2016 Gainesville tornado was a very deadly EF3 wedge that effected Gainesville, Texas during the nighttime hours of March 2, 2016...the tornado received little confirmation until it was already a possible EF4...the tornado was one of the deadliest EF3's on record...killing almost 60 people, 56 to be exact...39 of those came from Gainesville...2 of them occurred in the Walmart Distribution Center of Sanger...15 other deaths occurred in Valley View.