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Storm reports for March 23, 2012

NOAA recorded 81 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 10 states on March 23, 2012.

in 10 states
110
Storm reports
Near 37.38, -89.65, MO
2.5 in
Largest hail
Near 37.36, -85.46, KY
62 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 38.27, -88.81, IL
14
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 23, 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 12:26 p.m. CST on March 23, an EF2 tornado with winds near 130 mph struck near Opdyke in Jefferson County, Illinois. It lifted a tied-down double-wide mobile home and carried it about 100 yards, killing 1 person.1,2 At 2:07 p.m. EST, an EF1 tornado with winds of 105 to 110 mph crossed southeast Louisville, Kentucky. It destroyed a modular home, took the roof off a brick home and damaged roofs, siding and windows on many others.3

Hail up to golf ball size fell in Shelby County, Indiana, between 8:25 and 8:47 p.m. EST and piled 3 to 4 inches deep near Fairland. The county emergency manager reported about 100 homes damaged from Fairland to Fountaintown, mostly cosmetic, with some roof leaks, siding damage and broken windows, and one commercial roof damaged in Fairland.4,5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 374200, tornado, Jefferson County, Illinois
  2. 2. NWS Paducah: Top 10 Weather Events of 2012
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 362536, tornado, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 373271, hail, Shelby County, Indiana
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 370449, hail, Shelby County, Indiana

Reports by hour

Hail81, most at 5 PM

Wind15, most at 4 PM

Tornado14, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:26 AMEF1About 38 miles from Montgomery, AL1.7 mi long, 700 yd wide
11:33 AMEF0Near 37.33, -89.50, MO0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:38 AMEF1Near 37.52, -89.52, MO0.57 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:14 PMEF0Near 37.76, -89.27, IL1.82 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:24 PMEF1Near 37.95, -89.18, IL7.45 mi long, 125 yd wide
12:48 PMEF0Near 31.15, -85.56, AL1.68 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:26 PMEF2Near 38.27, -88.81, IL2.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:57 PMEF0Near 38.58, -88.78, IL0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
2:07 PMEF1About 12 miles from Louisville, KY2.44 mi long, 70 yd wide
2:20 PMEF0Near 31.43, -84.95, GA3.55 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:28 PMEF1About 25 miles from Louisville, KY2.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:30 PMEF0About 36 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.06 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:50 PMEF0About 29 miles from Dayton, OH0.37 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:30 PMEF0About 26 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.44 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois373034
Indiana292711
Kentucky10442
Missouri8602
Georgia6411
Tennessee6510
Ohio5122
Alabama4112
North Carolina3210
Florida2110

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cincinnati, OH0.88 inNone0
Evansville, IN0.88 inNone0
Jacksonville, FL0.75 inNone0
Montgomery, AL0.75 inNone0
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Louisville, KYNoneNone1

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