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Rolling Fork tornado outbreak, Mar 24–25, 2023

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Rolling Fork tornado outbreak, Mar 24–25, 2023

Rolling Fork tornado outbreak, Mar 24–25, 2023

Chapter 3 · Tennessee

The storms reach East Tennessee.

The strongest measured gust: 77 mph near Wears Valley, TN. Outages peak at 56,844 customers in Tennessee.

08:00UTC · Sat, Mar 25, 2023 · 3:00 AM CDT

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Rolling Fork tornado outbreak: the story

Mar 24, 22:00 UTC – Mar 25, 09:00 UTC. Radar, severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings, storm reports and ground stops, in order, with 139 links that show their evidence.

  • 213 NWS warnings
  • 194 storm reports
  • 0 FAA airport programs
  • 22 surveyed tornado tracks
  • 139 rule-based links
  • 56,844 customers out at the peak, in Tennessee
  • 331 radar frames

First warnings

Mar 24–25

  1. NWS Little Rock, AR issues the first Tornado Warning.Replay from here
  2. The largest hail reported: 1.75 in at Benoit, MS.Replay from here

Rolling Fork

Mar 25

  1. The strongest tornado, an EF4, touches down: a 59 mi track.Replay from here

Tennessee

Mar 25

  1. The strongest measured gust: 77 mph at 3 ESE Wears Valley, TN.Replay from here
  2. Peak outages: 56,844 customers out of power in Tennessee. The most in one county: Lauderdale County, AL, 26,166 out (53% of its customers) at 08:15 UTC.Replay from here

How we link records

RuleWhat it checksLinks
R4 solidA storm report inside a warning polygon while it was in effect131
R6 solidA surveyed tornado track that began inside a Tornado Warning, with the warning's lead time8

Solid lines mark rules that passed an independent check; dashed lines are context. Links are rule-based facts: each shows two records that overlap in place and time. How we know

Where this storm's data comes from

Every layer, the provider behind it and the period it covers.

LayerProviderPeriodRecords
MRMS SeamlessHSRNOAA/NSSL via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 24, 22:00 UTC – Mar 25, 09:00 UTC331
NWS storm-based warning polygonsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 24, 22:00 UTC – Mar 25, 09:00 UTC213
NWS Local Storm ReportsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 24, 22:00 UTC – Mar 25, 09:00 UTC194
ORNL EAGLE-IOak Ridge National LaboratoryMar 24, 22:00 UTC – Mar 25, 09:00 UTC333
  • Radar: NOAA/NSSL MRMS SeamlessHSR, via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM), Iowa State University
  • Warnings: NOAA/NWS, storm-based polygons via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • Storm reports: NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • Airport programs: FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center
  • Tornado tracks: NOAA/NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit damage surveys
  • Power outages: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EAGLE-I (CC BY 4.0)
  • County boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau