A localized, but destructive and deadly tornado outbreak impacted Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia on Leap Day in 1952.

A strong upper-level jet stream at the 200 mbar level was observed moving northeast out of Texas into the Tennessee Valley region with winds ranging from 110 to 130 miles per hour (180 to 210 km/h) or more.

Several business houses were destroyed, power and communications lines were damaged over a large area; and hundreds of huge shade trees were uprooted.

As the tornado moved in the direction of Gault Avenue (US 11), a large storage house was leveled "as flat as a pool table."

As the tornado tore through Wills Valley, large sheets of tin were hurled into power and telephone lines, severing dozens of the wires.

A huge neon sign at the Lefty Cooper café, which was on the southern fringe of the tornado, was turned 90° from north–south to east–west, and a large cattle truck at the Fort Payne Sales Barn was completely flipped over.

The tornado also heavily damaged another house on the mountain that overlooked Beason Gap before weakening and dissipating in Lakewood shortly after that.

[2][5][3][10][11] Early on February 29, in Valley View, Texas, strong straight-line winds accompanied by pea-sized hail damaged the roofs of multiple buildings.

The squall line moved rapidly eastward, passing over Lovell Field at 8:17 pm and capsizing several small aircraft.

Another windstorm moved through Cleveland, Tennessee, although damage from this storm was confined to blown-down sign boards and forest land.

A 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) area in Monteagle, Tennessee, suffered heavy damage, with multiple buildings unroofed and signs blown down.

Snowfall rates of 1 inch (2.5 cm) an hour slowed traffic to a crawl in multiple counties of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

In Philadelphia, one person was killed and four others were injured after their car, whose driver was blinded by snow, crashed into a traffic island.