Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for March 30, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Agung Volcano, Bali, Lesser Sunda, Indonesia. It killed 1,028 people and injured 624.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Oklahoma and tracked 17.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Chandler, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Craig, Labette, Cherokee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 44.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hollow, OK to Columbus, KS.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cleburne County, Arkansas and tracked 20.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Miller, AR.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Dewey, Blaine counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.6 miles, killing 4 and injuring 31. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Canton, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Butler County, Missouri and tracked 25.2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Neelyville, MO.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine counties, Texas and tracked 32.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Huntington/Odell/Etoile, TX.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Adams, Brown, Schuyler counties, Illinois and tracked 112.9 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 73. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Kellerville/Timewell/Rushville/Astoria/N Havana to E Eureka, IL.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Red River Parish, Bienville Parish, Louisiana and tracked 15.5 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hall Summit to Jamestown, LA.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 30, 2022 to March 30, 2022.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Lima, Callao, Peru. It killed 30 people. It caused a tsunami.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Lisbon, Porto, Portugal. It killed 25 people. It caused a tsunami.
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An F2 tornado touched down in Bullock County, Alabama, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Union Springs, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Oklahoma and tracked 17.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Chandler, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Ellis, Dallas counties, Texas and tracked 11 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ovilla/Wilmer, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Terrell County, Georgia and tracked 5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dover/Herod/S Dawson, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana and 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N St. Francisville, LA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine counties, Texas and tracked 32.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 150. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Huntington/Odell/Etoile, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Red River Parish, Bienville Parish, Louisiana and tracked 15.5 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hall Summit to Jamestown, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in San Augustine, Shelby counties, Texas and tracked 21.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW San Augustine/Neuville/NE Center, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Smith County, Texas and tracked 10.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lindale, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Columbia, Union counties, Arkansas and tracked 6.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Mount Holly, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jim Wells County, Texas and tracked 7.5 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Orange Grove, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Craig, Labette, Cherokee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 44.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hollow, OK to Columbus, KS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cleburne County, Arkansas and tracked 20.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Miller, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Butler County, Missouri and tracked 25.2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Neelyville, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Adams, Brown, Schuyler counties, Illinois and tracked 112.9 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 13 and injuring 73. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Kellerville/Timewell/Rushville/Astoria/N Havana to E Eureka, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis, Saint Charles, Madison counties, Missouri and tracked 49.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 13. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: St. Charles, MO/Alton, IL to NW Litchfield, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Osage, Washington, Nowata counties, Oklahoma and tracked 29.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Avant to Nowata, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison County, Illinois and tracked 6.7 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Glen Carbon to E Edwardsville, IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Independence County, Arkansas and tracked 23.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Floral/E Batesville/Moorefield/Sulphur Rock/Walnut Grove, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Boone, Callaway, Audrain counties, Missouri and tracked 33.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Columbia to N Mexico, MO.
An F1 tornado touched down in Anderson County, Kansas and tracked 0.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Lone Elm, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Duval County, Florida and tracked 18.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dinsmore, FL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Dewey, Blaine counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.6 miles, killing 4 and injuring 31. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Canton, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garfield, Grant, Kay counties, Oklahoma and tracked 42.4 miles, injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Enid to Blackwell, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cowley County, Kansas and tracked 5.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Dexter, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ogemaw County, Michigan and tracked 6.4 miles, 117 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Gladwin, Ogemaw counties, Michigan and tracked 11.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Copiah counties, Mississippi and tracked 31.7 miles, 1,583 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in DeKalb County, Alabama and tracked 9.2 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F2 tornado touched down in Hertford, City of Suffolk counties, North Carolina and tracked 21.9 miles, 83 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Illinois and tracked 0.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
Back in 1991, the month of March was historic, with respect to tornadoes. Seventeen tornadoes occurred during the month, setting an all-time record. Oklahoma experiences about 4 tornadoes during an average month of March.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Scattered thunderstorms moving northeast 30 to 40 mph produced widespread reports of large hail, straight line wind damage, and at least two tornadoes in northern Louisiana between 1533 CST and 1955 CST. An hourly summary follows.
