2008 Tornado Fatality Information

All times are CST. NOTE: Tornado related fatalities are entered once confirmed by NWS Weather Forecast Offices.
Num	Date	Time	Location	Deaths	F	Watch
January     Killer Tornadoes: 4     Fatalities: 7
01	Jan 7	06:33 PM	GREENE-WEBSTER CO. MO	3	F3	WT001
An 84 year old female was killed when her wood constructed home was destroyed in Greene County. Six injuries and two fatalities also occurred in rural areas north of Marshfield in Webster County.
02	Jan 8	08:40 AM	APPLETON AR	1	F2	WT008
A 61 year-old man was killed and his wife was injured when their double-wide mobile home was destroyed.
03	Jan 29	05:07 PM	POSEYVILLE IN	2	F2	WT026
A mobile home was destroyed. Two occupants of the mobile home were killed.
04	Jan 29	07:00 PM	HENRYVILLE/CLARK CO. IN	1	F1	WS025
Tornado caused tree to crash onto a mobile home killing the occupant.
February     Killer Tornadoes: 12     Fatalities: 59
05	Feb 5	05:00 PM	POPE-IZARD CO. AR	13	F4	WT036
Long-lived and violent tornado tracked for over 100 miles across north-central AR claiming 13 lives and destroying hundreds of homes.
06	Feb 5	05:11 PM	BAXTER CO. AR	1	F2	WT035
One fatality occurred in a mobile home park.
07	Feb 5	05:38 PM	SHELBY CO. TN	3	F2	WT037
Three people were killed inside the warehouse.
08	Feb 5	06:25 PM	FAYETTE-MADISON CO. TN	3	F3	WT037
One man was killed in his truck in Fayette County. Two additional deaths occurred in separate homes in Madison County.
09	Feb 5	07:40 PM	HARDIN CO. TN	3	F4	WT037
Two of the deaths occurred in the Cerro Gordo area while the third fatality occurred in northeast Hardin County. All fatalities occurred in mobile homes.
10	Feb 5	07:44 PM	MUHLENBERG CO. KY	3	F3	WT037
All fatalities occurred in a mobile home park near Greenville, KY.
11	Feb 5	10:04 PM	SUMNER-MACON CO. TN	22	F3	WT040
This tornado tracked for over 50 miles from TN into KY. Most of the fatalities (13) occurred in Williams, just northest of Lafayette in Macon County, TN
12	Feb 6	01:40 AM	ALLEN CO. KY	4	F3	WT039
Four people were killed in mobile homes in the Tracy Lane area, eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County.
13	Feb 6	03:05 AM	LAWRENCE CO. AL	4	F4	WT041
The most significant damage occurred in two main areas. The first occurred just south of the Pinhook community, the second occurred north of Aldridge Grove. All fatalities occured in homes.
14	Feb 6	05:17 AM	JACKSON CO. AL	1	F4	WT041
The most significant damage was noted between the Rosalie and Pisgah communities in eastern Jackson County. This is where the one fatality occurred.
15	Feb 12	01:45 PM	TANGIPAHOA PARISH LA	1	F1	WT051
One fatality occurred when a 51 year old woman was thrown into a vehicle in a parking lot of the hospital.
16	Feb 26	03:45 AM	JEFFERSON CO. AL	1	F1	WS076
The tornado touched down east of Interstate 20 near Henry Ellen Rd, where trees falling on a mobile home caused one fatality to an elderly woman.
March     Killer Tornadoes: 3     Fatalities: 4
17	Mar 7	08:45 AM	COLUMBIA CO. FL	1	F2	WT104
One female fatality occurred when a tree went through her mobile home.
18	Mar 14	07:40 PM	FULTON CO. GA	1	F2	-----
The tornado touched down in downtown Atlanta and resulted in one death and 30 non-life threatening injuries.
19	Mar 15	10:25 AM	POLK-FLOYD CO. GA	2	F3	WT119
One fatality in a destroyed home in Polk County. Another fatality occurred in a destroyed home in Floyd County from the same tornado.
