Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for May 5, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 71.8 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 81.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Adams, Clay, Hamilton counties, Nebraska and tracked 79.7 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 50.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bibb, Shelby counties, Alabama and tracked 35 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 21 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Helena, AL.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $11 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 32, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from May 5, 1995 to May 7, 1995.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Latimer, Haskell, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 62.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 106.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in LeFlore County, Oklahoma and tracked 26.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 58.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Pegu, Rangoon, Myanmar. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Myanmar Coast, with a maximum water height of 1.06 meters. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 20, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from May 5, 1981 to May 10, 1981.
Floods
The 1998 Sarno and Quindici landslides, also known as the 1998 Sarno and Quindici floods, were a series of large and deadly landslides caused by torrential rain and flooding that struck the region of Campania in southern Italy between the 5th and 6th of May 1998. Over 140 landslides occurred, with the communities of Sarno, Siano, and Bracigliano in the Province of Salerno, and Quindici in the Province of Avellino being particularly devastated.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 13.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cleveland, Lincoln, Catawba counties, North Carolina and tracked 14 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 52.
161 on May 5, oldest first.
An unrated tornado touched down in Lunenburg, Nottoway, Dinwiddie counties, Virginia and tracked 68.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Victoria/Hungrytown/S Petersburg, VA.
An unrated tornado touched down in Lowndes, Pickens counties, Mississippi and tracked 9.9 miles, killing 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Columbus, MS.
An unrated tornado touched down in Talladega County, Alabama, killing 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Talladega, AL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Appanoose, Davis counties, Iowa and tracked 32.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Iconium to E Bloomfield, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Furnas County, Nebraska and tracked 12.2 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Wilsonville, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Mills County, Texas and tracked 14.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Goldthwaite to Star, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Denton County, Texas. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Sanger, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Callahan, Shackelford, Stephens counties, Texas and tracked 15.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Moran, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Archer County, Texas and 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Holliday, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Weld County, Colorado and tracked 35.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Severance/W Nunn, CO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Rush Springs, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cotton County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.2 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 16. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Walters, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Greeley County, Nebraska and tracked 15.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Greeley, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Barton, Rice counties, Kansas and tracked 26.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ellinwood, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Blaine County, Oklahoma and tracked 10.1 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Greenfield to SE Watonga, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Adams County, Nebraska and tracked 11.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Holstein to S Highland, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saline, Dickinson, Clay counties, Kansas and tracked 50 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Solomon to NE Riley, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Reno County, Kansas and tracked 14.9 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Turon to N Langdon, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stephens County, Oklahoma and tracked 10.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Duncan to NW Duncan, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Boone County, Nebraska. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Albion, NE.
An F2 tornado touched down in Boone County, Nebraska and tracked 5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Petersburg, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bibb, Shelby counties, Alabama and tracked 35 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 21 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Helena, AL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Anderson, Greenville, Laurens counties, South Carolina and tracked 35 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 19 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Anderson to Barksdale, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Choctaw, Sumter, Marengo counties, Alabama and tracked 34.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 27. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Edna to Demopolis, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Rapides Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana and tracked 20.9 miles, 80 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Cheneyville to E Mansura, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Franklin County, Mississippi and tracked 9.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Meadville, MS.
An F3 tornado touched down in McLean County, North Dakota and tracked 23.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Emmet/S Douglas to Max, ND.
An F4 tornado touched down in McCulloch County, Texas and tracked 14.8 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mercury, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Brown, Jackson counties, Kansas and tracked 17.3 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Escambia County, Florida and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F5 tornado touched down in Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 71.8 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 81.
An F4 tornado touched down in Latimer, Haskell, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 62.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 106.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 13.
31 tornadoes were recorded on May 5, 1960, in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, 3 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 32 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.8 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma and tracked 4.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in LeFlore, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 23.7 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in McIntosh County, Oklahoma and tracked 11.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Garvin County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Lincoln counties, Oklahoma and tracked 101.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in LeFlore County, Oklahoma and tracked 26.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 16 and injuring 58.
