Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for May 28, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, Turkey. It killed 1,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Fannin County, Texas and tracked 5.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Savoy, TX.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 507 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 25.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Wetumka, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Clay, Owen counties, Indiana and tracked 7.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Clay City to SE Patricksburg, IN.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, Iran. It killed 35 people, injured 400, destroyed 3,880 houses and did $165 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Morgan County, Missouri and tracked 5.8 miles, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Versailles, MO.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Marion, Chase counties, Kansas and tracked 25 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Clements, KS.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison, Marshall, Jackson counties, Alabama and tracked 18.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: New Hope, AL.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Muskogee, Haskell, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 41.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Warner to S Muldrow, OK.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Northern, Belize, Honduras. It killed 7 people, injured 40, destroyed 135 houses and did $100 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Off Coast of Honduras, with a maximum water height of 4 meters. It killed 7 people, injured 40, destroyed 135 houses and did $100 million in damage.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Morgan County, Missouri and tracked 5.8 miles, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Versailles, MO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Fannin County, Texas and tracked 5.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 14 and injuring 60. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Savoy, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Clay, Owen counties, Indiana and tracked 7.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Clay City to SE Patricksburg, IN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Clay County, Indiana and tracked 4.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Clay City, IN.
An F4 tornado touched down in Marion, Chase counties, Kansas and tracked 25 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Clements, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in McPherson County, Kansas and tracked 5.1 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW McPherson City, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montgomery, Bucks, Mercer counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 35.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Ambler/Jarrettown/S Hatboro/Langhorne, PA/S Trenton/White Horse/Allentown, NJ.
An F2 tornado touched down in York, Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 9.3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Wrightsville/Columbia, PA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Polk, Jasper counties, Iowa and tracked 15 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Bondurant/N Santiago/Mingo/SE Baxter, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Haskell County, Texas and tracked 9.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Haskell, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma counties, Oklahoma and tracked 10 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cashion, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Comanche, Stephens counties, Oklahoma and tracked 8.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Nellie to W Marlow, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison, Marshall, Jackson counties, Alabama and tracked 18.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 35. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: New Hope, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Bibb counties, Alabama and tracked 21 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Tuscaloosa, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Talladega County, Alabama and 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sycalauga, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 25.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Wetumka, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Muskogee, Haskell, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 41.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Warner to S Muldrow, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Haskell, LeFlore counties, Oklahoma and tracked 22 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Stigler/Keota to N Cowlington, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Washington County, Arkansas, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Summers, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Washington County, Arkansas and tracked 9.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Farmington/SE Fayetteville, AR.
25 tornadoes were recorded on May 28, 1962, in Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri and more.
An F3 tornado touched down in Walton, Oconee, Clarke counties, Georgia and tracked 18.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 65.
An F3 tornado touched down in Morris County, New Jersey and tracked 0.4 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Morris County, New Jersey and tracked 0.4 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Worth County, Iowa and tracked 3.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Swisher County, Texas and tracked 6.1 miles, 2,333 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Swisher County, Texas and tracked 2 miles, 833 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Conway County, Arkansas and tracked 4.5 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Menominee County, Michigan and tracked 10 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest.
A waterspout moved onshore and inland to the entrance of the the Padre Island National Seashore Park.
Trees were downed. A funnel cloud was sighted but no touchdown occurred. The heavy thunderstorm rains produced flood waters a foot deep on Interstate 75.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Bullitt, Spencer counties, Kentucky and tracked 30 miles, 850 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
The supercell that crossed the Ohio River from Harrison county produced the second a most destructive tornado in its long history. This second tornado formed 4 miles northwest of Brooks at 540 pm est in extreme south central Jefferson county.
Another tornado, from the supercell that caused extensive damageacross Bullitt county, was formed near Fox Creek. It moved south of Lawrenceburg. Along Route 513 near the intersection of the Blue Grass Parkway and Route 127, 13 homes and several barns were damaged.
Three farms damaged. Eight to ten power poles downed 8 -10 miles east southeast of Hartington. Injury occurred about 9 miles east of Hartington southeast of the Highway 84/57 interchange.
A slow moving supercell thunderstorm stayed over the Ellicott area of eastern El Paso county for over an hour on Memorial Day evening. For over an hour, heavy rain and large hail pelted the area.
Tropical Storm Beryl impacted east central Florida during May 27-29. Rainbands directly related to the tropical storm impacted mainly areas north of a line from Orlando to Cape Canaveral.
A warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of May 29th, which lead to numerous thunderstorms with heavy rain, damaging lightning and some isolated large hail and strong winds.
A severe weather outbreak brought hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding to the Panhandles from the afternoon of the 28th into the early morning hours of the 29th.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Nemaha County, Kansas and tracked 4.4 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Ottawa County, Kansas and tracked 2.33 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest.
A warm front lifted north across the upper Ohio Valley spreading warm and moist air across the region. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in association with this front. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe.
25 tornadoes were recorded on May 28, 2013, in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, South Dakota, Michigan, Illinois.
A warm front spawned 6 tornadoes which impacted Shiawassee and Genesee Counties.
A severe weather outbreak brought hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes to portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle from the afternoon of the 28th into the early morning hours of the 29th.
Supercell Thunderstorms developed along a stationary boundary and produced large tornadoes during the afternoon and evening of May 28th 2013. 2 tornadoes occurred in Nemaha county Kansas and at least 1 violent long lived tornado occurred in Ottawa County Kansas.
An upper low moving across Oklahoma and Arkansas aided in the development of several rounds of thunderstorms beginning early in the morning of the 28th and continuing into the 29th. Several tornadoes were reported, and heavy rain also produced flash flooding.
Overnight showers and thunderstorms which held together into the morning hours of Sunday May 28th, moved into Northern Louisiana from the northwest during the morning hours after daybreak.
Overnight showers and thunderstorms which held together into the morning hours of Sunday May 28th, moved into Northern Louisiana from the northwest during the morning hours after daybreak.
29 tornadoes were recorded on May 28, 2018, in South Carolina, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Oklahoma.
The largest severe weather outbreak of the year began in the morning. The storms activity spread west across Northwest Kansas, eventually expanding into Southwest Nebraska and East Central Colorado. The first tornado of the day for Northwest Kansas occurred near Hill City.
A juicy air mass was in place across the region with highs into the mid 90s and dew points into the mid 60s to low 70s. Resulting SB and MUCAPE values were in the 3000 to 4000 J/kg values.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Douglas, Leavenworth counties, Kansas and tracked 29.07 miles, 1,760 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
In the evening of May 28 a strong tornado formed in Douglas County and grew to a wide EF-4 tornado. This is the same storm that caused the storm chasing group to fly off the road just south of Lawrence, Kansas.
Mid-level westerly flow of 45-70kts streamed over the Great Lakes/Upper Ohio Valley. A shortwave trough embedded within this zonal flow entered the region and moved eastward throughout the day, helping to provide forcing for ascent and strengthening of deep layer shear.
In the early evening of May 28, 2019, a large and heavily rainwrapped tornado struck the western Kansas City metropolitan area, across Douglas and Leavenworth Counties in eastern Kansas. It was the second violent (F4/EF4+) tornado to occur during a five-day long tornado outbreak across the United States, which spawned approximately 182 tornadoes with the first EF4 tornado occurring a day prior in the Dayton area in Ohio.
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A high precipitation supercell t-storm developed during the afternoon of May 28th across Lyon County Kansas and tracked northeast through the evening producing several tornadoes.
A warm front moved through Northeast Pennsylvania during the morning hours of the 28th, which brought an initial batch of showers to the region. Following the passage of this warm front, very unstable air moved in across the area.
A tornado with a maximum damage rating of EF-2 occurred on this Tuesday evening. Around 3 PM CST, a thunderstorm began forming over Ellis county. This storm rapidly strengthened into a supercell and it split as it moved into Rooks and Osborne counties around 430 PM CST.
