Tornadoes · United States · Mississippi · 2012

EF0 tornado, Terrell, Mississippi, March 2, 2012

This EF0 tornado ran 0.3 miles across Jefferson Davis County on March 2, 2012, touching down at 11:47 PM CST and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $60,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating
EF0
Date
March 2, 2012
Touchdown
11:47 PM CST (05:47 UTC)
Lifted
11:49 PM CST (05:49 UTC)
On the ground
2 minutes
Path length
0.3 miles (0.6 km)
Path width
50 yards (46 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$60,000
County
Jefferson Davis County
Touchdown point
31.588, -89.764
Lift-off point
31.585, -89.769
Record number
1203022347-01

What the Weather Service recorded

March 2012 came in like a lion as a large severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred on March 2nd. This outbreak covered a large amount of real estate across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Lower Mississippi River Valleys. This event was driven by a powerful storm system which clashed with unusual instability and wind shear for this time of year. ||Across the NWS Jackson, MS service area, quite a bit of severe weather occurred during the afternoon and evening of March 2nd. Most of the severe storms occurred across areas north of I-20. Large hail was the primary main severe weather culprit as several supercell storms produced golf ball sized hail. There were also a few instances of larger hail, up to the size of baseballs. Other instances of wind damage also occurred from these storms along with two tornadoes.

The tornado began near the intersection of Mt. Carmel Road and East Granby Road, where a few large limbs were downed. The tornado continued east northeast, where it destroyed a mobile home's porch and also knocked another mobile home off of its piers. The tornado ended just past this location, where it snapped and uprooted a few hardwood and softwood trees. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 85 miles per hour.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST, 6 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.UPDATE...THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD TORNADO WATCH 64 FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...TO EXPAND SVR TSTORM WATCH 60 FOR
PORTIONS OF SW MISSISSIPPI...AND TO REMOVE BOLIVAR AND ASHLEY
COUNTIES FROM SVR WATCH 60. /DL/

&&

.DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 319 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012/
MESOSCALE UPDATE...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS UPPER
LEVEL ASCENT...CLEARLY VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...OVERSPREADS
THE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AREA ALSO HAS FAVORABLE
THERMODYNAMIC/SHEAR COMBO WITH EFFECTIVE DEEP SHEAR OF 50 TO 60 KT
AND SBCAPE NEAR 2000 J/KG. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E
AHEAD OF FRONT AND AFFECT THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION THIS AFTERNOON
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. EXPECT THAT THE TORNADO RISK IS
LOWER IN THIS AREA AS LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE ALREADY VEERED
AROUND...HENCE WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VERSUS A TORNADO
WATCH FOR THIS AREA.

FARTHER EAST...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPING N/NE OF KJAN
IN THE NEW TORNADO WATCH AREA. CURRENTLY THIS AREA IS NOT QUITE AS
FAVORABLE FROM A THERMODYNAMIC SENSE...AS AN AREA OF LOWER LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE HAS RESULTED IN DEWPOINTS DOWN AROUND 60F AND SBCAPE VALUES
ONLY AROUND 1000 J/KG. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS MUCH MORE
FAVORABLE AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS
PRESSURE FALLS MOVING INTO THE AREA KEEP LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM VEERING
AS MUCH AS AREAS FARTHER WEST. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS
CURRENTLY SURGING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH...AND EXPECT THAT
CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG/SEVERE
STORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE REGION. RUC
FORECAST SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE FOR TORNADIC
STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL REGIONS THROUGH ABOUT 03Z...AND EXPECT THAT
AREAS EAST OF I-55 WILL BE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST TORNADO
POTENTIAL AS STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF FRONT IN UNCAPPED
WARM SECTOR. THIS IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY 4KM SPC WRF WHICH SHOWS BEST
SUPERCELLS WITH STRONG UPDRAFT HELICITY OVER EAST CENTRAL AREAS
BETWEEN 22Z AND 03Z. FARTHER WEST...INCREASING WIND POTENTIAL WILL
LIKELY BE OBSERVED WITH MIXED MODE OF BOWS AND SUPERCELLS...ALONG
WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED WITH MOST INTENSE CORES. /AEG/

