Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for October 14, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Floods
On October 14–16, 1949, a series of violent and devastating floods killed an estimated 1,000 to 40,000 people in Central America, principally Guatemala. Estimates of the death toll ranged from 1,000 to 40,000, with reliable estimates suggesting 4,000 fatalities, placing the floods as some of the deadliest in recorded history.
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Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Wright County, Iowa and tracked 9.7 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 172.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ningxia, China. It killed 2,032 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in McNairy, Hardin, Wayne counties, Tennessee and tracked 39.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 24 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Selmer/Stantonville/Pittsburg Landing/Nixon, TN.
Floods
A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.
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Winter storms and snow
The 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster occurred in central Nepal on 14 October 2014 and resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people of various nationalities, including at least 21 trekkers. Injuries and fatalities resulted from unusually severe snowstorms and avalanches on and around the mountains of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.
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Tornadoes
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Carla reached its peak of 160 kt (185 mph) with a central pressure of 906 mb, a category 5 storm.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Beckham County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Sayre, OK.
Tornadoes
An F2 tornado touched down in Marshall, Jackson, DeKalb counties, Alabama and tracked 33.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Woodville/S Scottsboro, AL.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 12 people and destroyed 500 houses.
Wildfires
The East Troublesome Fire started on the afternoon of October 14th and continued through the end of the month; iIt became the second largest wildfire in Colorado to date, and one of the most destructive.
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The second weak tornado of the month developed over St. Clair County.
Severe thunderstorms moved across much of west central Illinois and northeast Missouri the evening of October 14th, 2017. Wind and hail reports were common with these storms, and two tornadoes occurred.
In the morning hours of October 14, 2016, a rare and strong tornado struck the city of Manzanita, Oregon. A powerful extratropical cyclone traversing the Pacific Ocean produced localized supercell thunderstorms along coastal Oregon.
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Behind the front that moved through on October 13, unstable airmass generated strong convective showers and thunderstorms. A few of these thunderstorms produced tornadoes, strong winds, hail, and heavy rain.
Very warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico prevailed over Georgia in advance of a strong storm system that moved through the eastern United States.
Widespread rain, along with multiple embedded lines of showers and low-topped thunderstorms developed across Western North Carolina throughout the 14th within a highly sheared, weakly unstable air mass ahead of a cold front.
A broken line of showers and thunderstorms swept eastward ahead of a strong cold front over western Missouri. The line of convection was fueled by very strong southerly low level winds from 50 to 60 knots at 850 mb.
A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado that tracked nine miles across the Western Mogollon Rim near Bellemont.
F0/weak F1 tornado damaged several homes, outbuildings, a garage, 2 cars, 3 chicken houses, and 2 businesses. Also, numerous trees down or damaged.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a railroad crossing gate. A few large tree limbs were also downed.
A weak tornado moved ashore near Destin. The tornado downed some trees and caused roof damage to a condo. A screen room was also damaged at a home. No injuries were reported.
An F1 tornado touched down on St George Island. It destroyed a house at 320 Marks Street, and moderately damaged a neighboring house. Ten other houses on Marks Street sustained minor damage. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.
A brief tornado touched down at the Broward Mall damaging two vehicles and injuring one person.
An F2 tornado touched down in Chenango County, New York and tracked 2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Brunswick County, Virginia and tracked 12 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Charlotte County, Virginia and tracked 5 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana and tracked 16 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F5 tornado touched down in Wright County, Iowa and tracked 9.7 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 172.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Charles County, Missouri and tracked 2.7 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 26.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper County, Iowa and tracked 29.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Waller County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Beckham County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Sayre, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Comite, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Smith County, Texas and tracked 0.6 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Tyler, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in McNairy, Hardin, Wayne counties, Tennessee and tracked 39.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 24 and injuring 80. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Selmer/Stantonville/Pittsburg Landing/Nixon, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Marshall, Jackson, DeKalb counties, Alabama and tracked 33.5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Woodville/S Scottsboro, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pope County, Arkansas and 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 27. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Gravel Hill, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Haywood, Madison counties, Tennessee and tracked 23.3 miles, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Stanton/Uptonville, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Bartow County, Georgia and tracked 6.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Stilesboro/S Cartersville, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Henderson, Decatur, Hardin counties, Tennessee and tracked 19.9 miles, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sardis/Scotts Hill, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Tennessee and tracked 3.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mulberry, TN.
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Hurricane Anais reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 937 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Paula crossed the coast near Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Rio, Cuba as a tropical storm, 55 kt, central pressure 1000 mb. Hurricane Paula was a small hurricane that struck Honduras and Cuba in October 2010. The eighteenth tropical cyclone, sixteenth named storm, and ninth hurricane of the season, Paula developed from a low pressure area over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 11.