An F3 tornado touched down in Choctaw County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pope County, Arkansas and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
Nineteen tornadoes touched down on this date in 1961, leaving more than 30 people dead in eastern Oklahoma. Hardest hit was the town of Wilburton, where 13 people were killed, and over 800 homes and buildings were either damaged or destroyed.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An F5 tornado touched down in Adams, Clay, Hamilton counties, Nebraska and tracked 79.7 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 50.
An F4 tornado touched down in Greeley, Boone, Antelope counties, Nebraska and tracked 51.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
30 tornadoes were recorded on May 5, 1964, in Wisconsin, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 4 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wilkin, Richland counties, North Dakota and tracked 5.2 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F3 tornado touched down in Plymouth, Woodbury, Cherokee counties, Iowa and tracked 67 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stearns County, Minnesota and tracked 4.3 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stafford, Reno counties, Kansas and tracked 20.4 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Barber, Harper counties, Kansas and tracked 33 miles, 660 yards wide at its widest.
On May 5, 1964, a violent and long-tracked tornado, most commonly known as the Bradshaw tornado, struck Adams, Clay, Hamilton, York, Polk, and Butler Counties in Nebraska. The damage in the village of Bradshaw was extreme enough that the National Weather Service assigned a Fujita scale rating of F5 to the tornado.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek counties, Iowa and tracked 41.6 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F4 tornado touched down in Calhoun, Webster counties, Iowa and tracked 9.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fillmore, Houston, Winona counties, Minnesota and tracked 65.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper County, Missouri and tracked 13.1 miles, 70 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 60.
An F3 tornado touched down in Taylor County, Iowa and tracked 2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Linn, Chariton counties, Missouri and tracked 0.1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Chariton County, Missouri and tracked 3.8 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wagoner, Muskogee, Cherokee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 37 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Logan, DeWitt counties, Illinois and tracked 7.3 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hunt, Van Zandt counties, Texas and tracked 29.9 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cleveland, Lincoln, Catawba counties, North Carolina and tracked 14 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 52.
An F4 tornado touched down in Spartanburg, Cherokee, Rutherford counties, South Carolina and tracked 15 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 35.
An F4 tornado touched down in Union County, North Carolina and tracked 13 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Forsyth County, North Carolina and tracked 10.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 30.
An F4 tornado touched down in Stevens, Grant counties, Kansas and tracked 23 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Texas County, Oklahoma and tracked 12 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Texas, Stevens counties, Oklahoma and tracked 18.5 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sheridan County, Nebraska and tracked 13 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
Nickel-size hail was reported by the Sheriff's office north of Lolita on Highway 111. Several minutes late nickel-size was reported on Highway 172 north of Highway 111.
Awning bolted into concrete was ripped out from back yard. Hurled over a single story house into back yard. Utility lines were also taken down. A few hailstones of golf ball-size were observed.
A tornado briefly touched down near the Job Corps training center in an open field with no apparent damage.
Severe thunderstorms which produced two strong tornadoes and four weak tornadoes moved northward along a dryline through Beaver County on the evening of the 5th.
At 1948 CDT, a large, slow moving high precipitation supercell began moving into western Dallas County. A squall line merged with this storm producing record rainfall across Dallas. In some areas over three inches of rain fell in 30 minutes and five inches in one hour.
An F1 tornado estimated at around 100 mph embedded in downburst winds moved from just north of Ekron to 3 miles southeast of Brandenburg. 25 residences received damage. 5 mobile homes were completely destroyed. 10 people were injured, 3 serious enough for hospitalization.
A Tornado touched down in the Chevy Chase residential area of Sunnyvale, CA near Hwy 85. The storm survey assessed the Damage to 15 home and a large chucrch as a mininimal F2.. One woman was injured when struck by flying debris.
An F4 tornado touched down in Perry County, Tennessee and tracked 6 miles, 580 yards wide at its widest, killing 3.
Tornado reported by local law enforcement near Highway 149.
Several trees were blown down.
