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August 12

• 2002 – A tornado of at least F3 intensity struck Făcăeni in southeastern Romania, killing three people, destroying 33 homes, and damaging 395. This was the first strong tornado to be documented on the new Romanian Doppler radar system and marked the beginning of efforts to forecast tornadoes in Romania.
• 2005 – An F2 tornado moved through a trailer park in Wright, Wyoming, damaging 120 of the 250 homes in it, of which 91 were destroyed. Two people were killed and thirteen were injured.