Widespread severe weather moved through the region on May 28. One supercell produced several tornadoes, including the Lawrence to Linwood, Kansas tornado.
Severe supercellular storms developed and moved into the region from the west during the mid to late afternoon hours. Storms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and 2 tornadoes.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed across Central & South-Central Kansas in the evening. Although the thunderstorms were low-end severe with hail around quarter-sized & gusts around 52 knots, one severe thunderstorm spawned a strong tornado in Russell County.
An upper low dove southeast across the Central Plains during the early morning hours of May 28th, with the associated upper trough axis quickly shifting southeast into the Southern Plains, along an attendant cold front.
A backdoor cold front tracked south and west through New Mexico early on May 28, 2021, which reinforced low-level moisture across much of eastern and central portions of the state.
Short waves traversed the region during the afternoons at the end of May. This occurred while the area was at peak afternoon heating each day which set the stage for severe thunderstorms to develop.
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Hurricane Agatha was the strongest hurricane to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Mexico in the month of May since records began in 1949. The first named storm and the first hurricane of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season, Agatha originated from a surface trough south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
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Excessive rain over a short period of time caused numerous flooding problems across the city. Cars were stranded and stalled with several underpasses flooded. A 21 year old woman was critically injured when her car was swept off a road into a drainage ditch.
Excessive rain caused numerous flooding throughout the city. U.S. highway 82 at Arkansas 2378 was washed out. A private dam broke which led to the closure of County Road 290. Numerous homes were flooded.
Powerful thunderstorms packing damaging winds and heavy downpours resulted in numerous trees and power lines down across southcentral and southeast Wisconsin. The felled trees and power lines in Columbia county resulted in 1300 customers losing electrical power in that county.
A very strong upper level disturbance along with a surface occluded front, resulted in widespread showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York during the afternoon of Memorial Day. Unseasonably cold air aloft, allowed for the formation of hail with several of the storms.
About 6 inches of rain fell in less than 4 hours from nearly stationary thunderstorms along Bear Creek in Luzerne County. The heavy rainfall caused massive flooding along Bear Creek which impacted numerous roads, homes and bridges in southeastern Luzerne County.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed by late afternoon on May 28th and continued until early morning on May 30th. Rainfall of 4 to 16 inches of rain fell across the area.
Scattered thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and very heavy rainfall over the west Texas South Plains during the evening hours of the 28th. Most damage occurred over northern Lynn County, where large hail destroyed young cotton crops.
A few clusters of slow moving thunderstorms evolved across central Mississippi during the morning hours of May 28th. Some localized areas from Yazoo County, across Madison County into Extreme northern Rankin County saw 4 to 6 inches of rain.
Deep moisture, combined with favorable atmospheric conditions, local effects and a low level trough to the north of Puerto Rico, brought widespread flooding rains across Puerto Rico during the last few days of the month.
A backdoor cold front pushed south into the region and stalled along the crest of the Blue Ridge along a north to south orientation. During the afternoon and early evening, numerous thunderstorms developed along and near the front.
A slow moving cold front dropped south and into central North Carolina on May 28th. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front across southern portions Virginia during the afternoon.
A warm and humid air mass was over the region and had been in place for several days. A slow moving surface boundary was draped across the North Country and extended westward towards western New York and Lake Ontario.
Extreme flooding in Central Europe began after several days of heavy rain in late May and early June 2013. Flooding and damages primarily affected south and east German states, western regions of the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Austria.
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A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa. The stationary front that had been south of the state over the past several days began to lift north and extended from southwest into east central Iowa on the afternoon of the 28th.
After several days of repeated rainfall, strong thunderstorms produced significant flash flooding across portions of Knox County during the evening of May 28th.
Following a round of severe storms and heavy rain the night prior, strong and severe thunderstorms developed late this morning over the southwest South Plains before expanding in coverage as they spread east throughout the afternoon.
Thunderstorms developed in a moist, conditionally unstable airmass along an outflow boundary from the previous day's convection in north Texas. Some of these storms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
Scattered thunderstorms formed along the Rio Grande in Webb County during the evening hours of the 28th.
