Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/March 16

March 16

• 1919 – A tornado outbreak resulted in 42 people dead across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were from two long-track tornadoes or tornado families that struck multiple plantations. One F4 tornado killed 16 people on plantation near Isola, Mississippi out of a total of 24 along its entire track. Another tornado family, with a maximum rating of F3, killed 17 people as it moved from near Bakers, Louisiana to near Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
• 1942 – A violent tornado outbreak killed 149 people across the Central and Southern United States. A tornado family, with members up to F4 intensity, traveled 110 mi (180 km) across northern Mississippi, killing 63 people, including 19 people each in Leflore and Yalobusha counties. Another F4 tornado killed 15 people in and near Bethe Springs, Beacon, and Enville, Tennessee. An F5 tornado swept away many homes in Lacon, Illinois and caused damage in Alta and Chillicothe, killing 8 people.