Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, Argentina, Brazil and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions.

Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The inactivity in what is normally the peak months can be related to a stable low-pressure system that blocked the parade of storms from moving eastward.

Tornadoes struck two streets of the Great Santa Luzia, completely destroying houses and knocking down trees and walls.

In addition to the California tornadoes, a 10 yd wide waterspout moved onshore between Waimea and Pakala Village, Hawaii, producing F0 damage along a 5-mile path on January 9.

[7] On the night of the 12th, a 250-yard wide F2 tornado traveled 15 miles in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana from southwest of Homer to west of Arizona, injuring 12.

An even stronger 900-yard wide F3 tornado tracked 24 miles through Union County, Arkansas, striking the town of Lawson.

[5] On the 13th, an F1 tornado touched down near Arlington, Georgia and carried a small double wide trailer 35 feet before it impacted the ground and disintegrated.

[9] On the 14th, an F2 tornado near Rockwell, North Carolina snapped trees, flattened a barn, and heavily damaged two metal industrial buildings.

[7] A storm produced strong winds, severe hail, and an F1 tornado in the southern Manzini and Shiselweni regions of Swaziland.

The atmosphere was very favorable for tornadic supercells with a warm front north of Tallahassee, Florida in southern Georgia and a center of low pressure back in eastern Oklahoma with a trailing cold front extending down through Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico.

[15][16] Another tornado touched down in Seminole County, Georgia west-northwest of Donalsonville and moved northeast, destroying seven mobile homes and damaging 17 others.

The tornado also destroyed several storage buildings, a welding shop, a farrowing house, and an implement shed.

[19] Later that evening, an F2 tornado struck the town of Screven, Georgia, where 56 homes, 12 businesses, two public buildings, and a church were damaged or destroyed.

[15][20] Two weak tornadoes (rated F1 and F0) also struck the Memphis suburb of Olive Branch, Mississippi, resulting in moderate damage and one injury.

[15][19] A large storm system inside a very moist and unstable airmass produced nine weak tornadoes in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

[24] An F2 tornado passed east of Barto and destroyed a church and a couple of mobile homes, damaged a number of houses and businesses, knocked down numerous trees, and injured two people.

The top floor of the Attendance Center in Mize was almost completely taken off, and three portable classrooms were destroyed along with several large light poles bent or snapped.

The tornado then crossed MS 37, where many more trees were uprooted, along with several structures demolished or sustaining significant damage.

[26] Later that evening, a multiple-vortex F2 tornado developed off the Louisiana coast and moved ashore, striking Port Fourchon.

On the 12th, a 1000 yard wide F2 tornado struck the town of South Plains, destroying vehicles and power poles.

The next day, another 1000 yard wide F3 touched down west of Vera, Texas and tracked 16.3 miles to just east of Goree.

Although the tornado missed Goree, strong winds of up to 70 mph knocked down trees and power lines in the town.

The tornado caused industrial damage estimated at R$97.2 million (BRL), which led the government to declare a state of public calamity.

All the tornadoes were weak except for a 1200 yard wide F2 that tracked 2 miles in an unusual southwestward direction in Kent County, Texas.

It uprooted an estimated 1000 trees, removed the roofs of buildings, threw cars, and caused other significant damage.

[37] A series of thunderstorms on the afternoon of August 19 spawned three tornadoes, damaging homes in the Conestoga Lake and Fergus areas in Southern Ontario, Canada.

The worst tornado occurred on August 29 near Star Point, Georgia, where a 200 yard wide F2 tracked 5.5 miles, killing one and injuring three.

This tornado moved directly through Earlington and Southeastern Madisonville, leveling several homes, reducing trees "to nubs", reportedly scouring the ground to bare soil and injuring 40 people.

The same tornado also moved through Hill Creek, causing additional damage and another injury before dissipating just after passing through Springfield.