Very wet soil conditions resulting from periods of heavy rainfall that began during the middle part of May and continued through the end of the month, producing more than a foot of rain in many locations caused a tree to fall on a vehicle on Highway 176, which resulted in two…
An outflow boundary became the main focus for severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. There were other severe thunderstorms along a stationary boundary and associated with a short wave trough.
An area of low pressure over Ohio drifted northeast driving a weak cold front south into the area in the evening. A lake breeze set up a convergence zone inland which enhanced storm development. Storms were slow movers and had rainfall rates around 2 inches per hour.
The hits just kept on rolling, with yet another pair of rounds of strong to severe storms, heavy rainfall, and flooding. Through much of the end of May, the synoptic setup across the region remained relatively unchanged, including this event.
Multicellular to transient supercell thunderstorms produced strong to isolated damaging wind gusts over the Piedmont and Sandhills. Thunderstorms also anchored along a quasi-stationary outflow boundary over Sampson County and produced significant flooding from Clinton to Turkey.
Strong to severe thunderstorms over the eastern plains during the early to mid evening hours. Storms built northwestward to the Greeley around where it dump hail and heavy rain causing flooding in parts of Greeley.
On the heels of the May 27th evening hail event, another batch of thunderstorms developed near the Red River during the overnight hours as a shortwave trough moved through the Plains.
An upper-level shortwave trough moved across a stationary front that was stretched across Central Texas. Some of these storms moved into South-Central Texas producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. There were also a few reports of heavy rain leading to flash flooding.
On 28 May 2025, flooding caused by heavy rainfall submerged the market town of Mokwa in Niger State, Nigeria, causing severe damage. Officials said that the floods killed at least 500 people and confirmed that over 600 others were missing.
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Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph (52 knots) buffeted portions of Southeast Larimer County. Winds toppled a tent at an outdoor music concert in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), injuring eight people and causing damage to musical instruments.
This storm moving to the southeast became an HP Supercell as it passed over the city of Hobbs. By the time the storm arrived over the southern parts of town, hail up to tennis ball size was falling along with strong winds.
Severe thunderstorms roared across south-central Nebraska just after midnight CDT downing power lines, damaging buildings and over turning irrigation center pivots. The storms slipped southeast through Bertrand at 12:45 am CDT knocking power out to a portion of the town.
Widespread hail caused extensive damage to windows and crops, with other home damage also occurring.
A high precipitation supercell split over the Holloman AFB area, with the left moving cell tracking northeastward into Tularosa and the right moving cell eastward into Alamogordo.
The Memorial Day holiday became turbulent during the late afternoon and evening hours as a line of severe thunderstorms ahead of a cold front crossed southern Wisconsin, producing damaging winds gusts and large hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter.
The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Alberto produced scattered thunderstorms across portions of west Tennessee during the afternoon and early evening hours of May 28th.
A dryline, in combination with a westward moving outflow boundary, served as a focus for thunderstorm development on the afternoon of the 28th.
A warm front extended east northeastward from an attendant surface low across East Texas into West Central Louisiana during the morning hours on May 28th.
Another round of severe thunderstorms moved across the area resulting in numerous reports of wind damage.
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Very hot temperatures were seen across much of western Oklahoma and western north Texas in late May of 2011. On this date at Wichita Falls, the high temperature reached 110 degrees. This not only broke the temperature record for the date, it also tied for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the month of May in Wichita Falls.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The first back-to-back 90 degree days in and around Philadelphia during 2012 claimed the lives of two men, one within Philadelphia and the second in Montgomery County.
The first triple digits of the season occurred starting May 27 in Tucson through the end of the month. The warmest day occurred on May 28 with a high of 103 in Tucson. Hot temperatures occurred throughout southeast Arizona. On May 28, Moderate Heat Risk category was reached.
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Area water ways were cold and fast moving at the end of May, while daytime high temperatures were about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the time of year.
