Preston Island–South Sauty–Powell–Sylvania, AL EF3 #Tornado – April 10, 2009! Originally documented as one long-track tornado, research later identified two separate paths with a ~2.2-mile gap near the Jackson/DeKalb County line. No fatalities, 3 injuries. buff.ly/Oe5w3MF #alwx #tornadohistory #OTD
Blue Ash, OH F4 #Tornado – April 9, 1999!
An F4 tracked 10 miles through Hamilton and Warren Counties, destroying homes and businesses.
65 were injured and 4 were killed.
Charles S. Smith
Lee Cook
Jacqueline Cook
Donald E. Lewis
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Oak Grove, AL F5 #Tornado – April 8, 1998!
An F5 tracked from Tuscaloosa into Jefferson County, killing 32.
Communities including Oak Grove, Sylvan Springs, Edgewater, and Pratt City were heavily impacted. Over 600 homes were destroyed.
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Gainesville, GA #Tornadoes – April 6, 1936!
Multiple tornadoes merged over downtown, leveling large portions of the city. 203 were killed and ~1,600 injured.
Includes the deadliest single-building loss in U.S. tornado history.
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Knox County, TN F2 #Tornado – April 4, 1974!
After midnight, a tornado struck a mobile home park near Knoxville, killing twin infants and injuring 21.
It remains the only fatal tornado on record in Knox County.
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Weiss Lake, AL F3 #Tornado – April 3, 1974!
One of the first significant tornadoes in Alabama that evening struck along Weiss Lake, damaging lakeside communities along a 21-mile path.
Despite the destruction, no lives were lost.
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Greensboro, NC F4 #Tornado – April 2, 1936!
An estimated F4 tornado struck Greensboro, NC on this day in 1936, damaging or destroying around 300 buildings. At least 14 people were killed and 144 injured. The Five Points Café was among the hardest hit.
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The April 2, 1982 #Tornado Outbreak!
56 tornadoes struck 11 states on this day in 1982, killing 30 and injuring 383. The outbreak included an F5 in Oklahoma and an F4 that killed 10 in Paris, TX—and marked the first PDS Tornado Watch.
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Coatesville, VA F3 #Tornado – April 1, 1998
An F3 tornado tracked 9 miles through Hanover and Caroline Counties, VA on this day in 1998. Sheila Giles and her infant son Jeremiah were killed when their home was destroyed.
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Conyers–Abbeville Tornadoes – March 31, 1973
Tornadoes struck GA and SC on this day in 1973. One moved from Conyers toward Athens, killing 2 and injuring 100. Another in Abbeville County, SC killed 7 and injured 30.
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Hill County, TX F4 #Tornado – March 31, 1959!
An F4 tornado moved through Hill County, TX on this day in 1959, nearly destroying Vaughan and damaging over 100 buildings. A car was thrown 100 yards near Hillsboro. Seven people were killed.
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Two Oklahoma EF2s – March 30, 2016
A supercell over eastern Oklahoma produced two EF2 tornadoes on this day in 2016—one tracking 20 miles through north Tulsa, damaging hundreds of homes, and another forming near Claremore shortly after.
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Piedmont, AL F4 #Tornado (Goshen United Methodist Church) – March 27, 1994! A tornado moved northeast across Alabama for more than 40 minutes before reaching Goshen United Methodist Church during Palm Sunday services. 20 people were killed and 92 were injured. buff.ly/tE6jiAQ #alwx #tornadohistory
Spiro, OK F5 #Tornado – March 26, 1976!
A violent tornado moved through the Spiro area, destroying homes, businesses, and railroad cars. It intensified east of town where F5 damage was documented. Marvin Trout and Ray Dean Phillips were killed.
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Lea County, NM EF2 #Tornado – March 23, 2007! One of ten New Mexico tornadoes on this day tracked through rural Lea County west of Tatum. Power poles were snapped, a 300-lb water trough was thrown hundreds of feet & spotters reported a multi-vortex structure. buff.ly/dgEnj5n #nmwx #tornadohistory
Judsonia, AR F4 #Tornado – March 21, 1952!
A violent tornado nearly leveled Judsonia, AR, killing at least 30 people in the town alone. Hundreds of homes were destroyed, with additional fatalities in Bald Knob and surrounding areas.
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Portland, TN F2 #Tornado – March 19, 1963!
A tornado damaged roughly 500 buildings as it moved from near Orlinda toward Fountain Head. Utility poles and railroad signals were torn from the ground. Two people were injured.
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An F3 #tornado struck near Venice, Florida during the early morning of March 17, 1985. In just three miles, 55 homes were destroyed and more than 200 were damaged. Two people were killed and 45 were injured.
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A #tornado that began near Girard, KS on March 15, 1982 traveled about 70 miles into Missouri, damaging towns, farms, and rural homes along the way. Mulberry was hit especially hard with dozens of homes destroyed. Two people were killed. buff.ly/ePrsc4x #kswx #mowx #OTD #tornadohistory
A violent F4 #tornado tracked nearly 20 miles across eastern Iowa in 1990, destroying homes and farms from Prairieburg to Worthington. Despite the damage, no injuries or fatalities were reported. buff.ly/Q58coA7 #iawx #OTD #tornadohistory
Two F5 tornadoes formed from the same thunderstorm in Kansas on March 13, 1990. One devastated parts of Hesston before merging with another circulation that intensified near Goessel. Debris from Hesston was later found more than 80 miles away. buff.ly/QFtJnfy #kswx #OTD #tornadohistory
Bowie County, TX F4 #Tornado – March 12, 1971!
An F4 tornado destroyed homes from Malta to Daniel’s Chapel. One man watched his home explode as the tornado struck, and one person was killed when a home was destroyed near Daniel’s Chapel.
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Cullman County, AL #Tornado – Mar 11, 1963!
The strongest tornado reported in the US that day struck rural Cullman County, destroying about 20 homes and 20 farm buildings. Two people were killed when their homes were destroyed near Berlin and Good Hope.
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A tornado destroyed more than 250 dwellings near Meridian, Mississippi in 1992, killing three people and injuring dozens. One remarkable survival story emerged when a three-month-old baby was later found hanging by his nightgown in a pine tree — alive.
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Woodbury to Farmingdale, NJ F1 #Tornado – March 10, 1964!
A tornado along a squall line damaged a shopping center, a trailer court, and farms across parts of New Jersey as it moved from Woodbury to Farmingdale. Five people were injured.
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A nine-month-old baby was carried from a destroyed mobile home during the Murphy, MS F4 tornado of March 9, 1992 and later found alive in the debris. Seven homes were swept away as the tornado tracked nearly 20 miles across the Delta.
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Bessemer, AL F4 #Tornado – March 5, 1963!
A tornado moved through Bessemer and into nearby communities, damaging more than 200 buildings and injuring 35 people. The SPC lists it as F4, though later research suggests it may have been F3. No fatalities.
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Arrowsmith to Hoopeston, IL F1 Tornado – March 4, 1961!
An F1 tornado tracked more than 50 miles across Illinois, damaging farms, striking a 20-block section of Gibson City, and destroying a lumberyard. One woman was injured.
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Mitchellville, TN F2 #Tornado – March 4, 1955!
An F2 tornado struck near Mitchellville, damaging or destroying dozens of homes, 20 barns, and a new brick school. Four were injured, including Bobby Hinton, who was struck by debris. No fatalities.
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