The tornado destroyed a mobile home and damaged about a dozen houses. Top winds were estimated near 130 MPH. There was extensive tree damage.
An F2 tornado touched down in Swisher, Randall counties, Texas and tracked 5 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 4.
The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
34 tornadoes were recorded on May 5, 2002, in Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma. They killed 2 people.
Severe thunderstorms were widespread across south-central Nebraska and produced large hail and at least one tornado. Hail up to three inches in diameter was the main culprit causing millions in dollars in damage.
Severe thunderstorms raked across much of the Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and into the evening hours. Large hail and damaging winds along with several tornadoes occurred with these storms with the extreme southern Texas panhandle being hit hardest.
The tornado that developed 3.5 miles north and 5.5 miles east of Ogallah (north of Riga) moved slowly northeast reaching a width of 350 yards before crossing into Ellis county at 440 PM. A shed was destroyed near the starting point of the tornado.
The Dade county Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Tennessee and tracked 1.6 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
nickel size hail reported.
25 tornadoes were recorded on May 5, 2003, in Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, South Carolina.
85 homes were damaged, 2 barns were destroyed and 5 businesses were damaged.
An outbuilding and several storage buildings were destroyed, along with damage to a mobile home.
Newspaper story reported one house was lost on Patton Hollow Road of U.S. Highway 431. 60 to 100 trees were blown down. One horse had to be put down because his leg was cut off to the bone.
Quarter-size hail in Poolville.
Hail covered the ground from Tuscola to 6 miles southeast of Buffalo Gap
May 5 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary...Another outbreak of severe thunderstorms affected parts of the west Texas South Plains region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 5th.
A photographer with a local news station reported nickel sized hail falling on Texas Highway 350 just south of Snyder. Shortly after this report was made, multiple reports of golfball hail also were reported in Snyder.
97 tornadoes were recorded on May 5, 2007, in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, South Dakota, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma. They killed 1 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Beckham County, Oklahoma and tracked 2.5 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Aurora County, South Dakota and tracked 4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma and tracked 5.2 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Ottawa County, Kansas and tracked 11 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
A warm front that was along the Kansas and Nebraska border early Saturday morning May 5th, lifted north during the day bringing widespread heavy rain and severe weather, including tornadoes, to eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
An upper level low pressure system remained relatively stationary over the Central Plains Saturday through Monday, May 5th through May 7th. Severe weather swept across Northeast Kansas during the late evening hours the 5th, and the early morning of the 6th.
An upper level storm system moved slowly into south central Colorado during the afternoon. A dry line had become established and was located along the Oklahoma and Texas panhandle border.
A warm front that was along the Kansas and Nebraska border early Saturday morning May 5th, lifted north during the day bringing widespread heavy rain and severe weather, including tornadoes, to eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
Numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 5th produced large hail, damaging winds, several tornadoes, and flash flooding in southeast South Dakota. Significant damage was reported from several locations.
Thunderstorms rumbled across northern Kansas. A few became severe in the early evening hours. One produced a tornado in Osborne. This tornado damaged homes and two restaurants in town. Other storms in Mitchell and Jewell Counties produced hail to the size of quarters.
Unbelievably, an outbreak of tornadoes, some very large in size, raked the earth in basically the same area as the day before when Greensburg was nearly completely leveled.
Unstable air, fronts meandering in the state, and areas of low pressure aloft contributed to severe weather, including a few tornadoes. At Arkansas Post (Arkansas County), the rain contributed to making it the wettest May ever recorded.
During the afternoon and evening of the 5th, as well as the morning and afternoon of the 6th, an outbreak of severe storms and a few tornadoes occurred across the ArkLaMiss region. There were a number of reports of hail, wind damage, and a few tornadoes across the region.
Two tornadic supercells developed along a stalled warm front that extended across souther piedmont and coastal plain of North Carolina.|The cells produced 4 tornadoes in Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties.
