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December 6

• 1892 – A tornado outbreak killed three people in northeastern Texas. An F4 tornado swept away farms near Atlanta, Texas, killing one person and injuring 25, 13 of them in one house. An F2 tornado killed a child near Marshall and another F2 tornado killed a person near Nacocgdoches.
• 1983 – An F3 tornado moved across parts of Selma, Alabama, damaging or destroying 103 buildings, including a dormitory at Selma University. One person was killed and 19 were injured. An F4 tornado struck the northwestern portion of La Place, Louisiana, injuring 25 people. About 100-125 homes were severely damaged with 25-30 destroyed. Several homes were wiped clean from their foundations, but an F5 rating was not assigned because the homes were not well-anchored.
• 2012 – A rain-wrapped EF2 tornado struck Hobsonville, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand killing three people, including two workers at a construction site, tying it as New Zealand's deadliest tornado. The other record-holder was in Hamilton in 1948.