Storm reports for March 20, 2012

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On March 20, 2012, 34 hail, 24 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Rockingham County, VA.

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 (34)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.4 million in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (67 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Vermilion Parish, LA (near Gueydan) · Tornado EF2 · $2.5 million · 1 injury
  “A tornado began south of Gueydan near the LA 91 and LA 3143 intersection, where a large barn was destroyed and several homes had minor roof damage. Several gravestones were overturned at a local cemetary.”
• Conway County, AR (near Lewisburg) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $400,000 · 1 injury
  “A severe thunderstorm moved through the east side of Morrilton. The roof of a packaging company was badly damaged. At the Conway County Fairgrounds, the concession stand was destroyed, one end of an exhibition building was blown in, and the restroom building and some of the sports fields were…”
• Jefferson Davis Parish, LA (near Lake Arthur) · Tornado EF1 · $3 million
  “At least 30-40 homes and businesses were damaged when a tornado tore through Lake Arthur. Most of the damage was roof damage, although several homes had windows and walls damaged from flying debris. The water tower had a large radio antenna fall from it. Numerous trees and power lines were down.”
• Baxter County, AR (near Midway) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $150,000
  “At a mobile home park, four mobile homes were severely damaged and eight other suffered lesser amounts of damage. Several people were briefly trapped inside the mobile homes, but there were no injuries. The laundromat building had its roof taken off and some of the walls removed.”
• Vermilion Parish, LA (near Grosse Isle) · Tornado EF1 · $75,000
  “A tornado touched down on the east side of Abbeville, where is destroyed a well built 2 car garage and one portable building. Several trees and telephone poles were snapped.”
• Natchitoches Parish, LA (near Natchitoches) · Tornado EF0 · $60,000
  “An EF0 tornado touched down east of Natchitoches LA near the Cedar Grove Mobile Home Park. A tree was snapped along Hwy. 494 leading east into the mobile home park. Three homes sustained damage with one sustaining moderate 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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