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March 26

• 1948 – A tornado outbreak killed 23 people in the Midwestern and Southern United States. Most of the deaths were from a tornado family in central Indiana that killed 19 people. Tis totalincluded 14 deaths in Coatesville, where 80% of the buildings were damaged or destroyed.
• 1949 – A total of 28 people were killed by a tornado outbreak across parts of the Southern United States. Most of the deaths were from an F4 tornado that destroyed about 100 homes near England, Arkansas and killed 18 people. An F3 tornado killed 5 people across parts of Woodruff and Jackson counties, Arkansas.
• 1976 – An F5 tornado swept away several homes on the south side of Spiro, Oklahoma, killing two people and injuring 64.