May     Killer Tornadoes: 11     Fatalities: 43
20	May 2	07:15 AM	CONWAY-VAN BUREN CO. AR	5	F3	WS248
A man and his teen-aged son were killed when their mobile home was destroyed in Conway County. A 4 year-old girl and her grandparents were killed in Van Buren County when their house was destroyed.
21	May 2	10:40 AM	PULASKI CO. AR	1	F2	WT249
One woman was killed when her mobile home was destroyed.
22	May 8	09:30 PM	GUILFORD CO. NC	1	F2	WT282
Tornado struck a parked tractor trailer and killed 51 year old man in the truck.
23	May 10	04:30 PM	OTTAWA CO. OK	6	F4	WT293
Tornado moved into town of Picher, OK where it destroyed about 200 homes and killed six people.
23	May 10	04:59 PM	NEWTON-BARRY CO. MO	15	F4	WT293
There were 14 fatalities and 200 injuries from just west of Highway 43 to Highway 86 in Newton County. One man was killed as he was taking shelter in a mobile home in Barry County.
24	May 10	05:10 PM	JASPER CO. MO	1	F1	WT293
One fatality (17-year old female) occurred from a large tree falling on a mobile home.
25	May 11	04:36 AM	LAURENS CO. GA	2	F2	WT302
A double-wide mobile home was destroyed and the occupants, a man and woman in their early 50s were both killed.
26	May 22	11:45 AM	WELD CO. CO	1	F3	WT334
One man was killed when he tried to escape the trailer park in his motor home.
27	May 23	09:30 PM	PRATT CO. KS	2	F3	WT344
The tornado picked up a car and carried it approximately 1700 feet into a wheat field, killing the male driver and female passenger (who was ejected). The car was nearly unrecognizable and the fatalities were not discovered until the following day.
28	May 25	03:59 PM	BUTLER CO. IA	8	F5	WT363
The first EF5 tornado in Iowa since 13 June 1976. Eight deaths and 50 injuries occurred in Butler County.
29	May 25	04:05 PM	WASHINGTON CO. MN	1	F3	WT359
A two year old boy died after being blown out of the first floor of his home in Creekview Preserve near Hugo, MN.
June     Killer Tornadoes: 4     Fatalities: 7
30	Jun 3	07:12 PM	RUSH CO. IN	1	F3	WT441
A 67 year old woman in Moscow was injured from a large tree limb that impaled her in the chest and later passed away due to those injuries on August 17th.
31	Jun 11	05:40 PM	MONONA CO. IA	4	F3	WT509
This tornado tragically hit a Boy Scout camp north of Little Sioux, IA killing 4 young scouts.
32	Jun 11	09:18 PM	DICKINSON CO. KS	1	F3	WT512
One death was reported when a tree was blown onto a woman who had just put here daughter into the carseat of her vehicle.
33	Jun 11	11:02 PM	JACKSON CO. KS	1	F2	WT512
A mobile home was destroyed and the occupant sustained fatal injuries.
July     Killer Tornadoes: 1     Fatalities: 1
34	Jul 24	09:38 AM	ROCKINGHAM CO. NH	1	F2	-----
A woman was killed when the house she was is was hit by the tornado and collapsed.
September     Killer Tornadoes: 1     Fatalities: 2
35	Sep 3	02:00 AM	EVANGELINE PARISH LA	2	F2	WT884
Tornado associated with the remains of Hurricane Gustav hit a mobile home. The mobile home was thrown in a counter-clockwise motion over 200 yards and was destroyed, resulting in two fatalities and one serious injury.
November     Killer Tornadoes: 2     Fatalities: 2
36	Nov 15	02:10 AM	JOHNSTON CO. NC	1	F2	WT933
A double-wide mobile home was flipped and blown approximately 50 feet. A 61 year old female occupant of this mobile home was killed.
37	Nov 15	02:30 AM	WILSON CO. NC	1	F3	WT933
One home was completely destroyed when swept off of its foundation. The home rolled over as many as four times and there was one fatality and two injuries.

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