A stationary front was located across southern portions of the Midsouth during the overnight hours of May 5th continuing into May 6, 2009. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along the front.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and six tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
A migrating low pressure center crossed the western portions of the Mid-Atlantic Region allowing early morning scattered showers and thunderstorms to move into portions of North Central North Carolina.
A strong cold front moved across the region during the early morning hours of May 5th. Widespread Winds damage occurred in associated with the storms, along with one tornado in Granville County.
Very strong instability developed across the South Plains this afternoon east of a sharp dryline. Scattered thunderstorms developed along the length of this dryline by 1600 CST and slowly matured into severe thunderstorms, including supercells.
A warm front moved north back into Kansas initiating thunderstorms, some severe.
Supercell thunderstorms developed across portions of central Kansas, during the late afternoon and evening of May 5th, 2019. The supercells initially produced large hail, but quickly became tornado producing storms, as they moved east southeast.
A cold front moving into the area triggered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening on Sunday, May 5, 2019. Hail up to golf ball size occurred, wind gusts from 6o to 105 mph were reported, and 1 short lived EF2 occurred in Lincoln, NE.
For the second day in a row, thunderstorms, including severe severe storms developed across the mountains and in the vicinity of a stationary front and moved southeast across portions of upstate South Carolina from late afternoon into the evening.
A cold front moved into Louisiana and stalled on the 5th causing a round of severe weather. A second front moved in during the 8th causing another round.
A surface low was centered over the southern Texas Panhandle with a stationary front extending through southern Oklahoma into southern Arkansas eastward into northern Mississippi.
Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado occurred over portions of south central Nebraska, mainly west of Highway 281, during the afternoon through late evening hours.
A sharp upper trough and a meandering surface front generated two rounds of thunderstorms across the region, one round on May 5 and the other on May 6. Most of the severe weather took place on the 6th, when large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes occurred.
1 on May 5, oldest first.
Hurricane Trix reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph) with a central pressure of 960 mb, a category 4 storm.
28 on May 5, oldest first.
Severe flash flooding hit parts of southwest Oklahoma and the western parts of North Texas on May 5, 1982. The hardest hit area was around Lawton, where four to five inches of rain fell in just 90 minutes. The weight of the heavy rain caused the roof of a shopping mall to collapse, killing one person and injuring two others. Flooding also occurred across North Texas, where several roads in Wichita, Clay, and Archer Counties were closed by high water that spilled over the banks of area creeks.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Heavy rain from late morning to early afternoon caused flash flooding across most of Ste. Genevieve County. Several county roads, some with low water crossings, became impassable.
A 10 year old boy fell into Hinkston Creek, which had swelled to 12 feet in heavy rain, and was swept in a storm drain. The boy was killed, and an attempted rescuer was also slightly injured.
A 3 year old boy fell into a backyard drainage ditch thathad been swollen by recent showery weather. The small boybecame lodged in a drainage pipe under the driveway. About75 rescue workers, using shovels and picks, recovered theboy after an hour, but he was dead.
The 1998 Sarno and Quindici landslides, also known as the 1998 Sarno and Quindici floods, were a series of large and deadly landslides caused by torrential rain and flooding that struck the region of Campania in southern Italy between the 5th and 6th of May 1998. Over 140 landslides occurred, with the communities of Sarno, Siano, and Bracigliano in the Province of Salerno, and Quindici in the Province of Avellino being particularly devastated.
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Few trees down in east portion of county. TEMA reported $31,000 cost was to restore utility service.
Many trees were blown down across the county.
At 848 pm cdt dime size hail was reported in the western part of Tulsa.At 851 pm cdt nickel size hail fell at the 71st and Lewis.At 852 pm cdt quarter size hail fell at 67th Peoria.At 853 pm cdt nickel size hail fell at 91st and Delaware.At 904 pm cdt quarter size hail fell at…
Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.
Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.
Numerous roads flooded and closed countywide. Also, mudslides occurred.
Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.
Streams and roads flooding countywide. High water problems across the county.
Flooding and high water problems countywide.
Kingston Pike and Gleason Road flooded and closed. Some sinkholes filled to overflowing, minor mudslides.
