Portal:Weather/On this day list/April 9

1947: A tornado or series of tornadoes plowed through several towns in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, killing 181 people.

1991:A powerful derecho killed two people and injured 145 people, mostly in West Virginia.

2003: INSAT-3A, a weather and communications satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was launched into geostationary orbit.