Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF2 tornado, Laurel County, Kentucky, March 2, 2012

RatingEF2

Deaths6

Injuries40

Length7.15 mi

Width310 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.20, -84.21) to the end point (37.24, -84.09), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 2, 2012, 6:04 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF2
States: Kentucky
Counties: Laurel County
Path: 7.15 miles long, up to 310 yards wide
Casualties: 6 deaths, 40 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 2, 2012

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 2, 2012	EF4	Indiana, Kentucky	46.6 mi	800 yd	11	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF4	Kentucky	9.85 mi	880 yd	4	8
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Alabama	33.99 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Tennessee	41 mi	400 yd	0	44
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Kentucky	3.26 mi	75 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Indiana	8.69 mi	350 yd	3	5
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Kentucky, Ohio	20.41 mi	440 yd	3	13
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Kentucky, West Virginia	84.99 mi	1,580 yd	10	118
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Kentucky, West Virginia	49.04 mi	1,320 yd	2	37
Mar 2, 2012	EF3	Georgia	29.02 mi	200 yd	0	1
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Alabama	7.26 mi	220 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Indiana	6.07 mi	140 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Tennessee	14.31 mi	400 yd	0	3
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Kentucky	6.56 mi	200 yd	0	1
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Kentucky	16.49 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Kentucky	5.4 mi	150 yd	0	3
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Ohio	11.07 mi	330 yd	1	2
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Tennessee	3.7 mi	880 yd	0	20
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Tennessee	6.94 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	North Carolina	21.5 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Tennessee	2.6 mi	250 yd	0	4
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Alabama	28.25 mi	700 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF2	Alabama	34.04 mi	1,000 yd	1	4
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Alabama, Tennessee	0.93 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Tennessee	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Indiana	6.57 mi	60 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Kentucky	2.4 mi	150 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Kentucky	0.25 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Alabama	2.59 mi	150 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Tennessee	0.63 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Kentucky	0.49 mi	60 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Ohio	2.93 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Kentucky	7.4 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Tennessee	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Tennessee	1.65 mi	500 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Alabama	17.64 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Mississippi	11.94 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	West Virginia	16.02 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Mississippi	3.01 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Tennessee	2.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Virginia	2.5 mi	200 yd	0	1
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Virginia	0.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Georgia	1.41 mi	150 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF1	Alabama	18.9 mi	700 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Illinois	0.65 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Illinois	2.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Indiana	2.05 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	North Carolina	0.13 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Alabama	2.73 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	3.84 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	0.76 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	0.25 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Tennessee	0.62 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	2.73 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	0.65 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Alabama	4.97 mi	75 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Kentucky	0.13 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Ohio	0.15 mi	25 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Ohio	4.14 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 2, 2012	EF0	Ohio	2.04 mi	100 yd	0	0

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