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The Lytle Fire started on May 28, 1984, in California, and burned 2,436 acres.
The Ferguson Fire started on May 28, 1989, in California, and burned 2,285 acres.
The Blackhawk Fire was discovered on May 28, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 4,200 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Tamoshanter Fire was discovered on May 28, 1993, in Pinal County, Arizona, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire started on May 28, 1996, in California, and burned 19,244 acres.
The Jumpspring Fire was discovered on May 28, 1999, in Mohave County, Arizona, and burned 16,816 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Tank Creek Fire was discovered on May 28, 1999, in Arizona, and burned 1,047 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 28, 2000, in Orange County, Florida, and burned 2,300 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Taylor Fire was discovered on May 28, 2000, in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, and burned 2,101 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Retention Pond Fire was discovered on May 28, 2000, in Florida, and burned 1,125 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The West Branch - 1 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2001, in Brewster County, Texas, and burned 25,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 28, 2001, in Lafayette County, Florida, and burned 1,154 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The FKU6009 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2003, in Fresno County, California, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 28, 2006, in Baker County, Florida, and burned 3,259 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Twenty Mile Deuce Fire was discovered on May 28, 2006, in Florida, and burned 1,355 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 28, 2006, in Polk County, Florida, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Corn Field Fire was discovered on May 28, 2006, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 1,143 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Frog Light Fire was discovered on May 28, 2007, in Glades County, Florida, and burned 23,250 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Rincon Fire was discovered on May 28, 2008, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 3,486 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Diamond Fire was discovered on May 28, 2009, in Sierra County, New Mexico, and burned 22,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Turquoise Lake Fire is believed to be a human caused fire that started on May 18th. The fire grew rapidly and burned a total of 91,885 acres. The fire consumed the Farewell Lake Lodge including four cabins and several outbuildings at approximately 3 pm AKST on the 28th.
The North Fork Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 12,188 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Robbers Roost Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 9,362 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sischu 2 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 2,741 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Delta Complex (South Fork Healy) Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 2,447 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sischu 1 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 1,433 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sheenjek 2 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 1,420 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Reindeer River Fire was discovered on May 28, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 1,420 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Whispering Pines Fire was discovered on May 28, 2011, in Florida, and burned 1,600 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Highland Fire was discovered on May 28, 2011, in Reagan County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 385 2 Fire was discovered on May 28, 2011, in Dallam County, Texas, and burned 1,022 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Malaga Fire was reported on May 28, 2014, in Chelan County, Washington, and burned 1,277 acres.
The Malaga - BLM Assist Fire was reported on May 28, 2014, in Chelan County, Washington, and burned 1,277 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dragonfly Fire was reported on May 28, 2017, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 29,745 acres.
The Deer Fire was reported on May 28, 2019, in Greenlee County, Arizona, and burned 1,905 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Midpoint Fire was reported on May 28, 2022, in Oldham County, Texas, and burned 3,717 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
On 28 May 2023, a wildfire started in the Scottish Highlands, close to the village of Cannich in the Highland council area. No fatalities were recorded, but two firefighters were injured and airlifted to hospital on 30 May when their vehicle overturned at the site; they were both discharged the following day.
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The Hill Fire was reported on May 28, 2024, in Santa Barbara County, California, and burned 1,383 acres.
The Twin Butte Fire was reported on May 28, 2025, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 2,600 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Anticline Fire was reported on May 28, 2026, in Wibaux County, Montana, and burned 1,206 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Buru Island, Ceram Sea, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Varginis,cardahli,mehkerek, Turkey. It killed 1,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Gemerek, Turkey.
An earthquake struck Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 507 people.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck E. Hokkaido Island, Japan. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1 person and destroyed 7 houses.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Minahassa Peninsula, Indonesia.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Canete, Peru. It killed 4 people.
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.
