page_title: Late December 2012 North American storm complex
section_title: Southeast and Midwest United States
hierarchical_section_title: Late December 2012 North American storm complex / Impact / Southeast and Midwest United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Buildings on the grounds of Fort Hayes, seen from the old parade grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The snow is newly fallen as a result of the December 25–28, 2012 North American blizzard. Fort Hayes has been declared a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Near the end of 2012, a massive storm complex developed that produced both a tornado outbreak and a blizzard across the southern and eastern United States. On Christmas Day 2012, a tornado outbreak occurred across Southern United States. This severe weather/tornado event affected the United States Gulf Coast and southern East Coast over a two-day span. It occurred in conjunction with a much larger winter storm event that brought blizzard conditions to much of the interior United States. In total, 31 tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service in five states from Texas to North Carolina. All but one of the tornadoes that occurred during the outbreak touched down on December 25, with the other occurring the following day in North Carolina. Two of the tornadoes were destructive enough to be rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. At least 16 people died as a result of the related blizzard, and thousands were without power.
  There were 63 preliminary local storm reports received for tornadoes, including 60 in four states on December 25 alone.
context_section_description: In Arkansas, two people were killed in a highway accident as a result of sleet on the roads. One person was killed when high winds knocked over a tree onto a house. On December 25, more than 6 inches (15 cm) of snow fell in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Freezing rain was blamed for a 21-car pileup on Interstate 35 near Oklahoma City. 40 Oklahoma National Guard soldiers were deployed throughout the state to assist motorists on roads. Two people were killed in separate weather-related car crashes. The driver of a truck was killed in Texas when strong winds knocked over a tree, which fell on the vehicle. Two people were killed in separate weather-related automobile accidents in Virginia.
  The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for southern Illinois, the first blizzard warning in history for the region. Several counties also closed their courthouses due to the snow. Two people were killed in a traffic accident in Indiana caused by snowy roads on December 26, including an 18-year-old Ohio girl that lost control of her vehicle due to poor road conditions and crashed into a snow plow.
caption: Snow in Columbus, Ohio, on December 28
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