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March 2

• 1906 – An F4 tornado swept way homes and leveled factories in Meridian, Mississippi, killing 23 people and injuring 60.
• 2012 – A major tornado outbreak hit the Ohio Valley and southeastern United States, resulting in 41 deaths and more than 300 injuries. An EF4 tornado killed 11 people, including an entire family of 5, in New Pekin, Henryville, and Marysville, Indiana. A long-track EF3 tornado killed 10 people in eastern Kentucky, including 6 in West Liberty
• 2020 – A small, but intense tornado outbreak killed 25 people in Tennessee. Most of the deaths were from an EF4 tornado, which killed 19 people and injured 87 in and near Cookeville. A high-end EF3 tornado killed 5 people and caused $1.5 billion in damage as it moved through parts of Nashville and Mount Juliet