Flooding and high water problems countywide.
A powerful but slow moving storm system that brought numerous tornadoes to Central and Southwest Kansas also brought significant flooding to parts of Central Kansas. The storms that produced the tornadoes on May 4th-5th brought with them very heavy rain.
A slow moving cold front and upper level storm system, combined to bring severe thunderstorms and heavy rains to the region, late on May 5th through May 6th, 2007. Several rounds of heavy rain were observed across northwest Missouri, from near St.
A large upper low pressure area in the southwest United States spun off a strong upper level disturbance into the northern plains.
Heavy rain led to many traffic accidents and caused trees to topple.
Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding in southeast South Dakota, near and north of Interstate 90, during the evening of May 5th. The flash flooding continued past midnight on May 6th.
Upper level trough combined with ample low level moisture to produce scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms across Puerto Rico.
Thunderstorm produced large hail at numerous locations over much of southeast South Dakota during the morning of May 5th. The hail was accompanied by damaging wind gusts at one location, and by heavy rain and flash flooding at another place.
A strong upper low slowly lifted northeast across the southern Appalachian Mountains over the 3 day period.
Slow moving upper level low pressure system just west of the coast of California allowed for a large influx of moisture to move into central California which set the stage for heavy rain bands and embedded thunderstorms to develop for two days in a row.
Spring time mountain snow melt of heavy snow pack in the Canadian Rockies and the north Cascades brought major flooding to the Okanogan River from Oroville to it's mouth at the Columbia River.
Run off from melting of near record snow pack in the British Columbia mountains promoted record flooding on the Kettle River during the second and third weeks of May. Bottom lands and parks along the river were extensively inundated as well as yards and outbuildings.
A strong storm system slowly moved from the central Rockies into the Southern and Central Plains on the 4th and 5th.
5 on May 5, oldest first.
Gradient wind gust caused apartment building under construction in Hutchinson to collapse, killing one worker and injuring 10. Wind gust of 50 knots recorded at local radio station.
Hail swath varying from 2 to 5 miles wide extended from lakin to near montezuma. Wheat and even CRP grass consisting of Little Blue Stem, Indian, Switch and Side Oats were mowed down to the ground. There was no loss on the CRP but there was a total loss on the wheat and corn.
The first outbreak of severe weather occurred across eastern New Mexico on the afternoon and evening of the 5th.
Two waves of thunderstorms moved across southern and central Minnesota over a span of 12 to 18 hours and produced up to 2 to 5 inches of rainfall across portions of the area. The first complex moved across southern Minnesota and produced large hail near New Ulm.
Severe storms occurred this day.
4 on May 5, oldest first.
Dry, sunny weather led to high temperatures near 100 degrees in southern Val Verde county.
Hot temperatures were experienced in parts of southeast Arizona on May 5th and 6th with a temperature of 102 degrees recorded at Sells. One heat-related fatality occurred east of Sells.
One person died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
High pressure over the Desert Southwest in early May allowed for temperatures to climb to around 100 , which is about 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year.
30 on May 5, oldest first.
The Unnamed Fire started on May 5, 1987, in California, and burned 2,436 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on May 5, 1987, in Minnesota, and burned 2,167 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 1993, in Roseau County, Minnesota, and burned 2,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Hondo Fire was discovered on May 5, 1996, in New Mexico, and burned 7,525 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Boy River Fire was discovered on May 5, 1996, in Minnesota, and burned 1,242 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 1997, in Collier County, Florida, and burned 3,300 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Cerro Grande Fire was discovered on May 5, 2000, in New Mexico, and burned 47,650 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Jug Fire was discovered on May 5, 2000, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Svenson Ranch Fire was discovered on May 5, 2001, in Stillwater County, Montana, and burned 1,528 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
Thunderstorms moving across south-central Nebraska produced little rain, but mainly strong winds. The winds toppled trees in Hall, Howard, Merrick, Polk and Adams counties. Several communities were without power for a time.