An earthquake struck Siah Cheshmeh,mukhur,zolul,dalik Dashi, Iran, Turkey. It killed 6 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Southern Xinjiang, China. It injured 28, destroyed 2,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Aminga, Anillaco, Agua Blanca, Chuquis, Argentina. It injured 27 and destroyed 40 houses.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, Iran. It killed 35 people, injured 400, destroyed 3,880 houses and did $165 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Northern, Belize, Honduras. It killed 7 people, injured 40, destroyed 135 houses and did $100 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Mihoub, Medea, Algeria. It injured 28.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Saruhanli, Golmarmara, Manisa, Turkey.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ceram Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 0.3 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck E. Hokkaido Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.9 meters. It killed 1 person and destroyed 7 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck North Aegean Sea, Greece.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck East Scotland, United Kingdom.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Off Coast of Honduras, with a maximum water height of 4 meters. It killed 7 people, injured 40, destroyed 135 houses and did $100 million in damage.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began May 28, 1960, reached Kp 8- and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 54; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 28, 1967, reached Kp 7- and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 55; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 28, 1994, reached Kp 7 and lasted 63 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 51; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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On this date in 1987, measurable rain was recorded in Oklahoma City for the 10th straight day, setting a consecutive day record of at least one one-hundredth of an inch of liquid equivalent precipitation.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Lightning struck and killed a Greensburg man as he was working outside in his yard.
Two males were fishing in a wooden boat, when lightning struck and killed one occupant. The other occupant was not injured. They were fishing along the northern section of the island when the lightning struck. There were numerous storms in the area at the time.
The combination of dense fog and smoke from nearby wildfires reduced visibilities to near zero along Interstate 4, between U.S. Highway 27 and State Road 557, over extreme northeast Polk county.
Moisture moving into Arizona from northern Mexico helped to generate thunderstorms across portions of Southeast Arizona throughout a 5 day period towards the end of the month of May.
A three-year-old girl swimming at St Andrews State Park near Panama City Beach drowned in a rip current. The girl was floating on a raft with an 18-year-old girl when the rough current flipped the raft and both girls were pulled into the channel.
A young male drowned as a result of a rip current at Pawleys Island.
Deep moisture and southeast winds fueled scattered afternoon thunderstorms over central and southwest Florida that moved northwest towards the coast. Lightning from one of the storms struck and killed a woman walking on Belleair Beach.
A 21 year old man drowned in high surf and strong rip currents near Navarre Beach, FL.
A rip current fatality occurred on May 28, 2014 in Orange Beach, AL.
A moderate to high rip current risk affected the east-central Florida coast over the Memorial Day weekend, in part due to long period swells associated with Tropical Storm Bonnie which passed far offshore.
Long period swells from Tropical Storm Bonnie produced strong rip currents.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms affected the South Florida peninsula due to typical late May high moisture and instability.
A 35 year old man visiting Padre Island drowned on the afternoon of the 28th. Emergency crews were sent to Beach Marker 230 near Bob Hall Pier. The man was transported to Bay Area Hospital in Corpus Christi where he was pronounced dead.
A diffuse surface trough axis was north of the Altamaha River basin with very high dew pts in the low/mid 70s across the entire forecast area south of the boundary.
One man died and another was rescued from the waters at Ocean Beach on the evening of the 28th. Two swimmers were in the waters and one was rescued by a surfer. The second was rescued but did not survive.
Numerous rip currents resulted in one drowning and multiple rescues by area lifeguards as a result of a three to four foot southeast swells.
Strong onshore flow with breaking waves around 3 to 4 feet and a medium period swell resulted in hazardous conditions in the surf zone.
A coastal low tracked north of the region. A couple days of strong onshore flow and elevated tides with swells from the low created a High Rip Current risk.
The Blatten Landslide was a natural disaster that occurred on 28 May 2025, devastating the village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. A glacier collapse in the Bietschhorn region caused a landslide which buried and destroyed large parts of the village.
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Drowning occurred early in the morning as a result of a rip current.
Northerly winds gusting as high as 30 mph produced high waves on May 28th. The Wilmette buoy reported 3 to 4 foot waves when a 32 year old man was found unresponsive in Lake Michigan near Diversey Harbor. He was taken to a local hospital where he died.
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