Storm reports for February 1, 2012

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On February 1, 2012, 32 hail, 26 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Lafayette County, AR.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (32)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $236,000 in property damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (59 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Carroll County, MS (near Avalon) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $10,000 · 1 death
  “Trees were blown down along Highway 7 and County Road 106. A fatality occurred when a pine tree fell on an ATV operator along County Road 286 between County Roads 93 and 95.”
• Prairie County, AR (near (Sgt)Stuttgart Municipal Airport) · Thunderstorm wind 82 mph · $40,000
  “A wind gust to 82 mph was measured by AWOS at the Stuttgart Municipal Airport. An anemometer atop the terminal building measured a gust to 86 mph. Minor damage occurred at three hangars. The hangar doors were strengthened after a tornado in 2004 and thus did not blow in with this storm.”
• Sunflower County, MS (near Dwiggins) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $30,000
  “Three homes had roof damage and an outbuilding was blown away along Drew Merigold Road and Jennings Road.”
• Jefferson County, AR (near Pine Bluff) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “Several trees were blown down in Pine Bluff around 5th and Cherry. A few power lines were also down.”
• Monroe County, MS (near Splunge) · Tornado EF0 · $25,000
  “A tornado briefly touched down along Sipsey-Detroit Road near Sipsey Fork, just west of the Mississippi-Alabama Border. The tornado moved northeast for approximately 200 yards. A single family home sustained minor damage which included the collapse of a carport.”
• Arkansas County, AR (near Parham) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $20,000
  “Power poles were broken off, and trees and power lines were blown down on U.S. 79 between Stuttgart and Ulm.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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