Storm reports for March 30, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, March 30, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 8 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 5 states on March 30, 2021.

in 5 states; 18
Storm reports: Near 33.62, -91.82, AR; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 34.09, -88.62, MS; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 32.75, -92.26, LA; 8
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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 30, 2021 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

Hail2, most at 7 PM

Wind8, most at 5 PM

Tornado8, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:18 PM	EF0	About 36 miles from Slidell, LA	2.48 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:04 PM	EF0	Near 31.44, -89.45, MS	3.55 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:54 PM	EF1	Near 32.75, -92.26, LA	1.18 mi long, 105 yd wide
12:24 AM	EF0	Near 33.87, -89.18, MS	1.21 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:49 AM	EF1	Near 33.98, -88.42, MS	4.27 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:31 AM	EF0	Near 34.06, -88.00, AL	1.63 mi long, 90 yd wide
3:45 AM	EF1	About 45 miles from Huntsville, AL	1.19 mi long, 305 yd wide
5:44 AM	EF1	About 46 miles from Chattanooga, TN	3.17 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:05 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Ocala, FL
5:10 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Ocala, FL
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Ocala, FL
7:10 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Ocala, FL
12:15 AM	58 mph	Near 33.86, -89.27, MS
1:25 AM	81 mph	Near 34.09, -88.62, MS
1:40 AM	58 mph	Near 34.01, -88.46, MS
4:15 AM	75 mph	About 57 miles from Memphis, TN

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Mississippi	7	0	4	3
Florida	5	1	4	0
Alabama	3	0	0	3
Louisiana	2	0	0	2
Arkansas	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Ocala, FL	None	58 mph	0

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

Time	Size	Where
7:07 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Ocala, FL
3:24 AM	1.75 in	Near 33.62, -91.82, AR