Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/October 22

October 22
 * 1954 – Three tornadoes developed in southeastern Texas. The worst of them, rated F3, followed an erratic path into Portland, where it damaged or destroyed 300 homes and trailers and injured 25 people.
 * 1979 – A few tornadoes touched down in the Southern and Midwestern United States. An F2 tornado destroyed a trailer near Lake Chicot in Arkansas, killing a pregnant woman and injuring her husband and daughter. Another F2 tornado injured 11 people in Sulphur, Louisiana, including 7 children at the elementary school, where part of the roof collapsed.