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Storm reports for March 2, 2012

NOAA recorded 541 hail reports, 222 wind reports and 72 tornado reports in 17 states on March 2, 2012.

in 17 states
835
Storm reports
About 45 miles from Louisville, KY
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 15 miles from Evansville, IN
86 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 28 miles from Louisville, KY
72
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 March 2, 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

At 2:50 p.m. EST on March 2, an EF4 tornado touched down south of Fredericksburg, Indiana, and stayed on the ground for 49 miles. Near New Pekin it killed 5 people in a mobile home.1 In Clark County it leveled homes, crossed Interstate 65, destroyed business buildings near exit 19 and moved through Henryville. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $55 million in property damage in Clark County.2

At 4:24 p.m. EST, an EF4 tornado with winds up to 175 mph entered Kenton County, Kentucky, and crossed Interstate 75, where it destroyed five homes down to their foundations. It killed 4 people.3 An EF3 hit downtown West Liberty, Kentucky, at 5:58 p.m., damaging nearly every structure in town. Storm Events lists 6 deaths, 80 injuries and $75 million in property damage in Morgan County.4 At 7:03 p.m., an EF3 with winds near 160 mph struck Salyersville, Kentucky, destroying many businesses and other buildings where the Mountain Parkway meets U.S. 460. Storm Events lists $25 million in property damage in Magoffin County.5

In Tennessee, the Harrison tornado, an EF3 with winds up to 165 mph, formed in Hamilton County at 12:41 p.m. EST. In that county it destroyed more than 80 homes and injured 30 people, and early damage estimates topped $28 million.6 Baseball to apple size hail did extensive damage to buildings in downtown Campton, Kentucky. Storm Events lists $25 million in property damage from 2-inch hail at Berry Hill in Davidson County, Tennessee.7,8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 359896, tornado, Washington County, Indiana
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 359912, tornado, Clark County, Indiana
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 369474, tornado, Kenton County, Kentucky
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 368706, tornado, Morgan County, Kentucky
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 368739, tornado, Magoffin County, Kentucky
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 374002, tornado, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 365771, hail, Wolfe County, Kentucky
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 364346, hail, Davidson County, Tennessee