Dime-size hail piled up two inches deep in and around Le Roy.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a chicken house and blew the doors off another poultry house.
Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed in southwestern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 29th and moved eastward into central and eastern Oklahoma during the evening and nighttime hours.
Baseball-size hail damaged a county sheriff's patrol car.
An F1 waterspout-tornado came off of New Found Harbor Bay and touched down briefly just south of State Road 520 on New Found Harbor Road in Merritt Island. The tornado blew out windows and damaged roofs on six homes.
Summary of events of March 30th:A line of thunderstorms formed along a cold front as it moved east across central and southern Oklahoma. The line extended across the state from Kansas to Texas and produced large hail, damaging winds, and one tornado.
A strong cold front front extended from central Wisconsin across central Iowa into eastern Kansas during the early afternoon hours. There was a great contrast across the front with temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s ahead of the front, with 30s and 40s behind the front.
A solid line of thunderstorms covering the entire north-south length of Oklahoma, associated with a cold front and wave of low pressure, moved into western Arkansas around 800 PM on the evening of March 30.
An F3 tornado touched down in Angelina, Polk, Nacogdoches counties, Texas and tracked 49 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Harris County, Texas and tracked 0.7 miles, 60 yards wide at its widest.
Numerous trees and power lines broken, snapped, and pulled out of the ground along the entire track. Several barns were severely damaged and numerous homes were with missing roofs while others suffered severe roof and structural damage.
Sheriff reported roof damage and power lines down in Eagle Lake.
An unusually early-season severe weather outbreak (first of the season), consisting of 3 rounds of widespread, severe storms, affected south-central and southeast Wisconsin on March 30, 2005.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
The seasons first widespread severe weather episode took place during the day on the 30th. A strong upper level trough of low pressure moved through the central U.S.
26 tornadoes were recorded on March 30, 2006, in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Illinois. They killed 1 people.
An F1 tornado touched down in Pettis County, Missouri and tracked 13.6 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
F0 tornado crossed from Johnson county into Pettis county 5 miles west of Green Ridge at 2024 CST. The tornado dissipated 2 miles northwest of Green Ridge at 2027 CST. No significant damage was observed.
An early spring storm moved into Iowa during the day on the 30th. Though somewhat early in the season for such a storm, the storm was a classic storm.
Reported in North Wichita.
Tornado touched down southeast of Fillmore and traveled northeast 5 miles before dissipating around Highway 71 and A Highway. Three homes were nearly or completely destroyed and 8 had minor to moderate damage. Eight persons were injured.
Considerable damage was reported to vehicles and houses in Minneapolis.
Strong surface winds occasionally gusted to above 50 knots (58 mph) during the mid-day hours in northwest Oklahoma. The strongest gust of 55 knots (64 mph) was reported by a cooperative observer in Vici in Dewey county.
Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas into the piney woods of northeast Texas.
Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas into the piney woods of northeast Texas.
A powerful storm system moved toward the plains during the day on the 30th. A area of low pressure had developed over northwest Oklahoma. A dry line was located south of the low. Severe thunderstorms developed on the dry line in western Oklahoma by late afternoon.
A stalled frontal boundary was in place across central Florida. As the boundary began to lift north drawing in abundant warm moist air over the area, an upper level disturbance moved over the area and a squall line developed and quickly moved across the northern half of the…
Thunderstorms developed across southeastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 30th. The combination of instability and wind shear across the area resulted in supercell storm structures as these storms evolved.
Thunderstorms developed over eastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 30th as a warm front moved into the region from the south. The stronger storms produced large hail.
Widespread severe weather and some flash flooding occurred over the ArkLaMiss region from the evening of March 30th through the evening of March 31st. On March 30th an upper level storm system moved into the region from the Southern Plains.
Widespread severe weather and some flash flooding occurred over the ArkLaMiss region from the evening of March 30th through the evening of March 31st. On March 30th an upper level storm system moved into the region from the Southern Plains.
