Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

A significant, long-duration winter storm will bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Widespread travel disruptions, prolonged power outages, and vast tree damage is likely. Frigid temperatures, gusty winds, and dangerous wind chills will expand from the north-central US to the Southern Plains, MS Valley, and Midwest. Read More >

March 12, 1986
Counties: Hardin
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 4:40am
Notes:  Storm Data touches this tornado down at Eastview and hits KY 84.

March 12, 1986
Counties: Nelson
F-scale:  F1
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Injuries: 2
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Time: 5:10am
Notes:  Storm Data says this tornado struck Hunters Lane, north of Bardstown.

March 12, 1986
Counties: Nicholas
F-scale:  F1
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Injuries: 3
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Time: 6:15am
Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC lat/lon is actually in Robertson County.  Storm Data says the tornado touched down eight miles north of Carlisle on Ball Hill Road. We have plotted it according to Storm Data.

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Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

Tornadoes of March 12, 1986