This was one of three tornadoes confirmed on March 4, 1955. It moved to the ENE on the south side of Mitchellville. 20-30 homes damaged or destroyed. 50 head of livestock and 4,000 chickens were killed. 20 barns and one new brick school were destroyed. There were four injuries and no fatalities. Per an article in The Leaf-Chronicle from March 5, 1955, Bobby Hinton received the most serious injury. “He was hit by a brick from a disintegrating garage.”
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