A cold front pushed into a moist and unstable airmass resulting in numerous showers and thunderstorms across West Tennesee and North Mississippi during the early morning hours of March 31st.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Washington County, Arkansas and tracked 5.2 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Perry, Bibb, Shelby counties, Alabama and tracked 29.24 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
81 tornadoes were recorded on March 30, 2022, in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana and more.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across western Oklahoma during the evening of the 29th, along and ahead of a dry line. The storms moved east across northwestern Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 30th.
A strong weather system interacted with an unstable airmass to bring widespread severe weather to the region. There was copious amounts of wind energy in the atmosphere ahead of the squall line to bring down trees and power lines from gradient winds.
On Wednesday 03/30/2022 a strong shortwave trough and cold front moved across the region. Strong gradient winds occurred before the cold front moved across the area. Severe thunderstorms, flooding and tornadoes occurred. Damage was reported across the area.
On Wednesday 03/30/2022 a strong shortwave trough and cold front moved across the region. Strong gradient winds occurred before the cold front moved across the area. Severe thunderstorms, flooding and tornadoes occurred. Damage was reported across the area.
A strong storm system approached Central Alabama on the afternoon of March 30th. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved west to east across the area during the evening and into the overnight hours.
A strong weather system interacted with an unstable airmass to bring widespread severe weather to the region. There was copious amounts of wind energy in the atmosphere ahead of the squall line to bring down trees and power lines from gradient winds.
A broken squall line of showers and thunderstorms produced scattered pockets of strong winds and a few tornadoes. The strongly forced squall line was accompanied by several transient meso-vortices within an environment of very strong low level wind shear.
A strong upper level disturbance and surface low produced a line of severe thunderstorms with embedded tornadoes that impacted much of Southeast Louisiana during the late afternoon and evening hours of Wednesday March 30, 2022.
A strong upper level disturbance and surface low produced a line of severe thunderstorms with embedded tornadoes that impacted Southern Mississippi during the late afternoon and evening hours of Wednesday March 30, 2022.
A vigorous short wave and associated cold front moved into the region spawning a round of thunderstorms. One tornado occurred along with isolated severe weather.
A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area.
43 tornadoes were recorded on March 30, 2025, in Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky and more.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across northwestern Indiana during the afternoon of the 30th producing numerous instances of wind damage and one EF-0 tornado in Newton County.
A cold front pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours, interacting with decent shear and MLCAPE to allow for numerous thunderstorm development.
A low pressure system moved through the Great Lakes region, bringing showers and thunderstorms.
During the afternoon and evening hours of March 30th thunderstorms developed in warm and unstable air well ahead of an approaching cold front. These storms produced damaging winds and hail up to golf ball size across much of central Indiana.
A line of thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the evening hours of March 30, 2025, and into the early morning of March 31, 2025. With ample moisture, instability, and wind shear in place, the stage was set for severe weather.
A cold front pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours, interacting with decent shear and MLCAPE to allow for numerous thunderstorm development.
A low pressure system moved through the Great Lakes region, bringing showers and thunderstorms.
In the base of an approaching upper-level trough, strong mid and upper-level jets overspread the middle Mississippi Valley on the afternoon of the 30th.
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Hurricane Hellen reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 926 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Jelawat reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 926 mb, a category 4 storm.
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Rapidly melting snow caused by record-breaking warmth combined with rainfall to cause flooding on the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and their tributaries. Many roads were closed due to the flooding.
Flooding and mudslides since November 1998 have damaged 75 residences. Some of the homes were not safe to reenter and the people had to relocate. Normal rainfall in the 4 month period from Nov to Feb is 29.7 inches at Olympia. From Nov 98 to Feb 99, they received 56.03 inches.
The Irwin County EMA reported several county and state roads closed and a few dirt roads washed out by flood waters from four to six inches of rain.
A storm system brought heavy snow to portions of interior Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds closer to the coast, and renewed flooding on some rivers and streams in eastern Massachusetts.Snowfall accumulations were confined to the higher terrain of western, central, and…
A swath of nickel to quarter sized hail fell from Kokomo to around Columbia to around the Bunker Hill Community as the storm moved northeast into Jefferson Davis county.
On the morning of March 30, the atmosphere over Illinois was uncommonly warm, humid and unstable for late March.
Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas into the piney woods of northeast Texas.
Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas as well as west central Louisiana.
Repeated torrential rains over the past few days caused extensive areal and riverine flooding in Washington, Leon and Calhoun counties.
A stationary trough of low pressure off the Pacific Northwest Coast steered a deep fetch of subtropical moisture into the Idaho Panhandle which persisted from March 29th through early April.
A warm front developed from roughly Northeast Arkansas into Central Arkansas on March 30, 2016. Strong low level southerly winds brought copious amounts of moisture northward into the region.
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Hail, most the size of baseballs and few the size of softballs, severely damaged the roofs and knocked out windows in nearly 600 homes in Lake Wales.
Golfball sized hail produced widespread paint and glass damage to numerous vehicles in and around Lakeland.
Baseball sized hail was reported by the fixed base operator and security personnel at the Bartow Municipal Airport.
Two deaths were reported from a wind storm that hit on Easter Sunday. One woman was killed when a tree fell on the pickup truck her husband was driving. Another man died when his canoe overturned in the winds and seas on Burley Lagoon off of Puget Sound.
At 1030 AM winds gusting to 45 mph and swell 3 to 4 feet capsized a boat on Fern Ridge reservoir. The sole occupant of the boat drowned, and his body was not recovered until April. Winds gusted to 60 mph at Veneta shortly after the boat capsized.
A damaging, rotating thunderstorm developed just south of Interstate 459 near the Shelby and Jefferson County line. The thunderstorm moved eastward across the length of Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Clay, and Randolph Counties.
Strong northwest winds of 35 to 40 mph associated with a late season winter cold front blew a large red oak tree onto a 71-year old man's car while traveling westbound on College Street. It took nearly an hour to pull the man's body from the wreckage.
Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours and continued to rumble across the area into the afternoon. Some of the storms produced hail to the size of walnuts and wind gusts to 75 mph. A semi-truck was blown off Interstate 80 just west of Giltner.
Two lines of severe storms developed in north Texas this night. One line of storms developed along a dryline in the northwestern portions of north Texas. The second line of storms developed across the central portions of north Texas along a cold front as it overtook the dryline.
A rare Florida derecho affected the region during the late afternoon and early evening, well ahead of a strong cold front. The rapidly moving squall line, contained multiple bow echoes as it moved across the central portion of Florida at 60 mph. Widespread wind damage resulted.
A warm and seasonably moist airmass was in place ahead of a weak cold front stretching from western to northern Oklahoma during the afternoon. During the late afternoon, several supercells developed and moved east-southeast from near Lawton to east of Oklahoma City.
Two rounds of thunderstorms affected north and central Texas, one in the late morning and early afternoon across the eastern counties and another in the late afternoon and evening across the western and central counties.
An unusually powerful low pressure system and cold front brought high west to southwest winds ahead of it and high north winds behind it as it tracked through the southern Great Basin and the Mojave Desert.
A trough of low pressure dove south and deepened along the California and Nevada boarder on March 30th. The trough brought with it strong mid and upper level winds and a cold front that helped strengthen mountain wave activity over the deserts.
A powerful low pressure system moved northeast from the central Plains into the Great Lakes, bringing a strong cold front through the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys.
A deep low pressure system (including a surface low and upper level shortwave) was tracking through the Midwest throughout the day on Sunday March 30th, reaching the Lower Great Lakes region by that evening.
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A late season snow storm moved across eastern Oregon causing treacherous driving conditions. There were more than 60 traffic accident calls received at Deschutes County's 911 dispatch center in just two hours.
A cold front moved into Utah on the morning of March 29th and stalled over the state, bringing areas of heavy snow.
Snowstorm of March 30, 2009 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from March 30, 2009 to April 2, 2009.
A band of heavy snow, induced by a strong upper level jetstream, wreaked havoc on the morning commute in Denver, as well as area north and east of the Denver area. The snow was heaviest on the east side of the Denver metro area where storm totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches.
An Illinois man died when two vehicles crashed on Interstate 40, 12 miles west of Gallup. The freeway was coated with slush and ice from an overnight light snow event.