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The October 2008 Central America floods were caused by a series of low-pressure areas including Tropical Depression Sixteen, a short-lived tropical cyclone in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall in Honduras. Heavy rainfall began in early October 2008 while a tropical wave passed through the region.
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After lingering as a broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea for four days, a tropical depression formed just after midnight EDT on October 13 and became tropical storm Irene in the northwest Caribbean Sea later that morning.
The tornado moved through the south side of Boca Chica Key, just south of the NAS runway. ait moved through a non-residential area causing little damage.
Hurricane Irene crossed the coast near Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba as a tropical storm, 60 kt, central pressure 997 mb. Hurricane Irene produced somewhat heavy damage across southern Florida in October 1999. The ninth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the season, Irene developed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 13 from a tropical wave.
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Hurricane Rosa crossed the coast near Escuinapa de Hidalgo, Sinaloa, Mexico as a category 2 hurricane, 90 kt (105 mph), central pressure 977 mb. Hurricane Rosa was the only Pacific hurricane to make landfall during the above-average 1994 Pacific hurricane season. It killed at least 4 people in Mexico.
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Hurricane Nancy reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Carla reached its peak of 160 kt (185 mph) with a central pressure of 906 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Isbell crossed the coast near Marco Island, FL as a category 2 hurricane, 90 kt (105 mph), central pressure 970 mb. Hurricane Isbell was the final hurricane to affect the United States during the 1964 season. The eleventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the season, Isbell developed from a dissipating cold front in the southwestern Caribbean on October 8.
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A weak frontal boundary remained in the area while an upper level disturbance moved across the region. Heavy rain produced an isolated area of flash flooding in interior Southeast Texas.
A slow-moving cold front interacting with an unseasonably warm and humid airmass triggered several rounds of thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of October 14th.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on October 14th producing very heavy rainfall and some flooding. Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the late evening of October 14th.
Two low pressure systems brought a combination of strong winds and significant rain and high elevation snow on the 14th and 15th.
A series of weather systems brought periods of heavy rain and gusty winds, with several inches of high mountain snow.
An intense low pressure system passed through Western Washington and up into Southern British Columbia. As it did so it swept a very intense occluded front over Eastern Washington.
Warm front moving north across the area brought heavy rain to the Willamette Valley. Rainfall totals of 1 to 1.5 inches were recorded in the North Willamette Valley causing urban flooding in the Portland Metro area.
A 43 year old male was killed in Wise County when a semi jackknifed on a wet road and hit the oncoming car the male was driving. A 26 year old male was killed in Falls County when his car lost control on a curve in a heavy downpour and slid into an oncoming tractor-trailor.
Excessive heavy rainfall during the middle and latter portion of the month resulted in very high water conditions on the Red Chute Bayou from the Dogwood Trail bridge southward to Sligo, Louisiana and High Island.
Excessive heavy rainfall during the middle and latter half of the month resulted in high water conditions on Lake Bistineau.
Low level perturbation in association with an upper level trough east of the Lesser Antilles induced scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms over the interior and southwest sections of Puerto Rico.
A powerful upper level storm system moved from the desert southwest into west Texas. Storms developed along a dry line Sunday evening. The main area of upper level lift along with an attendant Pacific cold front arrived Monday.
A strong low pressure was located over northeast Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. The low moved very slowly however a moderate transport of moisture took place ahead of the low. South winds of 25 to 30 kts pushed deep moisture north into Iowa.
A strong and dynamic storm system made slow progress across Kansas. Severe thunderstorms erupted along a cold front that made slow progress across the region.
Very wet weather prevailed for the first 18 days of the month. The month began with a heavy rain event on the 2nd when 2.25 inches of rain was recorded at New Hampton. Another round occurred on the 7th-8th with the heaviest rainfall being a 5.57 inch total at Edgewood.
A very moist south flow produced persistent rain over east central Utah.
Closed low pressure aloft brought widespread precipitation to the Southwest United States including the Kern County Mountains and Desert from late Friday the 13th through much of Saturday the 14th. With the locally heavy rain roads were flooded as culverts clogged.
Periods of heavy rain continued throughout the day. Bands of torrential rain produced widespread and significant flash flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas, including streets, basements, roofs, and ceilings, as well as small creeks throughout Nassau and Suffolk…
An Inverted Trough and an upper level low was also moved across the region. The upper level low enhanced precipitation across Guam resulting in heavy showers during the day. At the National Weather Service Office in Tiyan the rain started at 1013 and ended by 2336.
