| Weather History for April 12 |
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1927 In Rock Springs, TX a tornado struck, killing 72 people and causing $1.2 million in damage. Out of 247 buildings, 235 were destroyed. The tornado was more than a mile wide.
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1934 Winds atop Mount Washington, NH averaged 186 mph for five minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph.
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1945 Despite Antlers, OK being hit by an F5 (estimated) tornado that destroyed 600 of the tiny town's buildings and killing 69 people, newspapers barely mentioned it. President Roosevelt had died three hours earlier.
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Data courtesy of the National Weather Service
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