The second blizzard in a week brought heavy snow and strong winds to the western South Dakota plains. Northwest wind gusts to 50 mph produced significant blowing and drifting snow, reducing visibilities to near zero for many hours.
Two Washington state men died in an avalanche while snowmobiling about 17 miles north of McCall, Idaho. The size of the avalanche was estimated to be between 5 and 6 acres.
Snowstorm of March 30, 2010 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from March 30, 2010 to April 3, 2010.
Heavy snow in the San Juan Mountains combined with weak underlying snow surfaces and the warmest temperatures of the season so far to produce a fatal avalanche near Baldy Peak, southeast of the town of Ridgeway.
Temperatures near Ophis Pass on March 30th rose above freezing at the 13,000 foot level and were the warmest readings of the year so far. March 30th was preceded by an uncharacteristically warm and dry period which created favorable avalanche conditions.
A persistent, narrow band of rain, wet snow and sleet on the backside of a cut-off upper low centered near the Delmarva/NJ coast produced significant travel impacts across portions of the Susquehanna Valley.
A call came in at 3:30 P.M. to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reporting that an avalanche with a width of 200 yards and a length of about 100 yards had buried a man and his snowmobile. The depth of the debris field was about 3 to 5 feet.
A broad trough of low pressure over the inter-mountain states brought a disturbance over Arizona early in the morning. Less than an inch of snow caused traffic problems in the Flagstaff area.
A man was climbing a peak on Mount St Helens while snowboarding and, while standing near the top, reportedly triggered an avalanche on a cornice and fell to his death. Weather conditions were dry and sunny.
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There were two rounds of severe thunderstorms that impacted the region over the weekend of the March 30th and 31st, 2013. The first round of severe weather developed in the evening of the 30th across southwest and central Oklahoma, with the strongest storms affecting the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and western Lawton with very large hail. Hail sizes reached 2.3 inches in diameter at Cache. The second round of storms was focused primarily along a strong cold front that surged southward across Oklahoma and northern Texas early Sunday morning, the 31st. The storms formed over northwest Oklahoma and quickly intensified and moved toward central Oklahoma, arriving in the OKC metro around 3 AM. Winds along this line were estimated to be near 60 mph, with reports of quarter-sized hail in Oklahoma City. There were also numerous reports of golf ball-sized hail in Norman, and quarter-sized hail farther south through Sulphur, Ardmore, Roff, and Stringtown.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 1993, in Atoka County, Oklahoma, and burned 2,500 acres.
The Duck Club Fire was discovered on March 30, 1996, in Oregon, and burned 1,363 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Pumpkin Field Branch Fire was discovered on March 30, 1998, in Mingo County, West Virginia, and burned 1,314 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Division Fire was discovered on March 30, 1999, in California, and burned 2,450 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Pad Fire was discovered on March 30, 2000, in New Mexico, and burned 11,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Muy Grande Fire was discovered on March 30, 2002, in Texas, and burned 2,500 acres.
The South Tx - 3 Fire was discovered on March 30, 2002, in Brooks County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2002, in Chautauqua County, Kansas, and burned 1,200 acres.
The Fire 20321 was discovered on March 30, 2003, in Latimer County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,607 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Picnic Rock Fire was discovered on March 30, 2004, in Larimer County, Colorado, and burned 8,908 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Citrus Fire was discovered on March 30, 2004, in Maricopa County, Arizona, and burned 5,243 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
A wildfire burned 5,400 acres east of the Hutchinson Airport, near the intersection of 17th Avenue and Obee Road. It was likely started by a lightning strike from thunderstorms early that afternoon. 300-400 people were evacuated from a 21 square-mile area between 3-10 pm.
