Storm reports for March 19, 2012

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On March 19, 2012, 77 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Kerr County, TX.

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 (77)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.6 million in property damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (132 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bexar County, TX (near Atascosa) · Tornado EF2 · 4 injuries
  “A supercell thunderstorm moved through southeastern Medina County and into southwestern Bexar County and produced three tornadoes. The first tornado touched down in Devine, the second in Natalia, and the third in Bexar County.”
• Olmsted County, MN (near Byron) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $800,000
  “Winds ripped the lids off four 50,000 bushel galvanized steel bins and pushed them over. An empty 30,000 gallon fuel tank was also toppled. Some grain semi-trailers were also likely damaged when the bins landed on them.”
• Live Oak County, TX (near George West) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $250,000
  “NWS storm survey concluded a downburst occurred in George West with winds estimated between 60 and 80 mph. The most significant damage occurred along and east of Highway 281 between Crockett and Burleson Streets. A metal roof was blown off of two motels.”
• Le Sueur County, MN (near Elysian) · Tornado EF0 · $250,000
  “The EF-0 tornado that formed in northern Waseca County continued to move northward across the western sections of Elysian in Le Sueur County, where two small empty grain bins were blown into a field. Also, a small metal shed was blown across Highway 60 in the same area.”
• Waseca County, MN (near Janesville) · Tornado EF0 · $100,000
  “An EF-0 tornado touched down just south of Elysian Lake Road, just south of 412th Avenue, in northern Waseca County. The tornado tracked north for approximately 2.8 miles while paralleling the eastern shore of Elysian Lake and Elysian Lake Road.”
• Carver County, MN (near Carver) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “Severe wind gusts caused a roof of a gas station to blow down in Carver, Minnesota. The damage was confined to gas pumps and a metal roof.”

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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