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March 3

• 1966 – A small but violent tornado outbreak hit the southeastern United States. A long-track F5 tornado killed 57 people as it moved across central Mississippi and leveled numerous homes and a shopping center in Jackson, where 19 people died. An F2 tornado, historically considered part of the F5 tornado's path, killed one person near Coker, Alabama.
• 2019 – A tornado outbreak in the southeastern United States produced a long-track EF4 tornado that traveled from near Beauregard, Alabama to near Talbotton, Georgia. The worst damage was in Beauregard, where 23 people died.