Storm reports for March 1, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, March 1, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 7 states on March 1, 2016.

in 7 states; 19
Storm reports: About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 37.10, -84.05, KY; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 18 miles from Birmingham, AL; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 1, 2016 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

Hail7, most at 4 PM

Wind9, most at 2 PM

Tornado3, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:43 PM	EF2	About 18 miles from Birmingham, AL	5.59 mi long, 465 yd wide
6:42 PM	EF0	About 43 miles from Birmingham, AL	2.99 mi long, 80 yd wide
8:27 PM	EF0	About 33 miles from Columbus, GA	3.08 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
6:55 AM	0.88 in	Near 37.72, -88.92, IL
7:33 AM	0.88 in	Near 37.68, -88.65, IL
1:27 PM	0.88 in	Near 36.49, -85.06, TN
3:45 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:21 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.89, -92.23, LA
4:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.95, -91.69, LA
5:42 PM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from Birmingham, AL

Time	Gust	Where
11:55 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Huntsville, AL
1:50 PM	60 mph	Near 36.90, -84.49, KY
2:18 PM	58 mph	Near 36.86, -84.23, KY
2:25 PM	90 mph	Near 37.10, -84.05, KY
3:08 PM	58 mph	About 60 miles from Kingsport, TN
5:52 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:30 PM	54 mph	About 22 miles from Portland, OR
7:30 PM	54 mph	Near 45.72, -123.90, OR
8:04 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Atlanta, GA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Alabama	6	1	2	3
Kentucky	4	0	4	0
Illinois	2	2	0	0
Louisiana	2	2	0	0
Oregon	2	0	2	0
Tennessee	2	2	0	0
Georgia	1	0	1	0

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