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In 1987, an outbreak of 22 tornadoes struck East and Northeast Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. One F3 tornado moved out of Northeast Texas and tore into Shreveport, Louisiana, where it killed one, injured 96, and caused around $5 million damage. A second F3 tornado that had a track 11 miles long and averaged 250 yards wide, struck East Texas. It began 11 miles south-southwest of Palestine and tracked to Palestine. This twister killed one, injured 59, and caused around $19.3 million damage, $15 million of which was in Palestine. A third F3, and the deadliest tornado that day, killed 4 and injured 81. It caused $13 million damage along a 33-mile long track that was around 500 yards wide from far East Texas to near Shreveport.

In 1988, an outbreak of severe thunderstorms that spawned 44 tornadoes stretched from Oklahoma and Northeast Texas, to Northern Indiana and Southern Wisconsin. One tornado was an F3 that struck Central Arkansas with a track 49 miles long and around 250 yards wide. The twister killed five, injured 60, and caused around $15 million damage. A second F3 tornado that also struck Central Arkansas killed one, injured 10 and caused around $2.2 million. $1.2 million of that damage occurred at a high school where the gym was destroyed. This event would have been much worse had the school's basketball team played at home instead of an away game. In addition to the tornadoes, there were 200 reports of large hail and damaging winds. The largest hail was a 3.5 inch specimen that landed just east of Denison, Texas. The strongest gusts reached 85 mph in Kirksville, Missouri.

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In 2011, exceptionally powerful and prolonged severe thunderstorms hammered the Arque region of Cochabamba, Bolivia with nearly 2 feet of hail. Lasting an astounding 3 hours, the severe thunderstorms caused major flash floods that damaged around 50 acres of crops and left hundreds of families homeless. A school was destroyed after an hour of constant hail. The number of injuries and fatalities and the sizes of the hailstones was not reported.
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