evening hours on March 14th and continued through the morning on March 16th.
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Low temperatures reached the upper 20s to lower 30s on the morning of March 15th. A 44 year old female died in Chicago from hypothermia due to cold exposure.
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Lead recorded 52 inches, South Dakota’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Mount Mitchell recorded 50 inches, North Carolina’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
Mount Leconte recorded 30 inches, Tennessee’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Mount Leconte recorded 63 inches, Tennessee’s all-time maximum snow depth, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
Ada recorded 6 inches, Oklahoma’s hail: diameter, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Wilderness Fire started on March 14, 1987, in Arkansas, and burned 2,248 acres.
The South Hart Fire started on March 14, 1988, in Oregon, and burned 2,807 acres.
The Libby Fire started on March 14, 1989, in New Mexico, and burned 10,690 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 14, 1989, in Kansas, and burned 6,325 acres.
The Big Creek Fire started on March 14, 1989, in Texas, and burned 4,726 acres.
The Big Canyon Fire started on March 14, 1989, in Texas, and burned 3,254 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 14, 1994, in Barber County, Kansas, and burned 2,000 acres.
A wildfire, most likely set by an arsonist and fanned by 30 mph southerly winds, burned 5000 acres near Golden Gate Estates, east of Naples. Three firefighters were injured.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 14, 1999, in Florida, and burned 5,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 14, 1999, in Hendry County, Florida, and burned 2,180 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
An man made fire on March 14, near the Maricao Reserve Forest in San German, went out of control and expanded to cover near 300 acres. Drier weather conditions and strong gusty winds helped the fire to spread out.
The Rock Canyon Fire was discovered on March 14, 2005, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,300 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Strong Fire was discovered on March 14, 2006, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,000 acres; the cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
A combination of increasing drought conditions, strong downslope southwest to westerly winds, and very dry air all contributed to the growth of at least a half dozen wildfires across the west Texas South Plains region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 14th.
The Highway 322 Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Dimmit County, Texas, and burned 67,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Stiles Complex was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 67,008 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Porter Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Pecos County, Texas, and burned 51,400 acres.
The Eighty-Two Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in King County, Texas, and burned 33,037 acres.
The Macy Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Val Verde County, Texas, and burned 6,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Ponderosa Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Chaves County, New Mexico, and burned 3,420 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The West Hollow Fire was discovered on March 14, 2008, in Reagan County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Wui Units 0 and 1 2011 Fire started on March 14, 2011, in Indiana, and burned 2,214 acres.
An arsonist set a house and a recreational vehicle on fire and these spread to consume five acres northwest of Fredericksburg. Two structures and the RV where destroyed.
The Rice County Fire was reported on March 14, 2018, in Rice County, Kansas, and burned 8,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Querecho Fire was reported on March 14, 2018, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 4,325 acres.
The 2021 East Asia sandstorm was a meteorological phenomenon that began in the Eastern Gobi desert steppe on March 14, and subsequently spread to the entire Mongolian Plateau South, the Loess Plateau, the North China Plain and the Korean Peninsula. It was caused by strong northwest winds coming in from Mongolia, as a result of hot and dry conditions.
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The Turner River Fire was reported on March 14, 2021, in Collier County, Florida, and burned 6,245 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Crews Gap Fire was reported on March 14, 2022, in Runnels County, Texas, and burned 8,100 acres.
The 3 Oaks Fire was reported on March 14, 2022, in Mills County, Texas, and burned 3,512 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Zink Fire was reported on March 14, 2024, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 8,410 acres.
A strong cold front moved east through Northwest Kansas during the afternoon. As the cold front moved into Kansas, a wall of dust formed along the front, with the blowing dust continuing for hours afterward.
An intense upper system produced a historic wildfire outbreak and synoptic windstorm across the WFO Norman Forecast Area on the 14th. As a note, the first, last and highest magnitude wind gusts are those included in this episode for a particular zone (county).
