Tornado outbreak of March 20–21, 1913

On March 20–21, 1913, a tornado outbreak affected southern parts of the United States, claiming 53 lives and injuring at least 156 people. The deadliest tornado of the outbreak, retroactively rated F4 on the Fujita scale, struck Lower Peach Tree, Alabama, killing 27 people and injuring 60. Multiple long-lived tornado families occurred, including a long-tracked F2 in neighboring Mississippi that killed nine. Four other F2s in both these states and Tennessee each caused three deaths. At least a dozen tornadoes hit Arkansas, most of which were unrated. A few days following the outbreak, a much more violent and deadlier event began.