Radar image of the supercell responsible for producing the Enterprise tornado on March 1

The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007 was a deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. Twenty deaths were reported; one in Missouri, nine in Georgia, and 10 in Alabama. Scattered severe weather was also reported in North Carolina on March 2, producing the final tornado of the outbreak before the storms moved offshore into the Atlantic Ocean.

Recent tornado outbreaks

July

• July 1

A violent EF4 tornado hits Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada, becoming only the third EF4 tornado in the province's history. ( Northern Tornadoes Project)

• July 12–13

Several tornadoes occur in the Midwestern United States and Central Canada, including an EF1 tornado that passed through the suburbs of Chicago. ( NWSChicago)

• July 16

A rare EF1 tornado touches down in Aguada, Puerto Rico, significantly damaging two houses. ( Iowa State University)

Previous months: June, May

April 24

• 1908 – An extremely deadly tornado outbreak killed at least 291 people across the Deep South. A major tornado family, with one tornado up to 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, devastated Amite, Louisiana and leveled most of Purvis, Mississippi along with numerous other communities impacted, killing 143 people and injuring 770. Another major tornado or tornado family killed 91 people, mostly on plantations in Concordia Parish, Louisiana and near Natchez and Church Hill, Mississippi. Yet another tornado killed 35 people, mostly in Bergens and Albertville, Alabama.
• 2010 – An EF4 tornado carved a damage path 149 miles (240 km) long across eastern Louisiana and central Mississippi, one of the longest reliably-documented tracks of a single tornado. At 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide, it was also the widest tornado on record in Mississippi until it was superseded ten years later. Ten people were killed.

April 25

• 1880 – Much of the western part of Macon, Mississippi was destroyed by an F4 tornado. Twenty-two people, including several entire families, were killed. Railroad equipment and loaded freight cars were thrown up to 100 yards.
• 1893 – An F4 tornado up to 1.25 miles (2.01 km) wide moved through Newcastle and Moore, Oklahoma, killing 31 people, including 11 in one home. Many homes of light construction were swept away. This was the first of several devastating storms to strike Moore in its long history of major tornadoes.
• 1929 – The most significant tornado on record in southeastern Georgia killed at least 40 people as it swept away homes in Emanuel, Candler, and Bulloch Counties. The path of the F4 tornado was, at times a mile (1.6 km) wide.

April 26

• 1884 – A photographer in Garnett, Kansas took a picture of a tornado as it dissipated, marking the first time the funnel of a tornado had been photographed.
• 1989 – The Daulatpur–Saturia tornado, the deadliest tornado ever recorded, struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh, killing an estimated 1,300 people.
• 1991 – A significant tornado outbreak hit the central United States. An F5 tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas metropolitan area, hitting McConnell Air Force Base and causing its worst damage in Andover, resulting in 17 deaths and 225 injuries. Another 4 people were killed by other tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas.

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