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Tennessee storm reports for March 2, 2012

NOAA recorded 86 hail reports, 39 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in Tennessee on March 2, 2012.

in Tennessee
140
Storm reports
Near 35.17, -88.43, TN
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 2 miles from Nashville, TN
82 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 7 miles from Chattanooga, TN
15
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.

Reports by hour

Hail86, most at 4 PM

Wind39, most at 3 PM

Tornado15, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
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
12:47 PMEF2About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN14.31 mi long, 400 yd wide
2:45 PMEF0About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL0.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:48 PMEF1About 19 miles from Nashville, TN0.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:52 PMEF0About 35 miles from Chattanooga, TN2.7 mi long, 75 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
5:56 PMEF0Near 36.38, -85.10, TN6.42 mi long, 300 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
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

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Chattanooga, TN2.5 inNone1
Nashville, TN2.0 in82 mph0
Knoxville, TN1.5 inNone2
Clarksville, TN0.88 inNone0
Kingsport, TNNone63 mph0

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