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...LATER ON TONIGHT
ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS
CURRENTLY ENTERING THE NW CORNER OF THE CWA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH
THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT AS LIKELY AS LOW
LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO VEER AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CURRENT TIMING HAS
THE FRONT MOVING PAST THE GLH/GWO AREA AROUND 00Z...THROUGH THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND JACKSON METRO AREAS AROUND 03-04Z...THROUGH THE
MEI/BROOKHAVEN AREA AROUND 06Z...AND THROUGH THE PINE BELT AROUND
09Z. SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST BEHIND THE FRONT
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FOR SATURDAY GUIDANCE POPS HAVE COME UP FROM PREVIOUS RUNS...
PARTICULARLY OVER THE SE HALF OF THE AREA. THERE WILL STILL BE QUITE
A BIT OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING AROUND BEHIND THE FRONT AND A
FAIRLY STRONG UPPER IMPULSE PASSING THROUGH. SO WE COULD SEE SOME
POST FRONTAL SHOWER ACTIVITY PERSISTING...MAINLY THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF THE DAY. UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING PAST THE AREA...WITH
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN ON SUNDAY BRINGING NEARLY
SEASONABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.

THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 22Z WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE AREA...BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. /DL/

LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MEDIUM RANGE/LONG TERM CONTINUES
TO LOOK QUIET WITH THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS BEING TEMPS.

THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SWING THROUGH THE AREA ON
SAT AND HELP PUSH SOUTHWARD COOLER/DRIER AIR UNDER NW FLOW ALOFT.
THIS COOLER AIR WILL HANG AROUND UNTIL TUE...BEFORE SOME MODERATION
OCCURS BY MID WEEK. FOR THE MOST PART...GFS GUID TEMPS WERE DECENT
AND WERE FOLLOWED. HOWEVER...SOME ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED AT A FEW
SITES BASED OFF ENSEMBLE GUID AND SUPPORT FROM THE EURO. MOST OF
THESE LOW END MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO HIGHS SUN/MON/TUE.
OVERALL...NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP LOOKS TO WAIT UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.
/CME/

&&

.AVIATION...SEVERE TSRA HAS BEGUN DEVELOPING ACROSS AREAS N OF
I-20...ALONG THE COLD FRONT BACK IN NE LA/SE AR/NW MS...AND OUT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS NE MS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO
PLAGUE MOST OF THE REGION THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN...GRADUALLY
MAKING ITS WAT SE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEVERE TSRA
WILL END ACROSS SERN MS AFTER 04Z TONIGHT. SFC WINDS CONTINUE TO BE
QUITE GUSTY THIS AFTN...ESPECIALLY UP IN THE DELTA WHERE GUSTS TO 35
OR 40KTS WILL BE PSBL. SFC WINDS WILL DROP OFF THIS EVENING...BUT
WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND GUSTY LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE COLD FRONT
PASSES. /BK/

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

DL/AEG/CME/BK
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 11:45 PM CST, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

MSZ052-056>058-040545-
LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-
1145 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2
AM AND LEAD TO SOME RUNOFF AND FLOODING ISSUES. THIS BAND WILL SLOWLY
SHIFT SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>051-053>055-
059>061-040545-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-
JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
1145 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.

MSZ062>066-072>074-040545-
LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-
FORREST-
1145 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
2 AM AND LEAD TO SOME RUNOFF AND FLOODING ISSUES. THIS BAND WILL
SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:56 PM CST, 51 minutes before
MSZ052-030525-
LAUDERDALE MS-
1056 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1056 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOOMSUBA TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEEHAN AT 1057 PM CST...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3223 8842 3222 8887 3222 8890 3223 8891
      3233 8892 3257 8851 3243 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 248DEG 47KT 3247 8850 3230 8879

JA
Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:06 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1106 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             10 W COLUMBUS           33.50N 88.58W
03/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       LOWNDES            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COVERED THE GROUND

0805 PM     HAIL             STEENS                  33.56N 88.32W
03/02/2012  E2.75 INCH       LOWNDES            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CME
Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:22 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1122 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MERIDIAN                32.38N 88.71W
03/02/2012                   LAUDERDALE         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS UNDER WATER NEAR 14TH ST AND AROUND
            THE CITY. A FEW CARS WERE STALLED.

&&

CME
Local storm report, Mar 2, 11:31 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1131 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MERIDIAN                32.38N 88.71W
03/02/2012                   LAUDERDALE         MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURING ACROSS THE CITY WITH MANY
            CARS FLOODED...ONE PERSON TRAPPED IN THE FLOOD WATERS.