Prolonged very heavy rain, from October 10th through 17th, 1981, led to serious flooding across parts of south-central Oklahoma. In northwest Marshall County, 26.2 inches of rain fell during those eight days, with 16 inches of that total falling in just 16 hours. Two men drowned, and many people were injured and evacuated, due to the flooding. Estimates of the flood-related losses amounted to between $23 million and $60 million. Then-President Ronald Reagan declared six Oklahoma counties as disaster areas.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.
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On October 14–16, 1949, a series of violent and devastating floods killed an estimated 1,000 to 40,000 people in Central America, principally Guatemala. Estimates of the death toll ranged from 1,000 to 40,000, with reliable estimates suggesting 4,000 fatalities, placing the floods as some of the deadliest in recorded history.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the evening of the 14th and quickly obtained supercellular characteristics. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were reported in the Oklahoma City metro area with these storms.
A strong cold front brought gusty winds to western and south central South Dakota. The strongest winds were scattered across the area, with a few gusts of 60 to 70 mph in some areas, especially the far western South Dakota plains.
A low pressure system moved into southern California on October 13 and moved slowly inland on October 14.
Wind speeds up to 80 mph were reported with these storms. Power poles were snapped and several trees sustained damage.
On the afternoon of October 14, 2017 strong thunderstorms formed along a boundary, which was draped across the Kansas City metro area. The strongest of these storms was a supercell that caused quite a bit of wind damage across the Northland of Kansas City.
Severe thunderstorms developed late in the evening along and just ahead of a cold front in unstable and uncapped air. Damaging wind gusts were the severe threat with this storm.
A broken line of thunderstorms developed across portions of central and north-central Kansas during the early afternoon. The line quickly spread eastward through the afternoon and evening hours, producing numerous large hail and damaging wind reports.
A low pressure system moved into Montana and strengthened the pressure gradient across south central Wyoming. Occasional gusts around 60 mph were observed.
As a cold front approached the region, surface winds increased significantly in advance of the front on Tuesday the 14th, and then continued very gusty behind the front into the early morning hours of Wednesday the 15th.
Pre-frontal thunderstorms developed over a moist and unstable airmass.
Strong winds blew across east central Wisconsin, producing several measured gusts to around 50 mph, as low pressure passed east of the state. The winds associated with the low may have been enhanced by a gravity wave.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed west of the area before shifting into a warm and moist environment well ahead of a cold front sweeping through the southeastern United States.
As a cold front approached the region, surface winds increased significantly in advance of the front on Tuesday the 14th, and then continued very gusty behind the front Tuesday night. A large number of trees were blown down in association with these winds.
Heavy showers produced strong straight line winds at the fairgrounds causing damage to several buildings.
A stationary front was the focus for a few severe thunderstorms across southwest Nebraska. The storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front during the afternoon hours. Some of these storms became severe with damaging winds and large hail the primary threats.
A rapidly deepening low pressure system lifting northeast of Upper Michigan into Ontario caused damaging winds across much of Upper Michigan near Lake Superior from the 14th into the early morning of the 17th.
A severe thunderstorm moved southeast through the Midlands and produced some large hail and some wind damage. Hail size ranged from .5 to 1.25 inches.
A cold front approached from the west during the afternoon. The freezing level dropped through the day as colder air moved in aloft. Thunderstorms developed right ahead of the front and intensified. There were several reports of large hail during the late afternoon.
A moderately strong jet stream rounded the base of an upper level trough located over central Rocky Mountains and moved east toward the southern plains.
There were reports of minor wind damage to out buildings, carports, a garage from Palymra...Hilltop and Sango.
A line of severe thunderstorms caused wind damage in Delaware County and hit Haverford and Tinicum Townships the hardest.
A microburst, estimated at 100 mph (87 kts), struck Cranberry Mall and nearby areas. Aluminum flag poles were bent to the ground. Trailer picked up and rolled by the wind, injuring 6 people.
Large trees were blown down and shingles were blown off a roof.
During the evening of the 14th and into the morning of the 15th, high winds downed numerous trees and powerlines across western Virginia, including the foothills. The winds blew shingles off a roof near Chamblissburg, in Bedford County.
High winds developed just ahead of and behind a cold front across the mountains and foothills of North Carolina. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
An area of deepening low pressure moved into northeastern Ohio from the southwest during the evening of the 14th. Gusty northwesterly winds behind the low downed a few trees and large limbs from late evening on the 14th through the early morning hours of the 15th.
