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June 2

• 1925 – A significant tornado outbreak affected the Midwestern United States. An F4 tornado near Madison, Nebraska killed three people along with 25 horses, 100 cattle, and thousands of chickens. Another F4 tornado killed three people on a farm near Adair, Iowa. The next day, twin F4 tornadoes (both possibly F5) hit areas in and near Neola, Yorkshire, and Persia, Iowa, killing an infant and injuring 30 other people. Two others were killed by an F2 tornado near Florence, Wisconsin.
• 1965 – An F4 tornado caused major damage in Cotton Center, Texas and leveled a portion of Hale Center, killing four people and injuring 76.
• 1990 – A significant tornado outbreak hit the Midwestern and Southeastern United States, resulting in nine deaths. An F4 tornado destroyed numerous homes and businesses, including a nursing home in Petersburg, Indiana, killing four people there and two others in Union. A long-track F4 tornado traveled 106 miles (171 km), striking Barnhill, Albion, Browns, and Mt. Carmel, Illinois and passed near Petersburg and Huron, Indiana, killing one person at Browns.