From the National Weather Service in Washington, DC

Notable U.S. tornado events with at least one F2 (minimum 113-mph) tornado between Dec. 24 and Dec. 26:

—Dec. 24-25, 1964: 14 tornadoes (three of them F3), Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia. Two deaths in Georgia; about 30 people injured.

—Dec. 25, 1969: 12 tornadoes (two F3) in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana One death in Louisiana, 17 injuries.

—Dec. 25-26, 1973: 7 tornadoes, two of them F2, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia. Two injuries.

—Dec. 24, 1975: 3 tornadoes (one F3) in Texas and Florida. No injuries or deaths.

—Dec. 24-25, 1977: 3 tornadoes (1 F3) in Mississippi and Florida. Seven injuries.

—Dec. 24-26, 1982: 29 tornadoes (one F4, two F3), in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi. Three deaths in Arkansas and Missouri; 32 injuries.

—Dec. 24, 1988; 1 tornado (F4) in Tennessee. One death; seven injuries.

—Dec. 24, 1997: 3 tornadoes (one F2) in Alabama. Five injured.

—Dec. 25, 2006: 6 tornadoes (four F2) in Georgia and Florida. 14 injured. Continued...