An area of deepening low pressure moved across extreme northwestern Pennsylvania late in the evening of the 14th. Gusty northwesterly winds behind the low downed a couple dozen trees and a few large limbs during the early morning hours of the 15th.
Near Butler, another microburst struck, carrying winds of 70 mph (61 kts). Many trees toppled and snapped. Several houses suffered roof manage. A few businesses had roof and wall damage.
A microburst, primarily hit Victoria Township near Five Points, with a 70 mph (61 kts) wind gust. Many trees were toppled or snapped. A few trees fell on houses. Power lines were downed. This microburst was one quarter mile wide.
Trees and power lines down. Four large trees were blown down across Route 51, which had to be closed. Another tree fell on the back porch of a house.
Deep low pressure across Hudson Bay pulled a strong cold front across the region during the late afternoon. The strong southwest winds ahead of the cold front downed trees and power lines in Geneva, South Wales, Jamestown, Belfast and Dunkirk.
A house sustained moderate damage. Reported by the Jackson County EMA.
Thunderstorm winds during the afternoon of the 14th downed trees and damaged several roofs 1 mile north of Dublin. Trees were also downed in Pilot.
Severe thunderstorms moved across west-central Missouri, affecting areas just north of the Missouri River. Numerous reports of wind damage were received.
Hail up to dime size covered the ground.
Strong and gusty northwest winds developed behind a rapidly moving strong cold front. Most wind gusts were between 40 and 50 mph.In Essex County, gusty winds downed a 3 foot wide, 35 foot high oak tree in Glen Ridge. This tree fell on a van and crushed a 2 year old boy.
Strong and gusty northwest winds developed behind a rapidly moving strong cold front.
Strong winds buffeted much of central and eastern Massachusetts. Isolated gusts of 45 to 50 mph from the south occurred ahead of a strong cold front just after midnight.
Strong, gusty, northwest winds developed across southern and western Maine on the west side of an intensifying low pressure system as it moved across New England. The wind downed trees and limbs onto power lines causing scattered power outages.
Strong, gusty, northwest winds developed across New Hampshire on the west side of an intensifying low pressure system as it moved across New England. The wind downed trees and limbs onto power lines causing scattered power outages.
Low pressure tracking across New England rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Maine during the morning of the 14th...then lifted quickly into the Maritime Provinces. In its wake...high pressure began building across the region producing a very tight pressure gradient.
A strong warm advection pattern developed over Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th. A 35 to 40 knot low level jet became established by the mid day hours. The warm and unstable air rose over the top of the cooler air at the surface.
Strong winds from a low pressure center that moved eastward north of the state knocked over trees onto power lines throughout the state causing more than 10,000 families to lose power. Falling trees also damaged buildings and vehicles.
High winds knocked over trees and powerlines throughout the state and snapped utility poles in some areas leaving thousands without power statewide. Falling trees also damaged cars and homes. The wind lifted the roof off a mobile home in North Woodstock.
Severe thunderstorms uprooted trees in Camden and its adjacent townships.
Trees were blown down along route 15 just south of Selinsgrove.
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which damaged a house.
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A strong upper-level wave and jet entrance region pushed into the Northern Plains, with a tight mid-level frontal boundary stalling across the area for several hours within confluent southwest flow aloft.
A passing storm system generated accumulating snow, especially over portions of Custer, Fremont and Huerfano counties from the afternoon of the 14th into the morning of the 15th.
The 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster occurred in central Nepal on 14 October 2014 and resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people of various nationalities, including at least 21 trekkers. Injuries and fatalities resulted from unusually severe snowstorms and avalanches on and around the mountains of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.
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D2 drought conditions expanded across a larger area of the Florida panhandle and big bend by the middle of October. By the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of the inland Florida panhandle and big bend.
By mid October, D2 (severe drought) conditions had developed across several counties in western Missouri.
D2 drought conditions expanded across a larger area of southwest and south central Georgia by the middle of October. By the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of southwest and south central Georgia.
A week of very dry and unseasonably warm weather from October 10 through October 16 lead to worsening drought conditions across parts of southwest Virginia.
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The Bethel Fire was reported on October 14, 2022, in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, and burned 3,600 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The East Troublesome Fire started on the afternoon of October 14th and continued through the end of the month; iIt became the second largest wildfire in Colorado to date, and one of the most destructive.
The East Troublesome Fire was reported on October 14, 2020, in Grand County, Colorado, and burned 193,812 acres; the cause was recorded as human. Incident teams reported 580 structures destroyed and 2 deaths.