Reports by hour

Hail541, most at 4 PM

Wind222, most at 4 PM

Tornado72, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:10 AMEF3About 16 miles from Huntsville, AL33.99 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:06 AMEF2About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL7.26 mi long, 220 yd wide
10:08 AMEF1About 31 miles from Huntsville, AL0.93 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:11 AMEF0About 30 miles from St. Louis, MO0.65 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:15 AMEF1About 17 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:41 AMEF3About 7 miles from Chattanooga, TN41 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:28 PMEF0About 35 miles from Evansville, IN2.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:37 PMEF2About 18 miles from Evansville, IN6.07 mi long, 140 yd wide
12:47 PMEF2About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN14.31 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:00 PMEF0About 7 miles from Evansville, IN2.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:38 PMEF2About 26 miles from Evansville, IN6.56 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:50 PMEF4About 28 miles from Louisville, KY46.6 mi long, 800 yd wide
Show all 72 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
1:52 PMEF0About 42 miles from Knoxville, TN0.13 mi long, 40 yd wide
1:55 PMEF0About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.73 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:55 PMEF0About 18 miles from Evansville, IN3.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:06 PMEF0About 34 miles from Evansville, IN0.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:22 PMEF0About 31 miles from Evansville, IN0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:30 PMEF1About 21 miles from Louisville, KY6.57 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:38 PMEF2About 42 miles from Evansville, IN16.49 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:41 PMEF3About 37 miles from Louisville, KY3.26 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:44 PMEF1About 40 miles from Louisville, KY2.4 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:45 PMEF0About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL0.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:52 PMEF3About 49 miles from Cincinnati, OH8.69 mi long, 350 yd wide
3:01 PMEF0About 33 miles from Louisville, KY2.73 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:02 PMEF0About 36 miles from Louisville, KY0.65 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:12 PMEF1About 41 miles from Louisville, KY0.25 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:23 PMEF4About 25 miles from Cincinnati, OH9.85 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:24 PMEF2About 43 miles from Cincinnati, OH5.4 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:26 PMEF0About 22 miles from Huntsville, AL4.97 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:39 PMEF1About 18 miles from Huntsville, AL2.59 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:39 PMEF3About 23 miles from Cincinnati, OH20.41 mi long, 440 yd wide
3:48 PMEF1About 19 miles from Nashville, TN0.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:02 PMEF0About 36 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:05 PMEF1About 55 miles from Nashville, TN0.49 mi long, 60 yd wide
4:25 PMEF1About 51 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.93 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:30 PMEF0About 56 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.15 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:33 PMEF2About 58 miles from Cincinnati, OH11.07 mi long, 330 yd wide
4:39 PMEF3About 47 miles from Lexington, KY84.99 mi long, 1580 yd wide
4:46 PMEF0About 56 miles from Huntington, WV4.14 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:46 PMEF0About 52 miles from Huntington, WV2.04 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:52 PMEF0About 35 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:53 PMEF0About 55 miles from Huntington, WV2.77 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:01 PMEF0About 45 miles from Crestview, FL0.46 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:08 PMEF1About 38 miles from Lexington, KY7.4 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 16 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:26 PMEF2Near 36.29, -85.49, TN3.7 mi long, 880 yd wide
5:31 PMEF1Near 36.29, -85.49, TN1.65 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:33 PMEF2Near 36.30, -85.47, TN6.94 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:50 PMEF3Near 37.70, -83.27, KY49.04 mi long, 1320 yd wide
5:53 PMEF1About 35 miles from Montgomery, AL17.64 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:56 PMEF0Near 36.38, -85.10, TN6.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:04 PMEF2About 60 miles from Lexington, KY7.15 mi long, 310 yd wide
6:17 PMEF0About 60 miles from Crestview, FL0.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:23 PMEF1About 55 miles from Gulfport, MS11.94 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:32 PMEF1About 24 miles from Huntington, WV16.02 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:42 PMEF1About 56 miles from Gulfport, MS3.01 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:44 PMEF2About 56 miles from Chattanooga, TN21.5 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:09 PMEF3About 51 miles from Atlanta, GA29.02 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:26 PMEF2About 45 miles from Knoxville, TN2.6 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:45 PMEF1About 48 miles from Knoxville, TN2.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:50 PMEF1About 50 miles from Knoxville, TN2.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:03 PMEF0About 45 miles from Asheville, NC1.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:10 PMEF1About 30 miles from Kingsport, TN0.8 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:14 PMEF1About 15 miles from Atlanta, GA1.41 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:33 PMEF0About 13 miles from Knoxville, TN0.3 mi long, 70 yd wide
9:00 PMEF0About 10 miles from Knoxville, TN2.1 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:15 PMEF1About 52 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL18.9 mi long, 700 yd wide
10:01 PMEF2About 30 miles from Montgomery, AL28.25 mi long, 700 yd wide
10:40 PMEF2About 40 miles from Montgomery, AL34.04 mi long, 1000 yd wide
11:47 PMEF0About 57 miles from Jackson, MS0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:35 AMEF2About 9 miles from Charlotte, NC2.94 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:35 AMEF0About 10 miles from Columbia, SC2.54 mi long, 80 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky2201267519
Tennessee140863915
Alabama132972312
Indiana9075105
Illinois615452
Mississippi5031163
Louisiana282260
South Carolina262231
Ohio221066
North Carolina20974
Georgia15762
West Virginia10811
Missouri9720
Virginia6312
Arkansas4220
New Jersey1100
Texas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Chattanooga, TN2.5 in58 mph1
Nashville, TN2.0 in82 mph0
Birmingham, AL1.75 in58 mph0
Evansville, IN1.75 in58 mph1
Huntsville, AL1.75 inNone1
Indianapolis, IN1.75 inNone0
Lexington, KY1.75 in60 mph0
St. Louis, MO1.75 inNone0
Tuscaloosa, AL1.75 inNone0
Knoxville, TN1.5 inNone2
Kingsport, TN1.0 in63 mph0
Louisville, KY1.0 inNone0
Spartanburg, SC1.0 inNone0
Clarksville, TN0.88 in83 mph0
Fort Wayne, IN0.88 inNone0
Atlanta, GANone58 mph0
Charlotte, NCNoneNone1
Columbia, SCNone69 mph1
Jackson, MSNone63 mph0

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