The Cook Mountain Fire was discovered on May 5, 2004, in Powder River County, Montana, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Anderson Drainage Fire was discovered on May 5, 2004, in Musselshell County, Montana, and burned 1,310 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 2004, in Kittson County, Minnesota, and burned 470 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Cottonville Incident Fire was discovered on May 5, 2005, in Wisconsin, and burned 3,410 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Chapman Fire was discovered on May 5, 2005, in Arizona, and burned 3,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 2005, in Texas, and burned 2,950 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 2005, in Starr County, Texas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bear Trap Fire was discovered on May 5, 2006, in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, and burned 1,329 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Rasely Road Fire was discovered on May 5, 2006, in Volusia County, Florida, and burned 1,157 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
A major forest fire broke out near Ham Lake on May 5th due to an unattended campfire, and was called the Ham Lake Fire.
The Ham Lake Fire was discovered on May 5, 2007, in Cook County, Minnesota, and burned 75,484 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Bullseye Fire was discovered on May 5, 2007, in Florida, and burned 4,300 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Big Turnaround Complex (Floyds Island Prairie) Fire was discovered on May 5, 2007, in Georgia, and burned 1,954 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bugaboo Scrub 2 Fire was discovered on May 5, 2007, in Clinch County, Georgia, and burned 1,467 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 5, 2008, in Roseau County, Minnesota, and burned 1,150 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Jesusita Fire burned over 8,700 acres in the hills above the city of Santa Barbara. This wildfire was driven by a combination of a large dead fuel bed and Sundowner winds gusting over 60 MPH.
The Jesusita Fire was discovered on May 5, 2009, in Santa Barbara County, California, and burned 8,733 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Pains Bay Fire was discovered on May 5, 2011, in North Carolina, and burned 45,294 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cinco De Mayo Fire was discovered on May 5, 2012, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 10,658 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Lake Shore Fire was reported on May 5, 2020, in Hancock County, Mississippi, and burned 1,600 acres.
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An earthquake struck Southern Greece. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Xanthi-Drama, Greece. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Veracruz,oaxaca, Mexico. It killed 4 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Celebes Sea, Indonesia.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck W. Luzon Island, Philippines. It killed 17 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Pegu, Rangoon, Myanmar. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Heilongjiang Province, China. It killed 132 people, injured 203, destroyed 6,321 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Dogansehir-Golbashi, Kapidere, Turkey. It killed 15 people, injured 100, destroyed 4,000 houses and did $5 million in damage.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Potenza, Italy. It killed 2 people and injured 16.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Chiang Rai, Thailand. It killed 1 person, injured 32, destroyed 20 houses and did $62 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, Poland. It killed 5 people and injured 2.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Ishikawa, Toyama, Honshu, Japan. It killed 1 person, injured 34 and destroyed 3 houses. It caused a tsunami.
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0 mi) kilometers south of the Garachico in the north of the island of Tenerife (Spain). The eruption destroyed the old port of Garachico and ended the golden period of the town.
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Tenerife, Spain erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Pelee, Martinique erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 23 people. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Semeru, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 1 person.
Hekla, Iceland erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Island of Zakynthos, Greece.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano and landslide struck Mount Pelee, Martinique, with a maximum water height of 5 meters. It killed 23 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck W. Luzon Island, Philippines. It killed 17 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Myanmar Coast, with a maximum water height of 1.06 meters. It killed 500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 1 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Noto Peninsula, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters. It killed 1 person, injured 34 and destroyed 3 houses.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 5, 1937, reached Kp 7 and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 65; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 5, 1986, reached Kp 7- and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 67; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 5, 1988, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 106; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 5, 1998, reached Kp 7- and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 42; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 20, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from May 5, 1981 to May 10, 1981.
A severe storm disaster that cost $11 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 32, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from May 5, 1995 to May 7, 1995.
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A 35 year old male was pulled out to sea in a rip current and drowned on May 5th 2007.
Three swimmers were caught in rip currents at Cocoa Beach. One of the three swimmers was not breathing when brought to shore by life guards, and later died at a local hospital.
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