The Hunter Fire was reported on October 14, 2019, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 1,495 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Two low pressure systems brought a combination of strong winds, significant rain, and high elevation snow on the 14th and 15th.
The Little Valley Fire was a fast–moving wildfire that burned in Washoe Valley, Nevada, United States, in October 2016. The Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) conducted the Little Valley prescribed burn from October 4 – October 7, with small test fires continuing until October 13, but strong winds carried embers out of the burn area and ignited the fire on October 14.
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The Little Valley Fire was reported on October 14, 2016, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 2,291 acres; the cause was recorded as human. Incident teams reported 40 structures destroyed.
Dry weather in the middle part of the month of October allowed for conditions to be ripe for wildfires to begin. Several fires occurred in the western half of north Texas.
The Top Rock Fire was discovered on October 14, 2012, in New Mexico, and burned 1,701 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Hay Fire was discovered on October 14, 2010, in Klamath County, Oregon, and burned 3,083 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Shockey Fire began at 2:45 AM on October 14th, 2008 in Morena Village, CA along Highway 94 at Shockey Truck Trail. Approximately 300 homes were evacuated in Lake Morena and Campo. The 200 acre fire was contained by 6 PM. No structures were damaged or destroyed.
The Impact Southeast Fire was discovered on October 14, 1999, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 4,802 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Teddy Creek Fire was discovered on October 14, 1999, in Montana, and burned 2,516 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Southline Fire was discovered on October 14, 1992, in Louisiana, and burned 11,210 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Ferndale Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 46,736 acres.
The Decker Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 6,947 acres.
The Piuma Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 5,425 acres.
The Hummingbird Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 2,426 acres.
The Peach Hill Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 1,994 acres.
The Box Canyon (Pioneer) Fire started on October 14, 1985, in California, and burned 1,246 acres.
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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Gulf of Fonseca, El Salvador. It killed 1 person and destroyed 5 houses. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tonga Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Solomon Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Meckering, Northam, Cunderdin, York, Australia. It injured 28 and did $2.6 million in damage.
The Western Australian town of Meckering was struck by an earthquake on 14 October 1968. 5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
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An earthquake struck Iran. It killed 2 people.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 12 people and destroyed 500 houses.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ningxia, China. It killed 2,032 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
The region of Ningxia (then part of Shaanxi, ruled by the Viceroy of Shan-Shaan) was struck by a major earthquake on the morning of 14 October 1709. 5 Ms and a maximum felt intensity of X (extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
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An earthquake struck Marmara Sea, Turkey.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Gulf of Fonseca, El Salvador, with a maximum water height of 0.02 meters. It killed 1 person and destroyed 5 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tonga Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Solomon Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.15 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Tuscany, Italy.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began October 14, 2003, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 45 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 67; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began October 14, 1974, reached Kp 7 and lasted 87 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 68; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began October 14, 1948, reached Kp 7 and lasted 24 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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An elderly woman out for a swim at Public Beach Access #6 drowned on October 14th, and was found later that day just north of her entry point. Conditions in the surf zone were conducive to moderate rip currents and somewhat rough surf.
Very early in the overnight patchy fog developed across SW Kansas. By around 7 AM, widespread dense fog covered nearly the entirety of SW Kansas.
A north-northwest swell brought surf into the fourteen to eighteen foot range to north facing shores. This large and dangerous surf caused strong currents, beach runup, and rogue waves.
Two brothers drowned off of Galveston Island due to being caught up within a strong Gulf of Mexico rip current.
A man attempted to rescue another man who he witnessed struggling in the surf at Melbourne Beach. The man attempting the rescue apparently suffered a heart attack while fighting a rip current and later died after being transported to a local hospital.
A pre-frontal squall line of thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts along the coast and over the adjacent coastal waters.
A 59-year-old fisherman was fishing in the shallows near the Hagatna boat Basin on the afternoon of 14 October when he was struck and killed by lightning at about 15:30 GST.
A strong low northwest of the Aloha State produced surf of 10 to 16 feet along the north-facing shores of all the islands except Lanai and the Big Island of Hawaii. This episode lasted from 09:00 on the 14th through 08:00 on the 15th.
A 16-year-old boy drowned in strong rip currents off Ipan Beach, Talofofo, while fishing.
Lightning struck the Franklin County Jail and disabled the 911 dispatch telephone system for several hours. The Franklin County EOC was activated and utilized as a back-up 911 dispatch center until the communication system was repaired.
Cold air aloft produced an unstable atmosphere resulting in isolated thunderstorms during the mid afternoon across eastern New York. A thunderstorm over Mayfield in Fulton County produced a lightning bolt that went through a telephone line and caused injury to a woman.
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