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The deadliest tornado of the outbreak was a violent stovepipe tornado that carved a 49 mi (79 km) path of damage from Fredericksburg, Indiana to the Bedford, Kentucky area. Along its track, the tornado destroyed hundreds of homes and killed 11 people. Countless were injured.
2 mar 2012 · Today we remember the devastation that took place in our communities across Kentucky and southern Indiana on March 2, 2012 as 81 tornadoes tore across 11 states. Of those 81 tornadoes, 18 occurred in Kentucky, and 4 occurred in Indiana, including the Henryville, IN EF-4.
2 mar 2012 · This tornado had a continuous path reaching an astonishing 86 miles in length through east Kentucky and western West Virginia, and a consistent path width of one mile across most of Morgan County, including through the downtown section of West Liberty.
5 mar 2012 · The Leap Day tornado outbreak (February 28 and 29, 2012) produced a confirmation of 36 tornadoes and killed 13 people across the Mid-West in the states of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.
2 mar 2022 · On March 2nd, 2012, a significant severe weather outbreak occurred across much of the Southeast and into the Ohio River Valley. Impacts included wind, hail, and likely most memorable, tornadoes. Of these tornadoes, 4 were confirmed within the Eastern Kentucky counties that the NWS Jackson, KY serves. Two out of the 4 were long-track tornadoes, ...
March 2, 2012 Tornado Outbreak. On the morning of March 2, 2012 low pressure was centered over southern Missouri with a warm front reaching east into the Ohio Valley. Showers and thunderstorms were scattered along the warm front, and produced hail to the size of nickels between 8am and 10:30am.
2 mar 2012 · WYMT's Steve Hensley looks back at our coverage of the March 2nd, 2012 tornado outbreak. More than 20 people died in Kentucky, mainly in Morgan and Laurel Counties. Towns like West Liberty,...