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Storm reports for March 2, 2020

NOAA recorded 52 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in 5 states on March 2, 2020.

in 5 states
87
Storm reports
About 27 miles from Clarksville, TN
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 54 miles from Clarksville, TN
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 36.17, -85.66, TN
13
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, 2020 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 12:32 a.m. CST on March 3, an EF3 tornado touched down in western Davidson County, Tennessee, and ran 60.13 miles through Nashville, Mount Juliet and Lebanon into Smith County, killing 5 people and injuring 220.1 Around John C. Tune Airport, between Cockrill Bend Way and Briley Parkway, it did EF2 damage to hangars, warehouses and other buildings.1 It damaged or destroyed apartment complexes, homes and businesses in Germantown and did EF3 damage to businesses in East Nashville's Five Points.1 It leveled homes in Donelson and Mount Juliet, and at its widest, 0.9 miles along Eastgate Boulevard, it leveled several large warehouses.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1.09 billion in property damage from this tornado in Davidson County and $409 million in Wilson County.1,2

At 1:48 a.m., an EF4 tornado with winds up to 175 mph tracked 8.39 miles from northwest of Baxter to the edge of downtown Cookeville in Putnam County and killed 19 people.3,4 It leveled 17 large, well-built homes, mostly on Hensley Drive, and farther east destroyed an apartment complex and 5 more homes.3 Earlier, at 11:05 p.m. on March 2, an EF2 tornado near Camden in Benton County damaged homes and mobile homes and killed 1 person.4 Hail up to 3 inches across fell in and around Charlotte in Dickson County, breaking car windshields and damaging some home roofs.5 NOAA's Storm Events Database cites a Tennessee Emergency Management Agency estimate of $1.6 billion in damage across Middle Tennessee.1

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 882999, tornado, Davidson County, Tennessee
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 883007, tornado, Wilson County, Tennessee
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 883016, tornado, Putnam County, Tennessee
  4. 4. NWS Nashville: March 2-3, 2020 Tornadoes
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 882961, hail, Dickson County, Tennessee

Reports by hour

Hail52, most at 6 PM

Wind22, most at 10 PM

Tornado13, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:00 PMEF1About 33 miles from Clarksville, TN5.51 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:12 PMEF1Near 36.03, -88.83, TN7.27 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:15 PMEF0Near 36.57, -89.90, MO3.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:41 PMEF2Near 36.08, -88.53, TN14.8 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:05 PMEF2About 54 miles from Clarksville, TN18.72 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:42 PMEF0About 35 miles from Clarksville, TN4.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:15 AMEF2About 54 miles from Nashville, TN2.7 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:32 AMEF3About 10 miles from Nashville, TN60.13 mi long, 1600 yd wide
1:38 AMEF0About 55 miles from Nashville, TN3.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:48 AMEF4Near 36.17, -85.66, TN8.39 mi long, 900 yd wide
2:05 AMEF0Near 36.11, -85.45, TN0.23 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:25 AMEF2Near 36.14, -85.04, TN10.07 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:40 AMEF0About 49 miles from Knoxville, TN3.68 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Tennessee3081210
Missouri272241
Kentucky221462
Arkansas4400
Illinois4400

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Nashville, TNNone60 mph1

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