A vigorous storm system over the central Plains, with a sub 980mb surface low over Kansas, induced a very strong pressure gradient across southeast Missouri. The result was strong south southeast winds through the afternoon and evening.
A broad western United States trough and an intense surface low pressure over the central Great Plains resulted in westerly high winds and blowing dust over a large portion of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Gusty winds of 40-60mph occurred during the afternoon of March 14th. Afternoon relative humidity fell into the 10-20 percent range which led to extreme fire conditions. This led to power outages and numerous tree limbs down.
The 33 Road Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Logan County, Oklahoma, and burned 31,232 acres.
The Road Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, and burned 27,866 acres.
The Windmill Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Roberts County, Texas, and burned 23,287 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Mogote Hill Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Mora County, New Mexico, and burned 21,433 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Little Salt Creek Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Creek County, Oklahoma, and burned 11,190 acres.
The Hellroaring Creek Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and burned 10,900 acres.
The Big Eagle Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 10,230 acres.
The Oak Street Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and burned 9,045 acres.
The Euchee Valley Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Payne County, Oklahoma, and burned 8,512 acres.
The Rest Area Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Gray County, Texas, and burned 7,931 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Hickory Hill Road Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, and burned 6,464 acres.
The Camargo Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Dewey County, Oklahoma, and burned 6,075 acres.
The Lake Wabaunsee Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, and burned 3,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Tango Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,731 acres.
The South Tripp Fire was reported on March 14, 2025, in Tripp County, South Dakota, and burned 2,000 acres.
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Switzerland. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Benevento, Italy. It killed 150 people.
An earthquake struck Turkey. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Kashan, Iran.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Acapulco, Mexico. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Argostoli (Kephallenia), Greece.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck SW, Honshu, Japan. It killed 804 people, injured 200, destroyed 5,796 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sangihe Island, Indonesia. It killed 138 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Xundian, Yunnan Province, China. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck N. New Zealand. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Afghanistan.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Badalan,qeris,batchi,dizeh,pesak,hesar, Iran. It killed 5 people.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Guerrero, Mexico. It killed 5 people, injured 35, destroyed 200 houses and did $30 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Golbaf, Baft, Kerman, Iran. It killed 5 people, injured 50, destroyed 2,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Bingol Province, Eastern, Turkey. It injured 18 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Maharashtra, India. It injured 45.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Seram, Indonesia. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 4 people and destroyed 241 houses.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Fuyang, Anhui Province, China. It killed 2 people, injured 13 and destroyed 155 houses.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands. It caused a tsunami.
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Awu, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 138 people. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Antalya, Turkey.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck S. Mexico.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck SW. Honshu Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It killed 804 people, injured 200 and destroyed 5,796 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck N. New Zealand.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck S. Mexico, with a maximum water height of 1.3 meters. It killed 5 people, injured 35, destroyed 200 houses and did $30 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Seram Island, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3.5 meters. It killed 4 people, destroyed 241 houses and did $1 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Hokkaido Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.2 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Dalk Glacier, Antarctica, with a maximum water height of 0.58 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.02 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Cassino Beach, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began March 14, 1941, reached Kp 7 and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 79; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 5, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 14, 2008 to March 15, 2008.
A freeze disaster that cost $1.3 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 14, 2017 to March 16, 2017.
A flooding disaster that cost $13 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 14, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
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Lightning ignited a fire that caused 3.5 million dollars worth of damage to the three story Playa Encantada Apartment building on the 6000 block of Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach.
Woman killed by lightning in parking lot in northeast Houston.
A 17-year old male was swimming outside the guarded beach at Jaycee Beach Park in Vero Beach. He was caught within a rip current and drowned.
A moderate risk of rip currents was in effect with surf advertised at 2-3 feet.
A 53-year-old woman was caught in a rip current and drowned in Ormond Beach in Volusia County.
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