tics:--Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida are the most likely states to have tornado events around this time of year.--The last time a number of tornadoes impacted the Gulf Coast area around Christmas Day was in 2009, when 22 tornadoes occurred during the morning of December 24th.--In over 60 years there have been two EF4-rated tornadoes on Christmas Eve, one in 1982 in Arkansas