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February 19

• 1884 – The "Enigma" tornado outbreak impacted much of the Southeastern United States. While there were early reports of 270–2,000 deaths, more careful counts found 178 to 182 fatalities. Most of the deaths were on farms and no large cities or towns were hit directly. The highest single-tornado death toll was from an F4 tornado that killed 30 people in small communities in Alabama and Georgia.