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Storm reports for February 29, 2012

NOAA recorded 58 hail reports, 74 wind reports and 18 tornado reports in 9 states on February 29, 2012.

in 9 states
150
Storm reports
About 57 miles from Huntington, WV
2.0 in
Largest hail
Near 39.15, -81.57, WV
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 45 miles from Clarksville, TN
18
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on February 29, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

About 4:30 p.m. CST on February 29, an EF2 tornado with winds near 125 mph crossed northern Cumberland County, Tennessee. In the Rinnie community it destroyed two homes, one of them a double-wide mobile home, and took the entire roof off another. Two people were killed and 7 injured.1 Earlier, at 3:46 p.m., an EF1 tornado ran 12 miles from near Smithville, Tennessee, across Center Hill Lake. It destroyed a small warehouse and a home, where 1 person died, and falling trees damaged the roofs of several homes along the lake's south shore.2

In Kentucky, an EF2 tornado with winds of 125 to 130 mph touched down near Glendale in Hardin County at 9:55 a.m. EST and crossed Interstate 65, lifting the roofs off several homes.3 In Lamar County, Alabama, winds estimated at 74 knots (85 mph) hit at 4:38 p.m. CST and blew shingles off several homes in downtown Sulligent.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 362596, tornado, Cumberland County, Tennessee
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 362592, tornado, DeKalb County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 359078, tornado, Hardin County, Kentucky
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 368233, thunderstorm wind, Lamar County, Alabama

Reports by hour

Hail58, most at 1 PM

Wind74, most at 3 PM

Tornado18, most at 8 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:03 AMEF1About 7 miles from Evansville, IN2.36 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:40 AMEF0About 45 miles from Evansville, IN0.49 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:45 AMEF1About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:45 AMEF2About 45 miles from Clarksville, TN5.46 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:55 AMEF2About 43 miles from Louisville, KY5 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:42 AMEF2About 56 miles from Louisville, KY2.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:05 AMEF2About 46 miles from Louisville, KY2.46 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:12 AMEF2About 46 miles from Louisville, KY0.89 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:42 PMEF2Near 37.87, -83.37, KY6.32 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:47 PMEF1Near 37.13, -85.68, KY0.96 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:22 PMEF2Near 37.12, -85.08, KY7.18 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:53 PMEF1About 60 miles from Lexington, KY1.5 mi long, 60 yd wide
Show all 18 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:46 PMEF1About 54 miles from Nashville, TN14.84 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:02 PMEF0Near 36.02, -85.53, TN2.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:30 PMEF2Near 36.09, -85.11, TN11.13 mi long, 1000 yd wide
6:30 PMEF0About 22 miles from Knoxville, TN0.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:32 PMEF0About 20 miles from Kingsport, TN0.6 mi long, 70 yd wide
1:05 AMEF0About 13 miles from Knoxville, TN1.85 mi long, 70 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky85403411
Tennessee2910145
West Virginia121110
Virginia11371
Arkansas4310
Mississippi4040
Alabama2110
North Carolina2020
Indiana1001

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, AL0.75 inNone0
Evansville, IN0.75 in60 mph1
Kingsport, TNNone69 mph0
Knoxville, TNNoneNone1

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.