&&

CME

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Jackson, MS (KJAN), 00:00Z

5.8 hours before the tornado, 87 km from the path. March 3, 2012.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 449 joules per kilogram, CIN -5, lifted condensation level 1691 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 67 knots.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Surface CAPE
559 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7
0-3 km lapse rate
8.1 K/km

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The surface observations

Pine Belt Regional Awos (PIB), 43 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 05:46 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

The live radar over the trackEvery 2012 tornado in MississippiEvery tornado in Mississippi since 1950Warnings in force in Mississippi nowThe forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of March 2, 2012

69 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 29:10 AM CSTEF3Limestone, AL34.0250
March 210:06 AM CSTEF2Madison, AL7.3220
March 210:08 AM CSTEF1Franklin, AL to TN0.9100$10,000
March 210:11 AM CSTEF0Clinton, IL0.750
March 211:15 AM CSTEF1Marion, TN0.5100$3,000
March 212:41 PM ESTEF3Hamilton, TN41.040044$35 million
March 212:28 PM CSTEF0White, IL2.6100$15,000
March 212:37 PM CSTEF2Posey, IN6.1140$500,000
March 21:47 PM ESTEF2Monroe, TN14.34003$5.0 million
March 21:00 PM CSTEF0Vanderburgh, IN2.050
March 21:38 PM CSTEF2Union, KY6.62001
March 22:50 PM ESTEF4Henryville tornado, Indiana and Kentucky46.680011$58 million
March 22:52 PM ESTEF0Swain, NC0.140
March 21:55 PM CSTEF0Limestone, AL2.750
March 21:55 PM CSTEF0Henderson, KY3.8100$50,000
March 22:06 PM CSTEF0Webster, KY0.850
March 22:22 PM CSTEF0Daviess, KY0.350
March 23:30 PM ESTEF1Clark, IN6.660$300,000
March 22:38 PM CSTEF2Hancock, KY16.5200$190,000
March 23:41 PM ESTEF3Trimble, KY3.375$500,000
March 23:44 PM ESTEF1Carroll, KY2.4150$1.3 million
March 22:45 PM CSTEF0Lincoln, TN0.650
March 23:52 PM ESTEF3Ripley, IN8.735035$275,000
March 24:01 PM ESTEF0Trimble, KY2.7100$50,000
March 24:02 PM ESTEF0Meade, KY0.730$2,000
March 24:12 PM ESTEF1Henry, KY0.340
March 24:23 PM ESTEF4Crittenden tornado, KY9.888048$21 million
March 24:24 PM ESTEF2Owen, KY5.41503$320,000
March 23:26 PM CSTEF0Limestone, AL5.075
March 23:39 PM CSTEF1Limestone, AL to KY, OH2.6150
March 24:39 PM ESTEF3Campbell, KY to OH20.4440313$9.2 million
March 23:48 PM CSTEF1Cheatham, TN0.6100$300,000
March 25:02 PM ESTEF0Bracken, KY0.150$70,000
March 24:05 PM CSTEF1Warren, KY0.560$50,000
March 25:25 PM ESTEF1Adams, OH2.9400$200,000
March 25:30 PM ESTEF0Adams, OH0.125$30,000
March 25:33 PM ESTEF2Adams, OH11.133012$2.0 million
March 25:39 PM ESTEF3Menifee, KY to WV85.01,58010118$81 million
March 25:46 PM ESTEF0Pike, OH4.1200$35,000
March 25:46 PM ESTEF0Scioto, OH2.0100$170,000
March 25:52 PM ESTEF0Rhea, TN2.775$10,000
March 25:53 PM ESTEF0Pike, OH2.8100$25,000
March 25:01 PM CSTEF0Coffee, AL0.525
March 26:08 PM ESTEF1Bath, KY7.4250$775,000
March 25:10 PM CSTEF1Marion, TN0.2100$2,000
March 25:26 PM CSTEF2Jackson, TN3.788020$2.0 million
March 25:31 PM CSTEF1Putnam, TN1.6500$250,000
March 25:33 PM CSTEF2Overton, TN6.9400$1.0 million
March 26:50 PM ESTEF3Magoffin, KY to WV49.01,320237$37 million
March 25:53 PM CSTEF1Lowndes, AL17.6400
March 25:56 PM CSTEF0Fentress, TN6.4300
March 27:04 PM ESTEF2Laurel, KY7.2310640$5.0 million
March 26:17 PM CSTEF0Geneva, AL0.125
March 26:23 PM CSTEF1Lamar, MS11.9300$400,000
March 27:32 PM ESTEF1Lincoln, WV16.0300$150,000
March 26:42 PM CSTEF1Forrest, MS3.0300$15,000
March 27:44 PM ESTEF2Cherokee, NC21.5400$2.0 million
March 28:09 PM ESTEF3Haralson, GA29.02001$12 million
March 28:26 PM ESTEF2Claiborne, TN2.62504$500,000
March 28:45 PM ESTEF1Claiborne, TN2.5200$100,000

All 70 of them

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.