Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries
December 24
- 1945 – An F2 tornado destroyed several homes, two churches, and a store near Sumrall, Mississippi. Three people died on one home, with one body carried a quarter mile (400 m). Ten people were injured.
- 1982 – Tornadoes struck areas of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. An F3 tornado destroyed most of Rose Bud, Arkansas and severely damaged or destroyed 28 homes in Saltillo, killing one person and injuring seven. An F3 tornado killed one person, and injured his wife, in a trailer south of Eastwood, Missouri. Their house had been destroyed by another tornado at the same location three weeks earlier. Antoher person was killed by an F3 tornado in Woodruff County, Arkansas. A long-track F4 tornado injured 11 people on a path from near Mammoth Spring, Arkansas to Van Buren, Missouri.
- 1988 – An F4 tornado destroyed a 54 homes, 13 apartment units, and 31 businesses in Franklin and Brentwood, Tennessee. One person died when a roof collapsed and seven others were injured. Six parked airplanes were also destroyed.
December 25
- 2012 – A tornado outbreak occurred on Christmas Day across the Deep South, with 31 tornadoes being confirmed from Texas to North Carolina. An EF3 tornado carved a 60-mile (97 km) path through Mississippi, injuring twelve, while an EF2 tornado struck downtown Mobile, Alabama, resulting in several injuries.
December 26
- 1916 – A probable tornado family up to F4 intensity killed 12 people and hundreds of cattle on an 80-mile (130 km) path through central and eastern Arkansas, with deaths near England, Carlisle, and Des Arc. An F3 tornado on a parallel path killed five people near Pine Bluff and Sherrill, Arkansas. Two others died near Tallulah, Louisiana and in Washington County, Mississippi.
- 2015 – A tornado outbreak started on December 26, spawning 32 total tornadoes across the southeastern and central United States, particularly in Texas. The outbreak damaged hundreds of homes, inflicting $40 million in damage. The worst damage was from an EF4 tornado that destroyed 400 homes in Sunnyvale, Garland, and Rowlett, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring more than 400; Nine died when vehicles were swept from under a highway overpass. Two people died and 119 were injured in an EF2 tornado near Copeville, Texas.