Final Death Toll A couple weeks ago I exchanged emails with Greg Carbin at the SPC regarding the death toll of this tornado I had asked why the death toll in the annual fatal tornado summaries was changed from 159 to 158 as the text towards the end of 2011 said 1 direct fatality was removed In his reply Carbin said that there never was a 159th direct fatality as that death was not a direct result of the tornado The figure given by the SPC indicates that the other fatalities over 158 were were not directly due to the tornado either So should we change the death toll listed here to reflect this Also different death tolls for this tornado are listed on different articles Whatever figure we settle on for the death toll of this tornado should be applied to all articles that list it