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Storm reports for February 20, 2014

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 331 wind reports and 36 tornado reports in 18 states on February 20, 2014.

in 18 states
407
Storm reports
Near 36.05, -90.12, MO
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Clarksville, TN
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 39.52, -90.84, IL
36
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 20, 2014 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

A brief EF2 tornado with winds up to 125 mph hit north-northeast of Fort Payne, Alabama, at 12:28 a.m. CST on February 21, 2014.1 It flipped three tractor-trailers at an industrial plant and stripped much of the siding from a nearby metal building and lifted its roof. Two homes lost their roofs and had at least two exterior walls collapse. Nearby, a two-story apartment complex had part of its roof lifted, lost siding and had windows broken. One person was hurt.1

In central Illinois on the afternoon of February 20, an EF1 tornado tracked about 8 miles from south of Mechanicsburg toward Illiopolis, damaging outbuildings and the roofs of several homes. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $990,000 in property damage.2 In the Missouri Bootheel, golf ball size hail (1.75 inches) fell around Hornersville, and an EF1 tornado near Deering overturned a trailer, damaged roofs on several homes and injured five people.3,4 Late that night, winds damaged a mobile home in Marion County, Tennessee, and NOAA's database lists two deaths, both in mobile homes, and one injury there.5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 490197, tornado, DeKalb County, Alabama
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 499888, tornado, Sangamon County, Illinois
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 505088, hail, Dunklin County, Missouri
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 505086, tornado, Pemiscot County, Missouri
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 491761, thunderstorm wind, Marion County, Tennessee

Reports by hour

Hail40, most at 7 PM

Wind331, most at 8 PM

Tornado36, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:25 PMEF2Near 39.52, -90.84, IL12.09 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:48 PMEF0Near 39.79, -90.42, IL0.27 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:52 PMEF0Near 39.82, -90.42, IL8.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:43 PMEF0Near 39.57, -89.63, IL0.22 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:57 PMEF1About 35 miles from St. Louis, MO12.31 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:57 PMEF1Near 39.76, -89.39, IL8.25 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:09 PMEF2Near 39.26, -89.23, IL22.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:36 PMEF1Near 39.02, -89.00, IL4.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:39 PMEF1Near 36.19, -89.88, MO0.24 mi long, 70 yd wide
4:40 PMEF1Near 37.70, -89.37, IL0.39 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0Near 39.52, -88.81, IL0.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:41 PMEF1Near 36.23, -89.80, MO0.04 mi long, 25 yd wide
Show all 36 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:54 PMEF1Near 39.18, -88.72, IL1.54 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:43 PMEF0Near 39.78, -87.74, IL3 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0About 41 miles from Indianapolis, IN7.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:42 PMEF0About 40 miles from Evansville, IN6.22 mi long, 125 yd wide
7:11 PMEF0About 56 miles from Slidell, LA0.45 mi long, 40 yd wide
7:12 PMEF0About 43 miles from Clarksville, TN1.59 mi long, 125 yd wide
7:48 PMEF0Near 31.25, -89.77, MS0.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:32 PMEF0About 32 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.04 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:33 PMEF1About 40 miles from Lafayette, LA2.65 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:45 PMEF1About 33 miles from Huntsville, AL10.72 mi long, 450 yd wide
8:51 PMEF1About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL1.82 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:55 PMEF1About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL2.67 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:05 PMEF1About 26 miles from Huntsville, AL2.73 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:14 PMEF1About 42 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.81 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:28 PMEF1Near 31.45, -89.37, MS4.62 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:50 PMEF0Near 31.61, -89.25, MS0.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:53 PMEF1About 39 miles from Huntsville, AL1.64 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:53 PMEF0About 13 miles from Dayton, OH2.03 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:08 PMEF1About 43 miles from Huntsville, AL1.05 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:23 PMEF1About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.98 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:29 PMEF1About 43 miles from Chattanooga, TN1.21 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:54 PMEF0About 21 miles from Columbus, OH0.13 mi long, 80 yd wide
12:28 AMEF2About 46 miles from Chattanooga, TN0.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:56 AMEF0About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL4.2 mi long, 150 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Tennessee835744
Kentucky760742
Alabama640586
Mississippi334254
Illinois3041412
Indiana307203
West Virginia180180
Iowa141040
Missouri12552
Georgia111100
Louisiana9171
Ohio9072
Texas5320
Virginia5050
Florida4040
North Carolina2020
Arkansas1010
South Carolina1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Beaumont, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Cedar Rapids, IA1.0 inNone0
Des Moines, IA1.0 inNone0
Atlanta, GANone63 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone63 mph0
Clarksville, TNNone75 mph0
Dayton, OHNone58 mph1
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone71 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone60 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone63 mph0
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Mobile, ALNone60 mph0
Nashville, TNNone64 mph0
New Orleans, LANone64 mph0
Shreveport, LANone60 mph0
St. Louis, MONone62 mph0

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