2012 Event Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana 2012 Event Part of the April 3, 2012 tornado outbreak, tornadoes impact the Dallas, Texas area 2012 Event Tornadoes that struck the midwestern and southern United States claimed 39 lives 2012 Event Marysville, Indiana and Henryville, Indiana experience widespread damage from tornadoes that hit the midwestern and southern United States 2012 Event The midwestern United States is hit by tornadoes, killing 12 people 2011 Event Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan 1998 Event Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31 1991 Event 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes 1991 Event 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee 1987 Event Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes 1985 Event 41 tornadoes hit Northeast U.S., killing 88 1974 Event 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states 1971 Event Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117 1965 Event 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1953 Event Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 1953 Event Tornadoes kill 110 in Michigan and Ohio 1952 Event Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths 1947 Event Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1944 Event 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 1920 Event Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama and Mississippi 1920 Event Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi 1917 Event Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. 1884 Event Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1860 Event Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes