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October 5
 * 1906 – An outbreak produced strong tornadoes in parts of Louisiana and Alabama. An F3 tornado killed a family of three at a boarding house in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and destroyed homes in Slaughter and near Zachary. Another F3 tornado killed four people and injured thirty as it destroyed homes near Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
 * 1970 – An F4 tornado tore though Shawnee and Prague, Oklahoma. Shawnee suffered extensive damage with 564 homes, 157 businesses, and 27 other buildings damaged or destroyed. Four people in Shawnee were killed and 80 were injured. The tornado lifted and touched down again before striking Prague, leaving no time for sirens to sound.