Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/December 26

December 26
 * 1916 – A probable tornado family up to F4 intensity killed 12 people and hundreds of cattle on an 80 mi path through central and eastern Arkansas, with deaths near England, Carlisle, and Des Arc. An F3 tornado on a parallel path killed five people near Pine Bluff and Sherrill, Arkansas. Two others died near Tallulah, Louisiana and in Washington County, Mississippi.
 * 2015 – A tornado outbreak started on December 26, spawning 32 total tornadoes across the southeastern and central United States, particularly in Texas. The outbreak damaged hundreds of homes, inflicting $40 million in damage. The worst damage was from an EF4 tornado that destroyed 400 homes in Sunnyvale, Garland, and Rowlett, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring more than 400; Nine died when vehicles were swept from under a highway overpass. Two people died and 119 were injured in an EF2 tornado near Copeville, Texas.