Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/December 24

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.