the tornado outbreak of march 3, 2019 was a significant severe weather event that affected the southeastern united states. over the course of 6 hours, a total of 41 tornadoes touched down across portions of alabama, georgia, florida, and south carolina. the strongest of these was an ef4 tornado that devastated rural communities from beauregard, alabama through smiths station, alabama to talbotton, georgia, killing 23 people and injuring at least 100 others. its death toll represented more than twice the number of tornado deaths in the united states in 2018, and it was the deadliest single tornado in the country since the 2013 moore ef5 tornado. an ef3 tornado destroyed residences to the east of tallahassee in leon county, florida, and was only the second tornado of that strength in the county since 1945. several other strong tornadoes occurred across the region throughout the evening of march 3 and caused significant damage. a large number of ef0 and ef1 tornadoes also touched down.