A wildfire three and a half miles northeast of Amarillo destroyed fourteen homes...numerous vehicles...and four outbuildings. The wildfire burned seven hundred acres and there were no reports of injuries.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2006, in Ellis County, Texas, and burned 6,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Obee Fire was discovered on March 30, 2006, in Reno County, Kansas, and burned 6,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 30, 2006, in Oklahoma, and burned 4,548 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2008, in San Saba County, Texas, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2009, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 25,747 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2009, in South Dakota, and burned 2,148 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2009, in Throckmorton County, Texas, and burned 1,777 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Haaker Fire was discovered on March 30, 2009, in Lea County, New Mexico, and burned 1,088 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Deer Lake Fire was discovered on March 30, 2010, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,613 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Tallant Hill Fire was discovered on March 30, 2010, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,180 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 30, 2010, in Nebraska, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Collins Fire was discovered on March 30, 2010, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,133 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Truck Stop Fire was discovered on March 30, 2011, in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and burned 5,481 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Big Stretch Fire was discovered on March 30, 2012, in Hill County, Montana, and burned 2,034 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Billy Ranch Fire was discovered on March 30, 2012, in Montana, and burned 1,760 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Short Hills Mountain Fire was reported on March 30, 2015, in Botetourt County, Virginia, and burned 1,776 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Big Lake Fire was reported on March 30, 2015, in Sioux County, North Dakota, and burned 1,700 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Easterwood Ranch Fire was reported on March 30, 2015, in Harper County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,610 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cowbell Fire was reported on March 30, 2017, in Collier County, Florida, and burned 21,963 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Spring Hill Fire was reported on March 30, 2019, in Burlington County, New Jersey, and burned 11,638 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Ttu Fire was reported on March 30, 2021, in Box Elder County, Utah, and burned 1,834 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Borrega Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in Kleberg County, Texas, and burned 51,566 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The L 30 Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and burned 20,500 acres.
The Vib Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in Brooks County, Texas, and burned 9,424 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Los Angeles Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in La Salle County, Texas, and burned 5,960 acres.
The Indigo Lane Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in Sevier County, Tennessee, and burned 2,675 acres.
The Plan X Fire was reported on March 30, 2022, in Lee County, Virginia, and burned 1,300 acres.
The 403 Fire was reported on March 30, 2023, in Park County, Colorado, and burned 1,559 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Silver Fire was reported on March 30, 2025, in Inyo County, California, and burned 1,611 acres.
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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Medimurje, Croatia, Balkans NW.
An earthquake struck Pinerolo, Italy.
A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Lisbon, Porto, Portugal. It killed 25 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Copiapo, Vallenar, Huasco, Coquimbo, Chile. It killed few people (about 1 to 50).
An earthquake struck Ica, Peru. It killed 32 people.
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Lima, Callao, Peru. It killed 30 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tifu, Masarete, Kajeli, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Chiapas, Mexico.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Deh Dasht, Bahbahan, Iran.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Diglipur, Andaman Islands, India. It injured 10.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga Trench. It caused a tsunami.
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Bezymianny, Russia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Ambae, Vanuatu erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 4 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Banda Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 1 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Kamchatka, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.3 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Agung Volcano, Bali, Lesser Sunda, Indonesia. It killed 1,028 people and injured 624.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, AK, United States, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, with a maximum water height of 0.07 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga, with a maximum water height of 0.05 meters.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began March 30, 1952, reached Kp 8- and lasted 186 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 82; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 30, 2022 to March 30, 2022.
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Lightning struck a building at the StoneBrook Apartments on Britton Road, igniting a fire which heavily damaged 2 units and caused minor damage to several others.
A 17-foot boat was swamped or capsized by strong thunderstorm winds associated with the passage of a cold front. A family of four on board were thrown into Biscayne Bay and remained there overnight for 15 hours before being rescued by the Coast Guard.
Lightning strikes caused injuries and 1 death.
Four teenagers were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on South Padre Island, TX during a day with a Moderate risk of rip currents.
A high surf advisory and a coastal flood advisory were in effect for the north coast of Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques and the Northern U.S. Virgin Islands.
A 37 man died on the reef just off of Talafofo, Guam. The person died while fishing near the end of the month.
Strong rip currents affected the Brevard County beaches due to a small, but long-period east-northeast swell. Multiple rescues took place throughout the weekend, with one man drowning in Indialantic on March 30.
Strong trade winds resulted in hazardous marine and coastal conditions along the northern coast of Puerto Rico, with high rip current risk for much of the local beaches.
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.