Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/September 12

September 12
 * 1961 – An F4 tornado spawned by Hurricane Carla began as a waterspout and tore through Galveston, Texas, killing eight people. Homes may have been weakened by hurricane winds. This was one of only two hurricane-spawned F4 tornadoes on record (the other was produced by Hurricane Hilda in 1964). No recorded hurricane has produced an F5 or EF5 tornado. An F3 tornado killed five people in Hodge, Louisiana.