Storm reports for February 29, 2012

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On February 29, 2012, 58 hail, 74 damaging-wind and 18 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Morgan County, KY. Tornadoes killed 3.

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 (58)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.5 million in property damage, $100,000 in crop damage, 10 injuries and 3 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (152 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cumberland County, TN (near Plateau) · Tornado EF2 · $1 million · 2 deaths · 7 injuries
  “An EF2 tornado with maximum wind speeds around 125 mph touched down along Castro-Pugh Road just north of Plateau Road in northern Cumberland County. Intermittent damage continued to the east-northeast for approximately 1 mile before the damage became continuous along Clear Creek Road.”
• DeKalb County, TN (near Smithville) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000 · 1 death
  “An EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds around 95 mph touched down about 1 mile northwest of Smithville along Highway 83, then tracked rapidly east-northeast across Center Hill Lake before ending in western White County about 7 miles northwest of Sparta.”
• Muhlenberg County, KY (near Greenville) · Tornado EF2 · $100,000 · 1 injury
  “The tornado touched down on the east side of Greenville and moved rapidly northeast. A tied-down mobile home was completely destroyed. The mobile home rolled five times with an occupant in it, but he received only minor injuries. A modular home was moved off its block foundation.”
• Grayson County, KY (near West Clifty) · Tornado EF2 · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “The tornado began as a narrow tornado east of Clarkson just south of Highway 224. The storm increased in width to 200 yards and struck several single and double wide mobile homes south of Millerstown Road. All three mobile homes became airborne, with one traveling over 400 yards.”
• Greenbrier County, WV (near Anjean) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000 · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorms winds blew a tree over onto a truck that was traveling past the coal mine on Anjen Road. An occupant of the truck sustained a minor injury. Damage values are estimated.”
• Warrick County, IN (near Newburgh) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “A tornado caused significant damage in the city of Newburgh. One garage was levelled, and about two dozen homes received varying degrees of roof damage. Two of the homes were destroyed, with their roofs completely removed. Fifteen to twenty other homes had partial roof damage.”

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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