• 2000: High winds of 35 to 50 mph gusting to around 70 mph blew across central and north central South Dakota from the late morning to the late afternoon hours. As a result, several trees and many tree branches were downed, many structures, roofs, billboards, and road signs were damaged, a few mobile homes were overturned, and some power outages occurred. Not only did the high winds make driving difficult but, at some locations, they stirred up dirt causing visibilities to drop to near zero at times. Some detours and traffic collisions resulted due to the low visibility in blowing dirt. Airborne objects broke some windows across the area. One house had all of the windows on the front porch blown out. Also, a few semi tractor-trailers were tipped over by the high winds. Wind gusts included, 60 mph at Pierre, 63 mph at Kennebec, 64 mph at Mobridge, 65 mph at Pollock, and 71 mph at McLaughlin. The high winds and extremely dry conditions combined with downed and arcing electrical lines, out of control burns, and smoldering embers from previous fires resulted in several grassfires across central and north central South Dakota. Several thousand acres of grassland, hundreds of haybales and haystacks, along with some trees and fences were burned. Also, the smoke from some of these fires created low visibilities and difficult driving conditions on some roads.
• 1972: Washington's deadliest tornado, an F2, moved from the north side of Portland, OR to the east side of Vancouver, WA. Two mothers and three children were killed when a store wall collapsed, and a sixth victim was killed in a bowling alley across the street. About 150 students were hurt by flying glass at Ogden Elementary School.
• 1977: Flood peaks during April 4-5, 1977, along the Tug Fork and Guyandotte Rivers in West Virginia exceeded all known discharges. Communities along the Tug Fork from Welch to Fort Gay were inundated by 20-25 feet of water. The small communities of Matewan, Thacker, and Lobata were completely inundated. On the Tug Fork near Litwar, the peak stage exceeded the previous highest stage by about 6 feet. A floodwall that protects Williamson to a stage of about 44 feet was overtopped by more than 8 feet.
• 1982: An unprecedented April blizzard blanketed much of the central and southern Appalachians. Mt. Mitchell, NC received 35 inches of snow, and up to five feet of snow was reported in the mountains along the North Carolina-Tennessee border.
• 1997: A severe ice and snow storm affected eastern North Dakota with winds up to 65 mph and visibility near zero. The weight of ice downed many power lines and caused a 2000 ft TV tower to collapse.
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